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Uncommon trees in Florida
USDA hardiness zones 8A through 9B

Dr. Edward F. Gilman, professor,
Environmental Horticulture Department
University of Florida
egilman@ufl.edu

Thanks to the Florida Urban Forestry Council and the FDACS Division of Forestry (now the Florida Forest Service) for partial funding for this page.

Small trees (less than 30 feet)	Medium sized trees (25 to 40 feet)	Large maturing trees (more than 40 feet)
Aesculus pavia 6A-9A Arbutus unedo 8B-11 Camellia oleifera 6A-9B Castanea pumila Cercis reniformis 'Oklahoma' 6B-9A Chilopsis linearis 7B-11 Chionanthus retusus 5B-9B Chionanthus virginicus 3A-9B X Chitalpa tashkentensis Cordia boissieri 9A-11 Cocculus laurifolius Eriobotrya deflexa 9B-11 Ilex X 'Emily Brunner' Ilex X 'Ginny Brunner' Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens' 6A-9B Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' 7A-9B Ilex latifolia 7A-9B Lagerstroemia X 'Acoma' 7A-9A Lagerstroemia X 'Tuskegee', 'Muskogee' 'Natchez' 7A-10A Loropetalum chinensis and cv 7A-10A Osmanthus americanus 5B-9B Prunus X incamp 'Okame' 6B-9A Rhodoleia championii Stewartia malacodendron Tabebuia chrysotricha Tabebuia impetiginosa Ternstroemia gymnanthera Viburnum awabuki 9A-11 Viburnum obovatum	Acer buergerianum 5B-9B Betula nigra 'BNMTF'(Dura-Heat™) 4A-9A Bumelia tenax and B. lanuginosa Calodendrum capense Carpinus caroliniana 3A-9A Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' 6A-8B Cupressus glabra or C. arizonica 'Blue Ice', 'Carolina Saphire' 7-9B Elaeocarpus dentatus Eucalyptus ficifolia 9B-11 Franklinia (Gordonia) lasianthus 7A-9B Geijera parviflora 9A-11 Hovenia dulcis 6A-10A Ilex cassine 7A-11 Ilex X attenuata 'Fosteri #2' 6A-9B (Sphaeropsis sensitive) Ilex X attenuata 'Savannah' 6A-9B (Sphaeropsis sensitive) Juniperus silicicola 8A-10B Lagerestroemia x 'Natchez' 7A-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 7A-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' 6A-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Townhouse' 6B-10A Magnolia grandiflora 'MGTIG' Greenback™ 7A-10A?; 'Hasse' (or Alta™) 7A-9B(10A?); 'Little Gem','Plantation' 7A-10A Magnolia virginiana 5A-10A Ostrya virginiana 3B-9A Pinus glabra 8A-9B Pinus pinea 7A-11 Podocarpus gracilior 10A-11 Podocarpus macrophyllus 8B-11 and 7B-11 Podocarpus nagi 9A-11 Quercus incana Quercus stellata 6A-9A Tristania conferta 9B-11	Acer buergerianum 4B-9B Betula nigra 'BNMTF'(Dura-Heat™) 4A-9A Bumelia tenax and B. lanuginosa 5A-9B Calodendrum capense Carpinus caroliniana 3A-9A Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' 6A-8B Cupressus glabra or C. arizonica 'Blue Ice', 'Carolina Saphire' 7A-11 Elaeocarpus dentatus Eucalyptus ficifolia 9B-11 Franklinia (Gordonia) lasianthus 7A-9B Geijera parviflora 9A-11 Hovenia dulcis 6A-10A Ilex cassine 7A-11 Ilex X attenuata 'Fosteri #2' 6A-9A (Sphaeropsis sensitive) 6A-9B Ilex X attenuata 'Savannah' 6A-9B (Sphaeropsis sensitive) Juniperus silicicola 8A-10B Lagerestroemia x 'Natchez' 7A-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 6B-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' 6B-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Townhouse' 6B-10A Magnolia grandiflora 'MGTIG' Greenback™ 7A-10A?; 'Hasse' (or Alta™) 7A-9B(10A?); 'Little Gem', 'Brackens Brown Beauty' 6B-10A; 'Plantation' 7A-9B? Magnolia virginiana 5A-10A Ostrya virginiana 3A-9A Persea borbonia and P. palustris 7A-10A Pinus glabra 8A-9B Pinus pinea 7A-11 Podocarpus gracilior 10A-11 Podocarpus macrophyllus 8B-11 Podocarpus nagi Quercus alba 3B-8B Quercus austrina 8A-9B Quercus falcata 7A-9B Quercus falcata var. pagodeofolia "Cherrybark red oak" 7A-9B Quercus geminata Quercus incana Quercus marilandica Quercus michauxii Quercus stellata 6A-9A Tristania conferta

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