Deciduous Trees

Even PinnateSunburst Honey Locust

Odd PinnateBlack Locust

Prickles-sharp projections derived from the outermost layer of the stem or leaf

Rose

Thorn-a sharp pointed projection derived from a branch or stem

Washington Hawthorn

Spine-a sharp projection derived from a leaf

Ferrocactus Bull Thistle

California Most Widely Cultivated Urban Trees (in order of prevelance)

• #1- Sweetgum • #2-Purple Leaf Plum• #3-London Plane Tree • #4-Southern Magnolia • #5-Bradford Pear• #6-Blue Gum (Evergreen)

California’s Most Widely Cultivated Urban Trees

• #7-Mexican Fan Palm (Evergreen)• #8-Chinese Pistache• #9-Indian Laurel Fig (Evergreen)• #10-Brisbance Box (Evergreen)• #11-Chinese Elm (Evergreen or Deciduous)

Sweetgum

Purple leaf Plum

London Plane

Magnolia

Bradford Pear

Trees with Great Fall Color in California

• Japanese Maple• Maidenhair Tree• Crape Myrtle• Sweetgum• Tulip Tree• White Mulberry

• Chinese Pistache• Bradford Pear• Northern Red Oak• Chinese Tallow Tree• Sawleaf Zelkova

Japanese Maple

Ginkgo

Crape Myrtle

Sweetgum

Tulip Tree

White Mulberry

Chinese Pistache

Bradford Pear

Northern Red Oak

Chinese Tallow Tree

Zelkova

Don’t Plant a Pest

• Some of our garden plants don’t stay in the garden but “jump the fence” and invade natural areas

• www.cal-ipc.org/landscaping/dpp/index.php• Black Locust• Chinese tallow tree

Black LocustRobinia pseduacacia

• Widely distributed in northern California

• Spreads by seeds and root sprouts.

• Forms large dense stands.

• Seeds, leaves and bark are toxic to humans and wildlife.

Chinese tallow treeTriadica sebifera

• Produce a large number of seeds and new shoots can sprout from roots.

• Seeds are dispersed by birds and in moving water where they can remain viable for several weeks.

• Grows and spreads rapidly, pushing out native plants.