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Swansboro City Zoning Code

Appendix I

PREFACE
   The Regulated Tree List is intended to help the developer, as well as Town and ETJ Citizens, in identifying and preserving one of our most precious resources; The indigenous trees of Eastern North Carolina. It is not intended to prevent or hinder the full enjoyment and use of one’s property. Preserving what we have today will insure that we can enjoy it tomorrow.
(Ord. 2005-O3, passed 3-15-2005) (Am. Ord. 2013-O15, passed 7-16-2013)
Regulated Trees
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height
Spread
Form
Foliage
Flowers
Fruit
Regulated Trees
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height
Spread
Form
Foliage
Flowers
Fruit
Acer Platanoides
Maple
50 ft
50 ft
Oval
Dark Green
Yellow/ Green
Seed
Acer Rubrum
Red Maple
70 ft
40 ft
Round
Medium Green
Red
Seed
Quercus Stellata
Post Oak
60 ft
40 ft
Round
Green
Yellow/ Red
Acorn
Carya Cordiformis
Hickory
60-70 ft
25-35 ft
Oblong
Yellow Green
Yellowish
Nut
Liqulambar Ciflua
Sweet Gum
60 ft
40 ft
Upright
Dark green
Greenish
Spiny Ball
Ilex Opaca
Holly
40 ft
20 ft
Pyramidal
Dark Green
Red Berry
Pinus Tarta
Loblolly Pine
60-85 ft
40 ft
Upright
Light Green
Green/ Yellow
Cone
Botula Nigra
Birch
60 ft
40 ft
Oval
Medium Green
Catkins
Catkins
Cornus Florida
Dogwood
15-20 ft
10-20 ft
Oval
Medium Green
White
Red Berry
Grand Floria
Magnolia
40-60 ft
30 ft
Round
Bright Green
White
Red Berry
Morus Alba
Mulberry
60 ft
60 ft
Round Top
Dark Green
Greenish
Berries
Juniperus Virginana
Cedar
45 ft
15 ft
Pyramidal
Green
Taxedium Species
Cypress
70 ft
25 ft
Pyramidal
Green
Quercus Alba
White Oak
70 ft
70 ft
Round
Dark Green
Yellow/
Red
Acorns
Liriodendron tulipifera
Poplar
80 ft
40 ft
Pyramidal
Med Green
Green/ Yellow
Seed
Oxydendrum Arboreum
Sourwood
20-30 ft
10-15 ft
Pyramidal
Green
White
Seed
 
(Ord. 2005-O3, passed 3-15-2005) (Am. Ord. 2013-O15, passed 7-16-2013)
APPROVED PLANT LIST
The following recommended list of plants has been chosen for use in the town due to their survival rate in certain planting scenarios in the county:
   (1)   Canopy trees for buffer yards.
      (a)   Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).
      (b)   Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris).
      (c)   Live Oak (Quercus virginiana).
      (d)   Sweetgum (fruitless) (Liquidambar styraciflua (Rotundiloba)).
      (e)   Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica).
   (2)   Understory trees for buffer yards.
      (a)   Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica).
      (b)   Dahoon (Ilex cassine).
      (c)   Foster Holly (Ilex x attenuate Fosteri).
      (d)   American Holly (Ilex opaca).
      (e)   Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida).
      (f)   Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia faurieri and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
   (3)   Street trees.
      (a)   Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum).
      (b)   Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia fauriei, and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
      (c)   Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis).
      (d)   Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii).
      (e)   Nutall Oak (Quercus nutalli).
      (f)   Chinese Fringetree (Chionanthus retusus).
      (g)   White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus).
      (h)   Savannah Holly and Foster Holly (cultivars of Ilex x attenuate).
      (I)   Zelkova (Zelkova serrata).
      (j)   Lacebark Elm (Ulmus parvifolia).
      (k)   Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana).
      (l)   Chanticleer Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer).
      (m)   Hibiscus Syriacus - known as Rose of Sharon or Althea.
      (n)   Ilex Vomitoria - the weeping form.
      (o)   Chinese Snowball Viburnum (Virburnum macrocephalum).
   (4)   Shrubs used within buffer yards.
      (a)   Indian Azalea (Azalea indica).
      (b)   Camellia (Camellia japonica).
      (c)   Sasanqua Camellia (Camallia sasanqua).
      (d)   Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta).
      (e)   Dwarf Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
      (f)   Lusterleaf Holly (Ilex latifolia).
      (g)   Nellie R. Stevens Holly (Ilex Nellie R. Stevens).
      (h)   Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense).
      (I)   Wax-Myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
   (5)   Shrubs within street yards.
      (a)   Dwarf Yaupon (llex vomitora Nana).
      (b)   Nandina (Nandina domestica).
   (6)   Shrubs within 40 feet of driveway.
      (a)   Alexandrian Laurel (Danae racemosa).
      (b)   Dwarf Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides radicans).
      (c)   Dward Horned Holly (Ilex cornuta Rotunda).
      (d)   Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
      (e)   David Viburnum (Viburnnum davidii).
   (7)   Parking lot buffer yards (side and rear yards).
      (a)   Camellia (Camellia japonica).
      (b)   Sasanqua Camellia (Camellia sasanqua).
      (c)   Cleyera (Cleyera japonica).
      (d)   Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta).
      (e)   Dwarf Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
      (f)   Lusterleaf Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
      (g)   Anisetree (Illicium anisatum).
      (h)   Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense).
      (I)   Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
      (j)   Oleander (Nerium oleander).
      (k)   Pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira).
   (8)   Parking lot islands and planter areas.
      (a)   Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora).
      (b)   Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia faurieri and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
      (c)   Dwarf Horned Holly (Ilex cornuta Rotunda).
      (d)   Dwarf Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria Nana).
      (e)    Nandina (Nandina domestica).