| Small Trees (10 feet to 30 feet tall) | ||||||||
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| Botanical Name and Common Name | Water Use Zone | NC Hardiness Zone | Texture | Form | Height/Spread (ft) | Growth Rate | Group | Exposure |
| Acerbuergeranun Trident Maple | 1,2,3 | 7b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 20-25/10-15 | Slow | Deciduous | Sun |
| Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbean (Ironwood) | 1,2,3 | 6b to 5 | Medium | Loose,Rounded | 20-30/15-25 | Slow | Deciduous | Sun/Shade |
| Cercis canadensis Redbud or Judas Tree | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 25-30/20-28 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Shade |
| Chionanthus virgincus Fringe Tree or Grancy Gray-beard | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Irregular | 10-20/15-20 | Slow to Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Continus coggygria Common Smoketree | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Upright, Spreading | 10-15/10-15 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Cupressocyparis leyiandii Leyland Cypress | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Upright | 60-70 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Eriobotrya Japonica Loquat | 1,2 | 7b to 8 | Coarse | Rounded | 10-20/8-12 | Medium to Fast | Evergreen | Sun |
| Halesia carolina Silverbell | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Spreading | 20-30/15-20 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah,' Savannah Holly | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Pyramidal | 25-30/10-15 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Ilex decidua Possumhaw | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Loose, Rounded | 20-30/15-20 | Medium | Deciuous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Ilex latifolia Lusterleaf Holly | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Pyramidal | 20-25/15-20 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens' Nellie R. Stevens, Holly | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Pyramidal | 15-25/10-15 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Ilex opaca American Holly | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium to Coarse | Pyramidal | 20-30/15-20 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Koelreuteria paniuclata Goldenraintree | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Rounded | 20-30/10-15 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Upright | 20-30/10-15 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Maclura promifera Osage-orange | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded, Irregular | 20-30/20-30 | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Magnolia x soulangiana Saucer Magnolia | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Rounded | 20-30 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Malus species Flowering Crab | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded to Upright | 15-30/15-30 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood | 1,2,3 | 6b, 7a | Medium to Coarse | Upright | 30-40/15-20 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Pinvs virginiana Virginia Pine | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8a | Fine | Conical | 15-30/10-30 | Slow | Evergreen | Sun |
| Prunus caroliniana Carolina Laurel, Cherry | 1,2,3 | 7 to 8 | Medium | Oval | 20-30/15-20 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Prunus serrulata (many cultivars) Japanese Flowering Cherry | 1,2 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Oval, Spreading, Weeping | 20-30/20-30 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Prunus x yedoensis Yoshino Cherry | 1,2 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Oval, Spreading | 10-15/20-25 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford,' Bradford Pear | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Upright, Rounded | 35-40/15-20 | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Vitex agnus-castus Chastetree | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 15-20/10-15 | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |