Plants (Trees) of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

Trees and Shrubs found at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Houston, TX

Eastern Red Cedar ¹
Juniperus virginiana

Bald Cypress ²
Taxodium distichum

Short-leaf Pine ³
Pinus echinata

Loblolly Pine ⁴
Pinus taeda

Eastern Redbud ⁵
Cercis canadensis

Argentine Senna (!) ⁶
Senna corymbosa

Anacacho orchid tree ⁷
Bauhinia lunarioides

Dwarf Powderpuff
Calliandra tergemina emarginata

Sweet Acacia ⁸
Vachellia farnesiana

Kidneywood ⁹
Eysenhardtia texana

Coral Bean ¹⁰
Erythrina herbacea

Texas Mountain Laurel ¹¹
Sophora secundiflora

Texas Sophora ¹²
Styphnolobium affine

Black Locust ¹³
Robinia pseudoacacia

False Indigo Bush ¹⁴
Amorpha fruticosa

Chickasaw Plum ¹⁵
Prunus angustifolia

Cherry Laurel ¹⁶
Prunus caroliniana

Mexican Plum ¹⁷
Prunus mexicana

Black Cherry ¹⁸
Prunus serotina

Blueberry Hawthorn ¹⁹
Crataegus brachyacantha

Parsley Hawthorn ²⁰
Crataegus marshallii

Western Mayhaw ²¹
Crataegus opaca

Pasture Haw ²²
Crataegus spathulata

Texas Hawthorn ²³
Crataegus texana

Green Hawthorn ²⁴
Crataegus viridis

Callery Pear (!) ²⁵
Pyrus calleryana

Carolina Buckthorn ²⁶
Frangula caroliniana

Red Mulberry ²⁷
Morus rubra

Osage-Orange ²⁸
Maclura pomifera

Water Elm ²²
Planera aquatica

Winged Elm ²⁹
Ulmus alata

American Elm ³⁰
Ulmus americana

Cedar Elm ¹²
Ulmus crassifolia

Hackberry ³¹
Celtis laevigata

Farkleberry ³²
Vaccinium arboreum

Elliots Blueberry ³³
Vaccinium corymbosum

Coralberry (!) ³⁴
Ardisia crenata

Wollybucket Bumelia ³⁵
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Silverbell ²¹
Halesia diptera

American Snowbell ³⁶
Styrax americanus

Swamp Cyrilla ³⁷
Cyrilla racemiflora

Texas Persimmon ²⁶
Diospyros texana

American Persimmon ³⁸
Diospyros virginiana

Rough-leaf Dogwood ³⁹
Cornus drummondii

Flowering Dogwood ⁴⁰
Cornus florida

Black Gum ²⁹
Nyssa sylvatica

Skunk Vine (!) ⁴¹
Paederia foetida

Common Buttonbush ¹⁶
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Carolina Jessamine ⁴²
Gelsemium sempervirens

Cow-tongue Prickly Pear ⁴³
Opuntia lindheimeri

Pigeon Berry ⁴⁴
Rivina humilis

Havana Snakeroot ⁴⁵
Ageratina havanensis

Eastern Baccharis ²¹
Baccharis halimifolia

Poison Ivy ⁴⁶
Toxicodendron radicans

Flame-Leaf Sumac ⁴⁷
Rhus copallinum

Hoptree ⁴⁸
Ptelea trifoliata

Trifoliate Orange (!) ⁴⁹
Citrus trifoliata

Hercules Club ⁵⁰
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Chinaberry (!) ⁵¹
Melia azedarach

Mexican Buckeye ⁵²
Ungnadia speciosa

Chalk Maple ⁵³
Acer leucoderme

Boxelder ⁵⁴
Acer negundo

Red Maple ⁵⁵
Acer rubrum

Sugar Maple ⁵⁶
Acer saccharum

Red Buckeye ²⁰
Aesculus pavia

False Water Primrose
Heimia salicifolia

Japanese Crepe Myrtle ⁵⁷
Lagerstroemia fauriei

White Oak ⁵⁸
Quercus alba

Red Oak ⁵⁶
Quercus falcata

Overcup Oak ⁵⁹
Quercus lyrata

Bur Oak ⁶⁰
Quercus macrocarpa

Swamp Chestnut Oak ⁶¹
Quercus michauxii

Water Oak ⁶²
Quercus nigra

Cherrybark Oak ⁶³
Quercus pagoda

Willow Oak ⁶⁴
Quercus phellos

Shumard Oak ⁶⁵
Quercus shumardii

Post Oak ⁶⁶
Quercus stellata

Live Oak ⁶⁷
Quercus virginiana

Southern Wax Myrtle ⁶⁸
Morella cerifera

River Birch ⁵⁶
Betula nigra

American Hornbeam ⁶⁹
Carpinus caroliniana

Hop-hornbeam ³⁶
Ostrya virginiana

Water Hickory
Carya aquatica

Bitternut Hickory ⁴⁹
Carya cordiformis

Pecan ⁷⁰
Carya illinoinensis

Shagbark Hickory ⁵⁸
Carya ovata

Black Hickory ⁷¹
Carya texana

Texas Silverleaf ⁷²
Leucophyllum frutescens

Sweet Olive ⁷³
Osmanthus fragrans

White Fringetree ³⁶
Chionanthus virginicus

White Ash ⁷⁴
Fraxinus americana

Green Ash ⁶⁰
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Swamp Privet ⁷⁵
Forestiera acuminata

Elbowbush ⁷⁶
Forestiera pubescens

Japanese Privet (!) ⁷⁷
Ligustrum japonicum

Wax-leaf Ligustrum (!) ⁷⁸
Ligustrum lucidum

Quihoui Privet (!) ⁷⁹
Ligustrum quihoui

Chinese Privet (!) ⁴²
Ligustrum sinense

Esperanza ⁸⁰
Tecoma stans

Southern Catalpa ⁸¹
Catalpa bignonioides

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