Drought Tolerant Trees

Common Name                                                                  Botanical Name
Bald cypress                                                                       Taxodium distichum
Bur oak                                                                              Quercus macrocarpa
Cabbage palm                                                                    Sabal palmetto
Chaste tree                                                                         Vitex angus-castus
Cherry laurel                                                                       Prunus caroliniana
Chestnut oak                                                                      Quercus prunus
Chinese pistache                                                                 Pistacia chinensis
Deodarcedar                                                                      Cedrus deodara
Ginkgo                                                                               Ginkgo biloba
Goldenrain tree                                                                   Koelreuteria paniculata
Hollies except Chinese & Japanese                                     Ilex spp. except I. cornuta & I. creneta
Honeylocust                                                                       Gleditzia triacanthos
Japanese zelkova                                                                Zelkova serrata
Japanses pakoda tree                                                         Sophora japonica
Lacebark elm                                                                     Ulmus parvifolia
Laurel oak                                                                         Quercus laurifolia
Live oak                                                                            Quercus virginiana
Loquat                                                                               Eriobotrya japonica
Needle palm                                                                      Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Pin oak                                                                             Quercus palustris
Pindo palm                                                                        Butea capitata
Redbud                                                                            Cercis canadensis
Shumard oak                                                                    Quercus shumardii
Smoke tree                                                                       Cotinus coggygria
Sweetgum                                                                         Liquidambar styraciflura
Sycamore                                                                         Platanus occidentalis
Tulip poplar                                                                       Liriodendron tulipifera
Washington hawthorne                                                      Crataegus phaenopyrum
Water oak                                                                        Quercus nigra
White ash                                                                         Fraxinus americans
White oak                                                                        Quercus alba
Windmill palm                                                                  Trachycarpus fortunei