PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

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1 Group A Large Trees (over ft in SCIENTIFIC Street & Road Trees Interior Acer negundo Boxelder Acer rubrum Red maple Betula nigra River birch Yes Fast D 0 75 Yes Fast D 0 75 Yes Fast D 0 Oval, upright Moist; rich Oval, upright Moist; rich Borers; mites Borers; mites Yes Yes Yes No No Excellent tree but requires room develop; used as a specimen tree for its bright fall color; needs a wet location Yes Yes Yes No No Excellent tree but requires room develop; used as a specimen tree for its bright fall color; needs a wet location Upright pyramidal Acid None serious Yes Yes Yes Yes No Prefers a damp spot, but does fine in a dry location; fall color Carya illinoensis Pecan No D 0 Compact oval; irregular Fertile; Tent caterpillars; heart rot Yes Yes No No No A large tree with ascending, symmetrical crown; excellent energy-saving tree Carya glabra megacarpa Pignut hickory Celtis laevigata Hackberry/sugarberry Gordonia lasianthus Loblolly bay Yes D 5 Yes Fast D Yes E Irregular Upright cylindrical head Partial None serious No Yes No No Yes Shade; specimen; has wildlife value Moist None serious Yes Yes No No No Best used in larger areas Moist; rich acid None serious No Yes No No No Used as a specimen and accent tree with blossoms; needs wet area; nemodes a problem on dry sites Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree Magnolia grandiflora Southern magnolia Yes D 0 75 Yes D 0 0 Yes E 0 0 Pyramidal; irregular & upright Pyramidal; Oval rounded; upright & often compact Moist; rich Moist; ; acid Slight Borers Yes Yes Yes No No Excellent native tree for large areas; extensive root system needs room grow; has spiny fruit Scales; aphids Fertile Algal leaf spots; scales Yes Yes Yes No No Flowers are cup-shaped resembling tulips; massive form makes this a desirable specimen Yes Yes Yes No No Handsome evergreen foliage; requires room develop; specimen and framing tree Key * E=Evergreen D=Deciduous **Section 01.0 Zoning Ordinance 1

2 Group A Large Trees (over ft in SCIENTIFIC Street & Road Trees Property Perimeter Interior Magnolia virginiana Sweet bay magnolia Yes E 0 0 Upright; slender Mildly fertile; moist; acid Scales No Yes Yes No Yes Used as a specimen, or framing tree Morus rubra Red mulberry Yes Fast D 0 None serious Yes Yes No Yes No Frequently planted as a wildlife or domestic animal food source; fruit fall is a litter problem Persea borbonia Redbay Pinus elliottii Slash pine Pinus palustris Longleaf pine Platanus occidentalis American sycamore Quercus laurifolia Laurel oak Quercus shumardii Shumard oak Quercus virginiana Live oak Sabal palmet Sabal palm Yes Slow E Yes Fast E 75 0 Yes E 0 0 Yes Fast D Yes Fast E 0 Yes D 75 0 Yes E 0 0 Yes Slow E Upright Upright Pyramidal Oval rounded Open; wide ; horizontal branches Tall; nearly straight trunk Rich; High None serious Yes Yes No Yes No Good for wildlife; needs a well- soil Beetles; borers; rust Beetles; borers; rust Canker; lace bugs Mushroom root rot Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Used as a framing, specimen and tree; often used prevent erosion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Used as a framing, specimen and tree No Yes Yes Yes No Fast growing tree; straight trunk, short branches and good crown; sheds its bark; will stand considerable drought Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a fast growing tree; drops a lot of branchesmessy None serious Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Good fall color; interesting leaf Mushroom root rot Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a tree; good wildlife food source; doesn t lerate wetness High None serious Yes Yes Yes No Yes Used as a specimen and framing tree; Florida s state tree 2

3 Group A Large Trees (over ft in SCIENTIFIC Street & Road Trees Property Perimeter Interior Taxodium distichum Bald cypress Ulmus alata Winged elm Ulmus americana Florida elm Yes D 0 0 Yes Fast D 5 Yes D 0 0 Open; crown, sometimes pyramidal on dry site. ; short, straight branches open crown; weeping Dry; None serious Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a specimen tree; inlerant of reflected heat None serious Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a specimen and tree; distinctive winged bark; fall color None serious Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a specimen and framing tree; resistant Dutch elm disease Washingnia robusta Washingn palm No E 0 90 Straight; singletrunked of soil Scales No Yes No No Yes Grows very tall, fairly quickly; use in background with shorter trees in front; heavily spined

4 Group B - Medium Trees (- ft. in SCIENTIFIC COMMON Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Paurotis palm Yes Slow E Multi trunked; clumping soil Street & Road Trees Interior Design None serious Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Used as a specimen and border tree at corners of buildings Butia capitata Pindo palm Cercis canadensis Redbud Cornus florida Flowering dogwood Ilex cassine Dahoon holly Ilex vomiria Yaupon holly (upright or weeping forms) Ilex opaca American holly Juniperus silicicola Southern red cedar No Slow E Yes Fast D Yes Slow D Yes E Yes E Yes Slow E Yes Fast E 5 12 Short; single trunked; curving leaves ; Irregular; open Upright; symmetrical Columnar compact Fertile; rich; Fertile; Moist; rich fertile; Palm leaf skelenizer borers; root rot Borers; root rot; thripes; powdery mildew Yes No Yes Yes No Used as a specimen plant or in groups; nice blue foliage color; very cold lerant Yes Yes Yes No No Used as a framing and tree; grown in borders for color; dark pink flowers before leafing out Yes Yes Yes Yes No Specimen/ornamental tree; spectacular when flowering; marginal for Volusia County None serious No Yes No Yes No A small tree growing in wet location with conspicuous red fruits in winter High None serious Leaf miners; scales Juniper blight; cedar apple rust; root rot No Yes Yes Yes Yes Dark red berries in late fall; good wildlife value; lovely specimen tree Yes Yes Yes Yes No Used as a specimen tree or as a large screen; good wildlife value Yes Yes No Yes No Used as a specimen tree and a screen between conflicting land uses; best used in large area; wildlife value

5 Group B - Medium Trees (- ft. in SCIENTIFIC COMMON Street & Road Trees Interior Design Lagerstroemia indica Crape-myrtle Ligustrum lucidum Glossy privet Myrica cerifera Wax myrtle Phoenix reclinata Senegal date palm Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum Prunus caroliniana Cherry laurel Quercus virginiana geminata Sand live oak No Fast D No E 0 Yes Fast E No E Yes D Yes Fast E 0 Yes D Upright; rounded Compact; head Irregular; ; clumping Multi-trunked; clumping curving trunks with crowns Upright; yet often irregular Slight Slight High powdery mildew; sooty mold Scales; white flies; sooty mold Caterpillar; canker Leafspot; palm leaf skelnizer None serious Caterpillar; stem cankers; mites None serious Yes Yes Yes Yes No Multi-stemmed tree with showy flowers in summer; fast growth; very drought lerant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Blue-black berries in fall & white flowers in spring Yes Yes Yes Yes No Used as a specimen tree; screen or hedge plant; short lived ( years) No Yes Yes No No Used as a specimen tree or in groups; heavily armed No Yes No Yes Yes White flowers in early spring; wildlife value; creates a thicket Yes Yes Yes No No Often used as a pruned hedge, framing and tree; leaves are poisonous; produces a lot of seedlings Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ; good seaside tree; wildlife value

6 Group C Large Shrubs (- ft in SCIENTIFIC Density Interior Design Ilex cornuta Chinese holly Liqustrum japonicum Japanese privet Myrcianthes fragrans Simpson spper Nerium oleander Oleander Podocarpus macrophyllus Yew podocarpus Viburnum obovatum Walters virburnum Viburnum odoratissimum Sweet virburnum No E 12 No Fast E Yes Fast E 5 No Fast E No Slow E 0 Yes Fast E No Fast E 12 Upright; ; slightly acid Upright Upright Compact Scales Dense Yes Yes Yes No Shrubby in selected cultivars; can become tree-like with age Mushroom root rot; leaf spot Dense Yes No Yes No Used as hedge, foundation and enclosure plant; coarse texture; blue-black berries in fall and white flowers in spring Scales Dense Yes No Yes No Bright white fragrant flowers during spring and early summer Slight Caterpillars; mushroom root rot; scales Nemades; mushroom root rot mites; sooty mold; stem cankers; white flies mites; sooty mold; stem cankers; white flies Yes No Yes No Used as a large shrub and screen plant; good seashore plant; varied bloom in warm months; all parts of oleander are poisonous Yes Yes Yes Yes Used as a hedge border; prune regularly keep compact; green fruit with no seasonal change Dense Yes No Yes No Used as a screen, foundation plant and hedge; prune regularly; keep size and shape controlled; white flowers in spring Dense Yes No Yes No Used as a screen, foundation plant and hedge; prune regularly; keep size and shape controlled; white flowers in spring

7 Group D Small Medium Shrubs (2- ft. in SCIENTIFIC Density Interior Design Buxus macrophylla Japanese boxwood Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Camellia spp. Camellia No Slow E 5 Yes D No Slow E 5 Upright or Shade sun Shade fertile; fertile; Leaf miner; mites; nemades No Yes Yes Yes Slow growing; dwarf shrub Scales Open No Yes No No Has showy purple fruit in late summer scales Yes No Yes No Used as a border specimen and foundation plant; blooms in winter Carissa grandiflora Natal plum No E Compact; globose High Scales Dense Yes No Yes No Used as a seashore plant; edible fruit ripens throughout year; spiny Ilex cornuta Dwarf Burfordii Dwarf Burford holly Ilex vomira Schillings Dwarf yaupon holly Juniperus spp. Juniper No E 5 Yes Fast E No Fast E variable Compact; Variable depending on cultivar Fertile; Scales Dense Yes Yes Yes No Used as a foundation, border and hedge plant; red berries if fruit matures; spiny Good Leaf miners Dense No Yes No No As a clipped hedge, cannot be excelled Juniper blight; mites Yes Yes Yes Yes drought lerant, but mites can be devastating Leucophyllum frutescens Texas sage Loropetalum chinensis Loropetalum Raphiolepis indica Indian hawthorne Rhapidophyllum hystrix Needle palm No E No Fast E No Slow E Yes Slow E ; sandy Variable depending on cultivar Compact Shade sun Compact ly None serious Dense Yes Yes Yes No Purple flowers in summer; good for hot, dry locations; good seaside plant None serious Dense Yes Yes Yes No Colorful leaves and flowers; needs dry site; many cultivars Scales; fire blight; leaf spot Dense Yes No Yes No Used as a screen, foundation plant and tall hedge; white flowers in spring; plant in south or east location reduce leaf spot problem None serious Dense Yes Yes Yes No Used as a screen, foundation plant, and tall hedge

8 Group D Small Medium Shrubs (2- ft. in SCIENTIFIC Density Interior Design Serenoa repens Saw palmet Yes E Compact High None serious Dense Yes Yes Yes No Used as a screen, foundation plant and tall hedge Viburnum suspensum Sandankwa viburnum Zamia pumila Coontie No E Yes Slow E 2 2 mites; nemades white flies Dense Yes Yes Yes No Used as a foundation, low hedge and border plant; prune regularly; white flowers in spring and winter Good Scales Open No Yes No Yes Slow growing; cold and drought lerant