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TREE PROTECTION
How are trees regulated?
A permit is required to remove any tree. Removal of certain large shade trees that are healthy is prohibited, although limbs may be trimmed if they grow too close to buildings or utility lines. An application to remove a protected tree may be approved only if it constitutes a hazard to life or property, or is documented as dead, dying, or diseased. A replacement tree may be required as a condition of approval of the permit.
Protected Trees
When 72 inches or greater in circumference, measured 4.5 feet above natural grade level.
| Species | Common Name | | Carya illinoensis | Pecan | | Carya spp. | Hickories | | Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | | Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon | | Fagus grandifolia | American Beech | | Ilex opaca | American Holly | | Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Holly | | Juglans nigra | Black Walnut | | Liquidambar stryraciflua | Sweet Gum | | Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia | | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay | | Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo | | Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce | | Pinus Edulis | Pinon Pine | | Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine | | Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine | | Pithecellobium flexicaule | Texas Ebony | | Quercus alba | White Oak | | Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak | | Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak | | Quercus muhlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak | | Quercus nigra | Water Oak | | Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak | | Quercus texana | Spanish Oak | | Quercus virginiana | Live Oak | | Sophora secundifloraSophora | Mescal Bean | | Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress | | Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm |
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