San Marcos Design Manual (March 16, 2021)

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Planting Guidelines

large / shade trees Species

Scientific name Growth Water

Soil

Light

Planting area

vulnerable

Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica

medium parking islands, median or highway strips

Arizona Cypress

moderate

akaline, well draining

minor

Cottonwood* Elm, American "Princeton"

Populus deltoides fast

deep, moist, well draining

N/A

N/A

Ulmus americana var "Princeton"

fast

deep alkaline soil

large planting spaces or parksmedium

large parking lot islands, medium islands

Elm, Cedar

Ulmus crassifolia

moderate

poorly drained, alkaline

medium

well drained, alkaline, variety of soils well drained, alkaline, variety of soils

Honey mesquite

Prosopsis glandulosa moderate

N/A

minor

Huisache

Acacia farnesiana

fast

N/A

minor

large to medium parking islands,planting strips

Italian Stone Pine Pinus pinea

moderate

well drained, alkaline, acidic

minor

large parking islands,planting strips,highway strips medium to large planting strips large spaces, large parking islands

Mexican Sycamore Platanus mexicana fast

moist, well draining

medium

Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum fast

poorly drained

minor

Oak, Bur

Quercus macrocarpa moderate

deep, moist, well draining

minor

Oak, Texas Live

Quercus fusiformis

moderate

well drained, shallow, alkaline

N/A

N/A

large parking islands, median or highway strips

Oak, Southern Live Quercus virginiana medium

well drained, alkaline, acidic

medium

Pecan

Carya illinoinesis

moderate

deep, moist, well draining

N/A

N/A

Platanus occidentalis var. glabrata

Sycamore, Texas

fast

deep, moist, well draining

N/A

N/A

Walnut, Arizona or Black

Juglans major or nigra moderate

deep, moist, well draining

N/A

N/A

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San Marcos Design Manual Amended: March 16, 2021