- P
- Palmetto, Texas (palm) 123
- Pawpaw 72
- Peach, wild 83
- Pecan 29
- Persea borbonia 73
- Persimmon, black 127
- Persimmon, common 110
- Persimmon, Texas 127
- Pine, Austrian 129
- Pine, limber, Rocky Mtn. white 17
- Pine, loblolly 20
- Pine, longleaf 22
- Pine, nut 18
- Pine, ponderosa, western yellow 19
- Pine, shortleaf, yellow 21
- Pine, slash 23
- Pine, Sonderegger 22
- Pinus echinata 21
- Pinus edulis 18
- Pinus elliottii 23
- Pinus flexilis 17
- Pinus nigra 129
- Pinus palustris 22
- Pinus ponderosa 19
- Pinus taeda 20
- Pinyon 18
- Pistache, Texas 125
- Pistacia texana 125
- Pithecellobium flexicaule 84
- Planer tree 65
- Planera aquatica 65
- Platanus occidentalis 77
- Plum, flatwoods 81
- Plum, Mexican 80
- Popple, aspen 123
- Populus deltoidea 36
- Populus fremontii var. wislizenii 123
- Populus sargentii 36
- Populus tremuloides 123
- Porlieria, Texas 124
- Possumhaw 97
- Prickly ash 92
- Privet, swamp 116
- Prosopsis juliflora 87
- Prunus caroliniana 83
- Prunus mexicana 80
- Prunus serotina 82
- Prunus serotina var. rufula 82
- Prunus umbellata 81
- Pseudotsuga menziesii 24
- Ptelea trifoliata 93
- Q
- Quercus alba 55
- Quercus durandii 54
- Quercus emoryi 51
- Quercus falcata 46
- Quercus gravesii 44
- Quercus grisea 51
- Quercus incana 50
- Quercus lyrata 58
- Quercus macrocarpa 57
- Quercus marilandica 47
- Quercus michauxii 59
- Quercus mohriana 53
- Quercus muhlenbergii 60
- Quercus nigra 48
- Quercus oblongifolia 51
- Quercus phellos 49
- Quercus shumardii 4
- Quercus shumardii var. shumardii 43
- Quercus shumardii var. texana 44
- Quercus stellata 56
- Quercus velutina 45
- Quercus virginiana 52
- R
- Redbay 73
- Redbud, eastern 88
- Redcedar, eastern 27
- Redgum 76
- Rhus copallina 94
- Robinia pseudoacacia 91
- Rusty blackhaw 121
- S
- Sabal minor 123
- Sabal texana 123
- Salix nigra 37
- Sapindus drummondii 102
- Sassafras 74
- Sassafras albidum 74
- Shepherdia argentea 129
- Siberian elm 129
- Silverbell, two-wing 112
- Sloe, black 81
- Smoketree, American 125
- Snowdrop tree 112
- Soapberry, western 102
- Soapbush 124
- Soap plant, Indian 102
- Sophora affinis 124
- Sparkleberry tree 108
- Sugarberry 67
- Sumac, shining, dwarf, flameleaf 94
- Sumac, poison 95
- Swampbay 71
- Sweetbay magnolia 71
- Sweetgum 76
- Sweetleaf, common 111
- Sycamore, American 77
- Symplocos tinctoria 111
- T
- Tamarisk 127
- Tamarix araiculata 127
- Tamarix gallica 127
- Tamarix pentandra 127
- Taxodium distichum 25
- Tepehuaje 124
- Texas sophora 124
- Texas wild olive 128
- Tilia americana 103
- Tilia caroliniana 126
- Tilia floridana 126
- Tingle-tongue 92
- Toothache tree 92
- Toxicodendron vernix 95
- Tree-huckleberry 108
- Tree of heaven 125
- Tree Sparkleberry (Farkleberry) 108
- Tupelo, black 105
- Tupelo, swamp 105
- Tupelo, water 106
- U
- Ulmus alata 62
- Ulmus americana 61
- Ulmus crassifolia 63
- Ulmus pumila 129
- Ulmus rubra 64
- Una de Gato 85
- W
- Wafer-ash 93
- Wahoo, eastern 125
- Walnut, black 28
- Walnut, little 28
- Walnut, Texas 28
- Waterlocust 90
- Wild china-tree 102
- Wild olive, Texas 128
- Wild peach 83
- Willow, black 37
- Willow, desert 119
- Winterberry 97
- Winterberry euonymus 129
- Witch-hazel 75
- Z
- Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 92
TREE PLANTING REGIONS OF TEXAS
PARTIAL LIST OF TREES RECOMMENDED FOR SHADE AND WINDBREAKS
East Texas
- American elm
- arborvitae
- Arizona cypress
- basswood
- black locust
- black walnut
- bur oak
- catalpa
- Chinese tallow
- green ash
- hackberry
- holly
- live oak
- loblolly pine
- longleaf pine
- magnolia
- pecan
- red oak
- shortleaf pine
- silver maple
- slash pine
- sweetgum
- sycamore
- water oak
- white ash
- willow oak
Coastal Prairie
- American elm
- arborvitae
- Arizona ash
- Arizona cypress
- athel
- Carolina poplar
- Chinese tallow
- Gulf Coast cedar
- hackberry
- holly
- Italian cypress
- live oak
- loblolly pine
- pecan
- swamp ash
- sweetgum
- sycamore
Central Texas
- Arizona cypress
- American elm
- Texas walnut
- cedar elm
- Chinese arborvitae
- Chinese elm
- eastern redcedar
- green ash
- hackberry
- live oak
- pecan
- sycamore
- thornless honeylocust
South Texas
- anaqua
- Arizona cypress
- athel
- Australian pine
- Carolina poplar
- Chinese arborvitae
- Chinese tallow
- eucalyptus
- fan palm
- Gulf Coast cedar
- gum elastic
- hackberry
- Italian cypress
- Japanese varnish tree
- live oak
- ornamental date palm
- pecan
- pistacia
- Rio Grande ash
- sycamore
West Texas
- Arizona ash
- Arizona cypress
- aspen popple
- Austrian pine
- Chinese arborvitae
- Chinese elm
- green ash
- hackberry
- live oak
- mountain cottonwood
- pistacia
- redcedar
- Rocky mountain
- juniper
- Russian mulberry
- Russian olive
- silver poplar
- Spanish oak
- thornless honeylocust
- western yellow pine
Panhandle
- American elm
- apricot
- Arizona cypress
- Austrian pine
- black locust
- Carolina poplar
- Chinese arborvitae
- Chinese maple
- Chinese elm
- Colorado blue spruce
- green ash
- hackberry
- loblolly pine
- pistacia
- redcedar
- red mulberry
- Russian mulberry
- Russian olive
- sand plum
- shortleaf pine
- Siberian elm
- silver poplar
- sycamore
- thornless honeylocust
- western yellow pine
CODE OF BEHAVIOR
WITH
OUTDOOR FIREBRANDS
1. Burn household trash only in a metal or cinder block container on an area cleared to bare soil.
2. Burn fields and brush piles only in the late afternoon when the wind is low and after a 5-foot fire-break has been plowed around the field.
3. Break matches and crush smokes before discarding.
4. Use car ash tray for smokes and used matches when traveling in a vehicle. Don’t pitch them out the window.
5. Clear the area around a warming or camp fire before lighting it.
6. Extinguish all warming and camp fires when you leave. Be sure all fires are Dead Out.
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