COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND LIFE SCIENCES
Drought Tolerant Trees for Mid-elevation
Deserts of Arizona (3,000 to 4,000 feet)
PUBLICATION
AZ1239
7/2001
ISSUED JULY 2001
Patio Trees (up to 25 feet)
JEFF SCHALAU
Extension Agent,
Agriculture &
Natural Resources
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COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
EVERGREEN
DECIDUOUS
Catclaw Acacia
A c ac i a gr e ggi i
d
Desert Olive
F o r e s t i e r a n e o m e x i c an a
d
Little Leaf Ash
F r ax i nu s gr e ggi i
d
Mexican Redbud
C e r c i s c an ad e n s i s v ar. m e x i c an a
d
Monk's Pepper Tree
V i t e x agnu s - c as t u s
d
Texas Ebony
P i t h e c e l l o b i u m fl e x i c au l e
e
Velvet Mesquite
P r o s o pi s v e l u t i n a
d
Whitethorn Acacia
A c ac i a c o n s t r i c t a
d
College of Agriculture, P.O. Box 210036 • Tucson, Arizona 85721-0036
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Residential Trees (25 - 40 feet)
Arizona Ash
F r ax i nu s v e l u t i n a
d
Chinese Jujube
Z i zy ph u s j u j u b e
d
Desert Willow
C h i l o ps i s l i n e ar i s
d
Honey Locust
G l e d i t s i a t r i ac an t h o s
d
Honey Mesquite
P r o s o pi s gl an d u l o s a
d
Japanese Black Pine
P i nu s t h u n b e r gi an a
e
Mediterranean Fan Palm
C h am ae r o ps h u m i l i s
e
Netleaf Hackberry
C e l t i s r e t i c u l at a
d
Texas Red Oak
Q u e r c u s b u c kl ey i
d
Windmill Palm
Tr ac hy c ar pu s fo r t u n e i
e
Park Trees (more than 40 feet)
Arizona Cypress
C u pr e s s u s ar i zo n i c a
e
Arizona Sycamore
P l at anu s w r i gh t i i
d
Arizona Walnut
Ju gl an s m aj o r
d
Chinese Pistache
P i s t ac i a c h i n e n s i s
d
Coolabah Tree
Eu c aly pt u s m i c r o t h e c a
e
Cork Oak
Q ue r c us sube r
e
Deodar Cedar
Cedrus deodara
e
Heritage Live Oak
Quercus v irginiana
e
Leyland Cypress
Cupressocyparis leylandii
e
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A.
Christenson, Director, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.
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