| Large Trees (30 feet and taller) | ||||||||
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| Botanical Name and Common Name | Water Use Zone | NC Hardiness Zone | Texture | Form | Height/Spread (ft) | Growth Rate | Group | Exposure |
| Acer floridanum Florida Maple or Southern Sugar Maple | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 40-50/20-25 | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Acer rubrum Red Maple | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 40-50/25-35 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Acer saccharum Sugar Maple | 1,2 | 6b to 7a | Medium | Oval | 60-80/25-40 | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Betula nigra River Birch | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 40-70/40-60 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Carya illinoesis Pecan | 1,2 | 7a to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 50-60/30-40 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Cunninghamia lanceolata Common Chinafir | 1,2 | 7b to 8 | Fine | Conical | 30-75/10-30 | Slow | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Franxius pennsylvanica Green Ash | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Upright, Spreading | 50-60/20-30 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Ginko biloba Ginko or Maiden Tree | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Irregular | 50-70/30-40 | Very Slow | Deciduous | Sun |
| Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar) | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Broad, Rounded | 70-90/35-50 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Liquidambar styraciflua American Sweetgum | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Broad, Rounded | 60-75/30-40 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Course | Upright, Pyramidal | 60-80/40-50 | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Metasequoia glyptosfroboides Dawn Redwood | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Conical | 40-50/20-25 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Pinus elliottii Slash Pine | 1,2,3 | 7b to 8 | Medium | Horizontal Branching | 80-100/15-20 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun |
| Pinus strobus White Pine | 1,2 | 6b to 7a | Medium | Pyramidal | 80-100/25-40 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7 | Medium | Horizontal Branching | 80-100/20-30 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun |
| Quercus acutissima Sawtooth Oak | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | medium | Broad, Oval | 35-45/35-45 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Rounded | 70-80/30-40 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Quercus nigra Water Oak | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 80-90/40-50 | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Quercus palustris Pin Oak | 1,2 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Pyramidal | 70-80/40-50 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Quercus phellos Willow Oak | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Rounded | 80-100/40-50 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Pyramidal 40-60/40-60 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun | |
| Quercus virginiana Live Oak | 1,2,3 | 7b to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 60-80/50-60 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Sophora japonica Japanese Pagedatree | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7 | Medium | Upright, Spreading 50-75/50-60 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun | |
| Taxodium distichum Common Baldcypress | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Conical | 50-70/20-30 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Ulmus parvifolia True Chinese Elm (Lacebark Elm) | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 40-50/30-40 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Broad, Oval | 50-80/50-60 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |