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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 |
| 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 | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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