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1 Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program http://treesandhurricanes.ifas.ufl.edu

2 Mary Duryea Eliana Kampf Ed Gilman Laura Paterson Selecting Southeastern Coastal Plain Tree Species for Wind Resistance: Photo Gallery of high to medium-high wind resistance

3 Lists of Relative Wind Resistant Tree Species Tropical & Subtropical tree species - Medium-Low WR - Lowest WR Lists are divided into: - Highest WR - Medium-High WR SE Coastal Plain

4 Dicots Carya floridana, FL scrub hickory Cornus florida, dogwood Ilex cassine, dahoon holly Ilex glabra, inkberry Ilex opaca, American holly Ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle Magnolia grandiflora, southern magnolia Quercus geminata, sand live oak Quercus laevis, turkey oak Quercus myrtifolia, myrtle oak Quercus virginiana, live oak Podocarpus spp, podocarpus Vaccinium arboreum, sparkleberry Highest Wind Resistance Conifers Taxodium ascendens, pondcypress Taxodium distichum, baldcypress Palms Butia capitata, pindo or jelly Phoenix canariensis, Canary Island date Phoenix dactylifera, date Sabal palmetto, cabbage, sabal SE Coastal Plain tree species

5 Florida scrub hickory Carya floridana

6 flowering dogwood Cornus florida

7 Dahoon holly Ilex cassine

8 inkberry Ilex glabra

9 American holly Ilex opaca

10 Yaupon holly Ilex vomitoria

11 crapemyrtle Lagerstoemia indica

12 Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora

13 sand live oak Quercus geminata

14 turkey oak Quercus laevis

15 myrtle oak Quercus myrtifolia

16 live oak Quercus virginiana

17 Podocarpus Podocarpus spp. Podocarpus gracilior Podocarpus macrophyllus Podocarpus latifolius

18 sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum

19 pondcypress Taxodium ascendens

20 baldcypress Taxodium distichum

21 pindo Butia capitata

22 Canary Island date Phoenix canariensis

23 date Phoenix dactylifera

24 cabbage palm Sabal palmetto

25 Dicots Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum, FL sugar maple Acer palmatum, Japanese maple Betula nigra, river birch Carpinus caroliniana, ironwood Carya glabra, pignut hickory Carya tomentosa, mockernut hickory Cercis canadensis, red bud Chionanthus virginicus, fringe tree Diospyros virginiana, common persimmon Fraxinus americana, white ash Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgum Medium-High Wind Resistance Magnolia virginiana, sweetbay magnolia Magnolia xsoulangiana, saucer magnolia Nyssa aquatica, water tupelo Nyssa sylvatica, black tupelo Ostrya virginiana, American hophornbean Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum Quercus michauxii, swamp chestnut Quercus shumardii, Shumard oak Quercus stellata, post oak Ulmus alata, winged elm SE Coastal Plain tree species

26 Florida sugar maple Acer saccharum subsp. floridadanum

27 Japanese maple Acer palmatum

28 riverbirch Betula nigra

29 ironwood Carpinus caroliniana

30 pignut hickory Carya glabra

31 mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa

32 redbud Cercis canadensis

33 fringe tree Chionanthus virginicus

34 common persimmon Diospyrus virginiana

35 white ash Fraxinus americana

36 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua

37 sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana

38 Saucer magnolia Magnolia x soulangiana

39 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica

40 black tupelo Nyssa sylvatica

41 American hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana

42 Chickasaw plum Prunus angustifolia

43 swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii

44 Shumard oak Quercus shurmardii

45 Post oak Quercus stellata

46 winged elm Ulmus alata


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