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UT Austin – Native Tree Species
The University of Texas at Austin is a major research university home to more than 48,000 students, 2,700 faculty, 19,000 staff members and 1,900 live oaks. Below is a list of native tree species that occur on campus.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier acacia Thornless Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Huajillla Matoral | |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth maple Big-toothed maple Canyon maple | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry Hackberry Sugarberry Texas sugarberry Palo blanco | |
| Fraxinus texensis | Texas ash | |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona ash Desert ash Velvet ash | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe juniper Ashe's juniper Mountain cedar Blueberry juniper | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern magnolia Evergreen magnolia Bull bay | |
| Morus microphylla | Littleleaf mulberry Mountain mulberry Texas mulberry | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood Alamo Carolina poplar Necklace Poplar | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Cherry laurel Carolina cherry laurel Laurel cherry Carolina laurel cherry | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment live oak Plateau live oak Texas live oak Scrub live oak Hill country live oak Plateau oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus polymorpha | Mexican White Oak Monterrey Oak Netleaf white oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak Shumard's oak Shumard red oak Southern red oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black locust Honey locust | |
| Sabal mexicana | Mexican palm Palma Di Micharos Rio Grande palmetto Texas palm Texas palmetto | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress Baldcypress Common bald cypress Southern bald cypress Deciduous cypress | |
| Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma bald cypress Montezuma cypress Mexican cypress Ahuehuete Sabino | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm White elm | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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