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Tree List

Acacia melanoxylon

 Blackwood Acacia
Arbutus “Marina” Strawberry tree
Callistemon citrinus Lemon Bottlebrush
Casaurina stricta Coast Beefwood
Cotinus obovata Smoke Tree
Cupaniopsis anacardioides Carrot Wood
Cupressus macrocarpa Monterey Cypress
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat
Eucalyptus citiriodora Lemon-scented gum
Geijera parvifiora Australian willow
Leptospermum laevigatum Australian Tea Tree
Lyonothamnos floribunda Catalina Ironwood
Melaleuca quinquenervia (aka M. leucadendra) Cajeput Tree
Meterosideros excelsus* New Zealand Christmas Tree
Myoporum laetum “Carsonii”*  
Olea europaea Olive
Pinus canaiensus Canary Island Pine
Pittosporum crassifolium  
Podocarpus gracilior Fern Pine
Prunus cerasfolia Flowering plum
Rhamnus alaternus Italian Buckthorn
Rhus lancea African Sumac
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazillian Pepper tree
Tristania conferta “Elegant” Brisbane Box
Tristania laurina Small-Leaf Tristania
Note: Many, but not all, make good street trees. Some are especially prone to lifting
concrete slabs. Monterey Cypress trees grow fast and big and are expensive to trim
when they mature.
Coast Live Oak (Querus agrifolia) is not on this list, because it is wind sensitive when trimmed
for an open form. They will thrive when allowed to be dense, as they are in the rolling hills of
Fort Ord.
*UPDATE asterisk denote species that showed severe frost damage in the 2007 freeze.

References
East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates
of the San Francisco Bay Region, EBMUD, 2004
www.ebmud.com

Friends of the Urban Forest, Trees for San Francisco:
A Guide to Street-Tree Planting and Care, FUF. 1994
www.fuf.net

Sunset Western Garden Book, Menlo Park, CA, 2001
www.sunset.com