Trees Commonly Found in Brazos Valley:

Bald Cypress 100-150 feet tall deciduous gray-brown/red-brown bark very popular ornamental tree range: eastern coast from Delaware down to Florida and west to Texas (southeast United States) produces green, globular cones
Bur Oak 50-80 feet tall deciduous produces greenish yellow catkin flowers range: from Central Plains to Appalachian Mountains and south to central Texas produces acorns
Chinese Pistache 25-35 feet tall deciduous known for brilliant colors in autumn native to China but grows along western and eastern coasts of the United States and all across southern United States produces small red drupe fruit
Crepe Myrtle 10-20 feet tall deciduous thrives in the southern United States produces purple, white, pink, flowers known for its beautiful exfoliating bark popular ornamental tree
Live Oak 40-80 feet tall evergreen range: Atlantic and Pacific coasts, all across southern United States produces acorns large rounded, spreading shape dark reddish brown bark
Montezuma Cypress up to 130 feet tall evergreen spirally arranged leaves grows in south Texas and Mexico produces oval cones riparian tree, mostly growing along rivers
Red Bud 30 feet tall deciduous produces purple, pink flowers range: most of eastern United States extending west to Texas and Oklahoma gray bark popular ornamental tree
Red Maple 40 to 60 feet tall deciduous broadleaf green above, gray underneath, turning yellow to red in fall range: Eastern United States & Southeast Canada bark is smooth and gray one of the first signs of spring is the flowers of the Red Maple
Red Oak 50-75 feet tall deciduous known for strength and brilliant fall colors produces acorns gray to greenish bark range: central United States to eastern coast
River Birch 80-100 feet deciduous grows mostly in eastern US and stretches west into east Texas usually has multiple trunks with dark grayish brown/pinkish brown scaly bark produces catkin flowers and tiny winged seeds