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APPENDIX A

Recommended Tree and Shrub Species for Parking Lot Landscaping and Landscape Buffers

Individual plant characteristics should be taken into consideration when selecting a particular species for a given location. Such characteristics include, but are not limited to, growth habits, cultural requirements, fruiting habits, presence of thorns, attraction to insects, etc.

Recommended Trees
Common NameBotanical Name
Red Maple Acer Rubrum
Red Sunset Maple Acer Rubrum 'Red Sunset'
October Glory Red Maple Acer Rubrum 'October Glory'
*River Birch Betula nigra
*Heritage River Birch Betula nigra 'Heritage'
Pecan Carya illinoinensis
Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara
Hackberry Celtis laevigata
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Japanese Gingko Gingko biloba
Moraine Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos 'Moraine'
Shademaster Honeylocus Gleditsia triacanthos 'Shademaster'
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
Sycamore Platanus occidental is
Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata
Water Oak Quercus nigra
Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii
Live Oak Quercus virginiana
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
Basswood Tilia americana
Winged Elm Ulmus alata
Drake Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia 'Drake'
Green Vase Zelcova Zelcova serrata 'Green Vase'

 

Understory Trees
Common NameBotanical Name
Cocos Palm Butia capitata
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Carolina Silverbell Halesia diptera
East Palatka Holly llex x attenuata 'East Palatka'
Foster Holly Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri'
Hume Holly llex x attenuata 'Hume #2'
Savannah Holly Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'
Nellie Stevens Holly llex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'
Natchez Crepe Myrtle (white) Lagerstroemia indica 'Natchez'
Potomac Crepe Myrtle (med. pink) Lagerstroemia indica 'Potomac'
Muskogee Crepe Myrtle (lavender) Lagerstroemia indica 'Muskogee'
Catawba Crepe Myrtle (dk. purple) Lagerstroemia indica 'Catawba'
Tuscarora Crepe Myrite (dk. pink) Lagerstroemia indica 'Tuscarora'
Saucer Magnolia Magnolia soulangiana
Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana
Flowering Crabapple Malus species
Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
Pistachio Pistacia chinensis
Cherry Laurel Prunus caroliniana
Purple Leaf Plum Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea'
Bradford Pear Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'
Aristocrat Pear Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat'
Capitol Pear Pyrus calleryana 'Capitol'
Palmetto Sabal Palmetto
Popcorn Tree Sapium sebiferum
Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei
Chaste Tree Vitex agnus-castus
Japanese Ligustrum Ligustrum japonicum

 

Buffer Shrubs
Common NameBotanical Name
Bamboo Bambusa glaucescens (multiplex)
Sasanqua Camellia Camellia sasanqua
Pampas Grass Cordatera sellowiana
Elaeagnus Elaeagnus pungens
Burning Bush Euonymus Euonymus alata
Forsythia Forsythia intermedia
East Palatka Holly Ilex x attenuata 'East Palatka'
Foster Holly Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri'
Hume Holly Ilex x attenuata 'Hume #2'
Savannah Holly Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'
Dwarf Burford Holly Ilex cornuta 'Dwarf Burford'
Burford Holly Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii'
Nellie Stevens Holly Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'
Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
Anise Illicium floridanum
Pfitzer juniper Juniperus chinensis Pfitzeriana'
Japanese Privet Ligustrum japonicum
Variegated Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatus'
Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Japanese Silver Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
Nandina Nandina domestica
Oleander Nerium oleander
Fortunes Tea Olive Osmanthus fortunei
Fragrant Tea Olive Osmanthus fragrans
Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira
Variegated Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata'
Formosa Firethorn Pyracantha koidzumi
Majestic Beauty Hawthorn Raphiolepis umbellata 'Majestic Beauty'
Japanese Cleyera Ternstroemia gymnanthera

 

Ornamental Shrubs
Common NameBotanical Name
Edward Goucher Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Edward Goucher'
Sherwood Abelia Abelia x grandiflora 'Sherwoodii'
Purpleleaf Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergfi 'Atropurpurea'
Harrington Plum-Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis
Daylily Hemerocalis hybrida
Carissa Holly Ilex cornuta 'Carissa'
Dwarf Horned Holly Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda'
Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria nana
*Heller Holly Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
*Azalea species
Shore Juniper Juniperus conferta
Sargeants Juniper Juniperus chinensis 'Sargentii'
Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis
Harbour Dwarf Nandina Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
Dwarf Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira 'Wheelers Dwarf'
Dwarf Indian Hawthorn Raphiolepis indica
Evergreen Giant Liriope Liriope mscarii 'Evergreen Giant'
Adam's Needle Yucca Yucca filamentosa
Sago Palm Cycas revoluta
*Dwarf Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides 'radicans'
Dwarf Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica 'Dixie Series'

 

* Acceptable only if irrigation is provided.