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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

 

  • 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

 

 
  • 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

 

 

 
  • 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

 

 

  • 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

 

 

 
  • 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
 
  • Can be over 130 feet tall
  • Evergreen
  • Spirally arranged leaves
  • Grows in south Texas and Mexico
  • Produces oval cones
  • Riparian Tree, mostly growing along rivers

 

 

 
  • Can be over 130 feet tall
  • Evergreen
  • Spirally arranged leaves
  • Grows in south Texas and Mexico
  • Produces oval cones
  • Riparian Tree, mostly growing along rivers

 

 

Red Bud/Maple/Oak

Red Bud
  • 30 feet tall
  • Deciduous
  • Produces purple, pink flowers
  • Pange: 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

 


Red Bud
  • 30 feet tall
  • Deciduous
  • Produces purple, pink flowers
  • Pange: 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

 

  • 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

 

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