Northwest Florida Tree List

The Northwest Florida region includes the following counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, Gulf and Franklin, which include USDA Hardiness Zones 8A and 8B. Trees growing in our Gainesville plot that are also capable of growing in this region are listed below. Not all trees in this list will grow in all areas in Northwest Florida. This is not meant to be a complete list of small trees that are capable of growing in this region. Click on Urban Tree Selection in the contents to select more trees for this region.

Some trees on this list are too large for planting near power lines. Check details of each tree before planting near wires.

Acer buergerianum 'Streetwise' (Trident Maple) Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye) Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry) Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam) Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud) Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' (Red Leaf Redbud) Chionanthus retusus (Chinese Fringetree) Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree) Cornus florida 'Weavers White' (Flowering Dogwood) Cornus foemina (Swamp Dogwood) Cornus mas 'Spring Glow' (Cornelian Cherry Dogwood) Crataegus flava (Yellowleaf Hawthorn) Crataegus viridis (Green Hawthorn) Elaeocarpus decipens (Japanese Blueberry) Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) Feijoa sellowiana (Pineapple Guava) Forestiera segregata (Florida Privet) Halesia diptera (Two-winged Silverbell) Hamamelis mollis (Chinese Witchhazel) Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah' (Savannah Holly) Ilex cassine (Dahoon Holly) Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' (Burford Holly) Ilex myrtifolia (Myrtle Holly) Ilex x 'Nellie R Stevens' (Nellie R Stevens Holly) Ilex vomitoria 'Dodds Cranberry' (Dodds Cranberry Yaupon Holly) Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' (Weeping Yaupon Holly) Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan' (Spartan Juniper) Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' (Torulosa Juniper)

Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' (Torulosa Juniper) Lagerstroemia indica (Crapemyrtle) Ligustrum japonicum (Ligustrum) Loropetalum chinensis 'Zhuzhou' (Loropetalum) Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia) Myrica cerifera (Southern Waxmyrtle) Nyssa ogeche (Ogeechee Tupelo) Osmanthus americanus (Devilwood) Osmanthus fragrans (Sweet Olive) Ostrya virginiana (American Hophornbeam) Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood) Pinus glabra (Spruce Pine) Planera aquatica (Water Elm) Podocarpus macrophyllus (Podocarpus) Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw Plum) Prunus campanulata (Taiwan Cherry) Prunus caroliniana (Cherry Laurel) Prunus cerasifera 'St Lukes' (Purple Leaf Plum) Prunus 'Okame' (Okame Cherry) Prunus persica 'Florida Home' (Flowering Peach) Prunus persica 'Martha Jane' (Flowering Nectarine) Prunus umbellata (Flatwoods Plum) Quercus prinoides (Dwarf Chestnut Oak) Rhamnus caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn) Stewartia malacodendron (Silky Camellia) Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Cleyera) Vaccinium arboreum (Sparkleberry) Viburnum obovatum (Walters Viburnum) Vitex agnus-castus 'Shoals Creek' (Shoals Creek Chastetree) Click here for more small trees possibly suited for planting near power lines.

• Trees in our test
• Test protocol
• Trees by Florida region
  • Southeast Florida
    
  • Southwest Florida
    
  • Central Florida
    
  • Northeast Florida
    
  • North Central Florida
    
  • Northwest Florida
    
• Urban tree selection
• Tree placement
• It's the law
• Pruning near wires
  
• Related links
  
• Project co-sponsor