4771 Princeton Rd. Post Oak (Quercus stellata) Betula nigra, the river birch, black birch or water birch, is a species of birch native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and west to Texas. It is one of the few heat-tolerant birches in a family…
View More4778 Chickasaw Rd. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) Quercus palustris, the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak, is an oak in the red oak section. Pin oak is one one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of transplant, relatively fast growth, and pollution tolerance. Its distinctive shape…
View More4694 Johnson Ave. Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata) Quercus lyrata, the overcup oak, is an oak in the white oak group. It is native to lowland wetlands in the eastern and south-central United States, in all the coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland as far as Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois. Quercus lyrata is a…
View More4659 S. Erwin Dr. Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonicus) Styrax japonicus, the Japanese snowbell, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae, native to China, Japan and Korea. Growing to 39 feet tall by 26 feet broad, it is a graceful, spreading deciduous tree with oval, upward-facing leaves, which occasionally turn yellow or orange…
View More4660 Princeton Rd. Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) Nyssa sylvatica, the black tupelo, tupelo, black gum or sour gum, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the coastal Northeastern United States and souther Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as Mexico. The common name, tupelo, is of Native…
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