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Uncommon trees in South Florida
USDA hardiness zones 9B through 11

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 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)
Annona glabra Arbutus unedo 8B-11 Ardisia escallonioides 10-11 Caesalpinia mexicana 10B-11 Calyptranthes pallens 10B-11 Canella winterana Capparis cynophallophora 10-11 Chilopsis linearis 7B-11 Chilopsis linearis 'Burgundy' 7B-11 X Chitalpa tashkentensis X Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Morning Cloud' X Chitalpa tashkentensis'White Morning Cloud' Chrysobalanus icaco Citharexylum fruticosum 10B-11 Colubrina arborescens 10B-11 Cordia boissieri 9A-11 Cordia sebestena 10B-11 Cocculus laurifolius Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus 10B-11 Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea' 9-11 Eriobotrya deflexa 9B-11 Erythrina crista-galli Erythrina x sykesii Eugenia brasiliensis Eugenia confusa 10B-11 Eugenia foetida 10B-11 Eugenia rhombea 10B-11 Forestiera segregata Guaiacum officinale Guaiacum sanctum 10B-11 Lagerstroemia X 'Tuskegee', 'Muskogee' 'Natchez' 7A-10A Loropetalum chinensis and cv 7A-10A Myrcianthes fragrans Myrsine guianensis 10-11 Osmanthus americanus 5B-9B Pimenta dioica Pimenta racemosa Rhodoleia championii Tabebuia chrysotricha 10A-11 Tabebuia impetiginosa 9B-11 Ternstroemia gymnanthera 7-10 Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum awabuki --9A-11-- Viburnum obovatum	Averrhoa carambola Bauhinia x blakeana 9B-11 Bulnesia arborea Bumelia tenax and B. lanuginosa Caesalpinia granadillo 10B-11 Calodendrum capense Cananga odorata Cassia fistula 10B-11 Cassia fistula x javanica Cassia leptophylla Chrysophyllum cainito Chrysophyllum oliviforme 10B-11 Coccoloba diversifolia 10B-11 Coccoloba uvifera 10A-11 Conocarpus erectus 10B-11 Diospyros digyna Diospyros ebenum Elaeocarpus dentatus 9B(A?)-11 Erythrina caffra Eucalyptus ficifolia Ficus citrifolia Franklinia (Gordonia) lasianthus 7A-9B Geijera parviflora 9A-11 Hovenia dulcis 6A-10A Ilex cassine 7A-11 Jacaranda mimosifolia 9B-11 Juniperus silicicola 8A-10B Lagerestroemia x 'Natchez' 7A-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 6B-10A Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Townhouse' Lagerstroemia hirsuta Lagerstroemia speciosa 10B-11 Laurus nobilis Litchi chinensis 10A-11 Lithocarpus densiflorus Magnolia grandiflora 'MGTIG' Greenback™ 7A-10A?; 'Hasse' 7A-9B(10A?); 'Little Gem', 'Brackens Brown Beauty' 7A-10A Magnolia virginiana 5A-10A Mammea americana Pinus pinea 7A-11 Podocarpus gracilior 10A-11 Podocarpus macrophyllus 7B-11 and 8B-11 Podocarpus nagi 9A-11 Prunus salicifolia Quercus incana Sapindus saponaria 10A-11 Simarouba glauca 10B-11 Stenocarpus sinuatus Tristania conferta 9B-11 Tristaniiopsis laurina	Bombax ceiba Brachychiton acerifolius Brachychiton discolor Ceiba pentandra Chorisia speciosa Coccoloba pubescens Elaeocarpus persicaefolius Erythrina variegata var. orientalis 10A-11 Erythrina variegata var. orientalis 'Tropic Coral' Mastichodendron foetidissimum Peltophorum dubium Peltophorum pterocarpum 10A-11 Pinus palustris 7A-10A Piscidia piscipula Pseudobombax ellipticum Quercus geminata Quercus ilex Quercus virginiana Highrise™ Swietenia macrophylla Tamarindus indica 10A-11 Taxodium ascendens 5B-9B Taxodium distichum 5A-10B Tipuana tipu Ulmus alata 6A-9B Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge', 'New Harmony' , 'Princeton' 2A-9B Ulmus americana var. floridana 8A-9B Ulmus crassifolia 6A-9B Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer II'(Allee™)

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