“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”
– Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic” 1
The species planted in the Trees! program are selected for their contributions to the biodiversity and stability of local ecosystems, and their resilience in Florida’s changing climate. Since early 2019, we’ve planted more than 800 trees of the following species…
- American elm, Ulmus americana
- American holly, Ilex opaca
- American linden, Tilia americana
- American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana
- American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
- bald cypress, Taxodium distichum
- bluff oak, Quercus austrina
- chestnut oak, Quercus montana
- Chickasaw plum Prunus angustifolia
- common olive, Olea europaea
- dahoon holly, Ilex cassine
- Dunstan chestnut, Castanea dentata x mollissima
- ‘East Palatka’ holly, Ilex x attenuata
- eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana
- Florida elm, Ulmus americana var. floridana
- fringetree, Chionanthus henryae
- Indian hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis indica
- live oak, Quercus virginiana
- longleaf pine, Pinus palustris
- loquat, Eriobotrya japonica
- Magland holly, Ilex x ‘Magland’ Oakland™
- mulberry, Morus rubra
- pecan, Carya illinoinensis
- pond cypress, Taxodium ascendens
- red cedar, Juniperus virginiana
- sand live oak, Quercus geminata
- Shumard oak, Quercus shumardii
- southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
- southern red cedar, Juniperus silicicola
- sparkleberry, Vaccinium arborveum
- spruce pine, Pinus glabra
- swamp chestnut oak, Quercus michauxii
- sweet viburnum, Viburnum oderatissimum
- sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
- Walter’s viburnum, Viburnum obovatum
- white oak, Quercus alba
- winged elm, Ulmus alata
- yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria
1 Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1949.