City of North Port
Neighborhood Development Services
4970 City Hall Boulevard
North Port, Fl.. 34286
Phone (941) 429-7055
Email [email protected]
Fax (941) 429-7031
PRIORITY TREE LIST
Major Shade Trees - Canopy Potential At Maturity: 1500 Square Feet
Common Name
Botanical Name
Black Olive
Jacaranda
Live Oak
Magnolia
Mahogany
Pignut Hickory
Royal Poinciana
Sweetgum
Sycamore
Water Oak
Bucida Bucerus
Jacaranda Mimosifolia
Quercus Virginiana
Magnolia Grandiflora
Swietenia Mahogany
Carya Glabra
Delonix Regia
Liquidamber Styracifula
Platanus Occidentallis
Quercus Nigra
Medium Shade Trees - Canopy Potential At Maturity: 500 Square Feet
Common Name
Botanical Name
Bald Cypress
Cherry Laurel
East Palatka Holly
Elm
Gold Trees
Gumbo Limbo
Pine
Red Maple
Sand Live Oak
Southern Red Cedar
Weeping Podocarpus
Taxodium Distichtum
Prunus Caroliniana
Ilex Opaca ‘East Palatka’
Ulmus Spp.
Tabebuia Spp.
Bursera Simarubra
Pinus Spp.
Accer Rubrum
Quercus Geminate
Juniperous Virginiana
Podocarpus Gracillior
Small Scale Trees - Canopy Potential At Maturity: 250 Square Feet
Bottlebrush
Buttonwood (Green Or Silver)
Crape Myrtle
Dahoon Holly
Loblolly Bay
Loquat
Palms*
Red Bay
Wax Myrtle
Sweet Bay
*Any Palm Can Be Used Based On Mature Canopy Per Stem
On A 10,000 Sq Ft Lot You Need 3500 sq ft Canopy Coverage.
Priority Tree List / Revised / June 15
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Shrubs
Hibiscus
Wax Myrtle
Pittosporum
Oleander
Bougainvillea
Viburnum
Gardenia
Allamanda
Coco-Plum
Ixora
Ligustrum
Azalea
Boxwood Beauty ( Carissa & Japanese)
Crape Myrtle
Orange Jessamine
Natal Plum
Podocarpus
Indian Hawthorn
Surinam Cherry
Burford’s Holly
Shillings Holly
For every 2,500 sq. ft. lot = 3 shrubs
Agricultural land 3 acres or more = no shrubs
Priority Tree List / Revised / June 15
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City of North Port
Tree Priority List from Chapter 45 -19 of the ULDC
Major Shade Trees: Canopy Potential at Maturity: 1,500 square feet
N. America
/Height
Hardiness
Range
Persistence
Native(+)
Non Native ( - ) Common Name
latin Name
Spread
+
American Elm
Ulmus Americana
50-70
70-90
2A-9B
Deciduous
+
Chinese Elm
Winged Elm
Ulmus Parvifolia
Ulmus A/ala
Eucalyptus Sideroxylon
Carya Glabra
Carya Aquatica
Swietenio Mahogoni
Magnolia Grandifloria
Morus Rubra
Quercus Virginiana
Quercus Shumardii
Grevil/ea Robusta
Quercus Fa/cata
35-45
30-40
35-50
40-65
45-75
35-70
58-lOA
6A-9B
Deciduous
Deciduous
lOA-11
25-35
50-75
4B-9A
Evergreen
Deciduous
50-60
35-50
35-50
50-90
6B-9A
108-11
Semi Evergreen
35-45
60-100
35-60
40-70
50-75
25-35
60-70
60-100
60-80
Quercus Nigra
50-80
50-75
7A-9B
6A-10A
Evergreen
Deciduous
Semi-Evergreen
Plantanus Occidentalis
70-80
70-90
4B-9A
Deciduous
*****
+*
+
+*****
+**
+
+
Eucalyptus
Pignut Hickory
Water Hickory
Florida Mahogany
Southern Magnolia
+
+
Red Mulberry
Live Oak
Shumard Oak
Silk Oak
Southern Red Oak
Water Oak
+
Sycamore
+
50-80
60-80
75-90
68-lOA
SA-98
78-108
SB-9B
98-11
Deciduous
Evergreen
Deciduous
Semi Evergreen
Deciduous
Major/Medium Shade Trees: Canopy Potential at Maturity: 1,000 square feet
N. America
Native(+)
Hardiness
Non Native(-) Common Name
latin Name
Juniper
Persea Borbonia
Cinnamomum Camphora
Catalpa Speciosa
Juniperis Virgin/ana
Taxodium Distichtum
Taxodium Ascendens
Jacaranda Mimosifolia
Juniperus Chinensis
Red Maple
AcerRubrum
Red Bay
Spread
/Height
Range
Persistence
25-40
30-65
7A-11
Evergreen
45-65
35-45
25-35
50-60
35-70
25-50
98-11
4B-9A
Evergreen
Deciduous
25-35
50-75
78-lOA
4A-10B
Deciduous
20-40
40-50
15-25
50-75
35-50
40-50
58-lOA
Deciduous
98-11
4A-10A
Deciduous
Evergreen
40-60
50-75
4A-10B
Quercus Geminate
50-60
-*-**** Black Olive
Bucida Buceros
35-40
******* Hong Kong Orchid
Bauhinia x B/akeana
15-30
+
Common Persimm m Diospyros Virginiana
20-35
+
Loblolly Pine
Pinus Taeda
25-35
+
Pinus Pilustras
Long leaf Pine
35-50
Araucaria Heterophyl/a
Norfolk island Pine
35-50
+
Slash Pine
Pinus El/ioti
35-50
IIII
Golden Poinciana
Pe/tophorum Pleroca/p 1m 25-35
- ********* Royal Poinciana
Delonix Regia
50-70
Floss Silk
Chorisia Speciosa
25-35
+
Sugarberry
Celtis Laevigata
50-60
+
Sweetgum
Uquidambar Styracif/ua
35-50
+******* Black tupelo
Nyssa Sylvatica
25-35
25-50
8A-10A
Deciduous
Semi Evergreen
25-40
25-50
lOB-11
96-11
Evergreen
Evergreen
40-60
50-75
48-98
Deciduous
6B-9A
Evergreen
60-90
7A-10A
lOA-11
Evergreen
100-200
75-100
7A-11
Evergreen
25-50
25-50
lOA-11
lOA-11
Semi Evergreen
Semi Evergreen
25-50
98-11
50-70
SA-lOB
58-98
Deciduous
Deciduous
+
+
+
+
Camphor
Catalpa
Southern Red Cedar
Bald Cypress
Pond Cypress
******* Jacaranda
+
Sand live Oak
50-70
65-75
48-98
Evergreen
Evergreen
Deciduous
Deciduous
••••••• Denotes Trees Susceptible to Frost
ULDC Priority Tree list
I rev I mar 12
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City of North Port
Tree Priority List from Chapter 45 -19 of the ULDC
Medium Shade Trees: Canopy Potential at Maturity: 500 square feet
N. America
Hardiness
Native(+)_
Non Native(-) Common Name
+
+
+*******
latin Name
+*******
+
+*******
+
******
*
/Height
Range
Persistence
Evergreen
Carolina Ash
Froxinus
Caroliniana
25-35
25-50
loblolly Bay
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Franklinia
Lasianthus
15-25
25-50
7B-10A
7A-9B
Geieer Tree
Cordia Sebestena
15-30
15-25
20-30
15-30
15-25
15-25
15-25
20-25
15-25
25-35
15-25
25-35
15-25
15-40
15-25
20-40
35-50
25-40
25-50
25-40
15-25
25-50
30-40
15-25
20-40
15-35
SA-lOA
lOB-11
5A-9B
5B-9B
7A-11
7A-9B
SA-lOA
SB-11
7A-10A
lOA-11
lOA-11
8B-10B
lOA-11
******* Golden Rain Tree
+
+
+
+
Spread
American Holly
Dahoon Holly
East Palatka Holly
Cherry laurel
Black Mesquite
Sand Pine
Podocarpus
Pond Apple
Chapman Oak
Pink Trumpet
Magnoli Virginiana
Koe/reuteria E/eganus
Uex Opaca
li/ex cassine
/lex Opaca E.P. Holly
Prunus Caro/iniana
Prosopis Ve/ulina
Pinus C/ausa
Podocarpus Fa/catus
Annona G/abra
Quercus Chapmanii
Tabebuia Heterphylla
Deciduous
Evergreen
Evenzreen
Deciduous
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Semi Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
SemiEvergreen
SemiEvergreen
Small Shade Trees: Canopy Potential at Maturity: 250 square feet
N. America
Native(+)
Hardiness
latin Name
Spread
Range
Persistence
Arborvitae
P/atycladus Orienta/is
15-20
15-20
6A-10A
Bottle Brush
Green Buttonwood
Silver Buttonwood
Callistemon Viminalis
Cassia
Senna Spectabilis
15-25
25-35
25-35
15-20
five-25
ten-15
25-35
15-25
five-15
15-25
25-35
25-35
15-20
ten-30
15-20
15-25
20-30
15-20
15-25
20-30
15-25
15-20
15-25
20-35
15-25
15-30
9B-11
lOB-11
lOB-11
lOB-11
6B-10A
7A-10A
8A-11
lOA-11
7A-11
lOB-11
lOA-11
9B-11
7A-10B
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Deciduous
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Non Native(-) Common Name
+
+*******
+*******
-*******
+
+
*******
+*******
+*******
+*******
+
+
Crape Myrtle
Yaupon Holly
loquat
Mahoe
Marlberry
Pigeon Plum
Sea Grape
Simpson Stopper
Wax Myrtle
+ ******* All Palms Are Equal to
Conocarpus Erectus
" "var.Serlceus
Lagerstremia Indica
liex Vomitoria
Eriobotrya Japonica
Hibiscus Elatus
Ardisia Escajlonioides
Coccojoba Divers/folio
Cocco/oba Uvijera
Myrcianthes Fragrans
Myrica Cerijera
/Height
250 square feet of canopy coverage points
******* Denotes Trees Susceptible to Frost
ON A 10,000 SQ. FT. LOT YOU NEED 3,500 SQ. FT. OF CANOPY COVERAGE
ULDC Priority Tree list I rev I mar 12
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City of North Port
Tree Priority List from Chapter 45 -19 of the ULDC
SHRUBS
Hibiscus Wax
Myrtle
Pittosporum
Oleander
Bougainvillea
Viburnum
Gargenia
Allamanda
Coco-Plum
lxora
Azalea
Boxwood Beauty {Carissa & Japanese)
Crape Myrtle
Orange Jessamine
Natal Plum
Podocarpus
Indian Hawthorne
Surinam Cherry
Buford's Holly
Shillings Holly
ligustrum
FOR EVERY 2,500 S Q . FT. LOT= 3 SHRUBS AGRICULTURAL LAND 3
ACRES OR MORE= NO SHRUBS
ULDC Priority Tree List I rev I mar 12
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