Trees for the Upper Gulf Coast and Southeast Texas

Program for the November 2021 chapter meeting.

Let's celebrate Texas Arbor Day (Nov. 5) by learning about some of Texas' native trees. Our speaker this month provides an overview of trees and shrubs commonly found in Southeast Texas and along the upper Gulf Coast.

About the Speaker
Michael Merritt has been with Texas A&M Forest Service since 1999. As a regional community forester, he is involved in programs that demonstrate the value of utilizing trees as a tool for meeting the Houston area’s air and water quality requirements as well as projects that demonstrate the Healthy Trees Healthy Lives (HTHL) concept, for example, how trees help improve human health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, obesity, and improved learning and behavior in school. Prior to the Forest Service, Merritt worked in residential tree care, worked as a vegetation management forester for HL&P, and owned his own consulting business focusing on working with NGOs.

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0:00 Introduction
1:55 WHY NATIVES?
3:05 Red maple (Acer rubrum)
4:23 American Beauty Berry (Callicarpo Americana)
5:10 Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
6:20 Pecan (Carya illinoensis)
8:02 Eastern redbud (Cercis Canadensis)
9:03 Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
9:51 Hawthorn (Crotoegus spp.)
11:17 Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
12:31 Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana)
13:04 Green ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvania)
14:27 Possumhaw (llex decidua)
15:07 Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
15:52 Southern waxmyrtle (Morella cerifera)
16:48 Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
18:22 Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
19:29 Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
20:25 American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
21:28 Mexican plum (Prunus Mexicano)
22:40 Black cherry (Prunus serotine)
23:42 Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata)
24:31 Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
25:58 Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii)
27:09 Cherrybark oak (Quercus pogoda)
28:21 Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii)
29:18 Post oak (Quercus stellata)
31:01 Winged sumac(Quercus stellate)
32:03 Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
33:14 Carolina basswood (Tilia americana var. caroliniana)
34:43 Winged elm (Ulmus alata)
35:28 American elm (Ulmus Americana)
36:12 Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia)
37:17 Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
38:00 Southern arrowwood(Viburnum dentatum)
38:44 Rusty blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum)
39:42 Questions