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Drought tolerant trees and plants

CENTRAL FLORIDA

Trees

American elm
American holly
Bamboo palm
Black oak
Bluejack oak
Burr oak
Butia palm
Cabbage palm
Camphor tree
Canary Island date palm
Cedar
Chapman oak
Chestnut oak
Chickasaw plum
Chinaberry tree
Chinese fan palm
Chinese tallow tree
Cockspur coral tree
Coral tree
Cork oak
Crape myrtle
Desert fan palm
Dwarf palmetto
European fan palm
Firethorn
Fishtail palm
Florida elm
Floss-silk tree
Goldenrain tree
Gum tree
Hackberry
Hawthorn
Honey locust
Hop tree
Indian rosewood
Italian cypress
Jacaranda
Japanese pagoda tree
Jerusalem thorn
Live oak
Loblolly pine
Longleaf pine
Loquat
Macadamia nut
Mango
Myrtle oak
Needle palm
Norfolk Island pine
Oriental arborvitae
Pecan
Pigeon plum
Pin oak
Pindo palm
Pistachio
Pongam
Post oak
Queen palm
Queen sago
Red bay
Sago palm
Sand pine
Saw palmetto
Schefflera
Senegal date palm
Shumard oak
Slash pine
Soapberry
Southern red cedar
Stoppers
Sugarberry
Sumac
Sweet bay
Sweetgum
Tamarind
Tamarisk
Turkey oak
Washington palm
Water oak
Weeping elm
Windmill palm
Winged elm
Yaupon holly
Yellow poinciana

Shrubs

Beautyberry
Bush allamanda
Chinese holly
Cleyera
Dwarf crape myrtle
Dwarf schefflera
Firecracker plant
Gallberry
Glossy abelia
Groundsel
Heavenly bamboo
Indian hawthorn
Japanese boxwood
King sago
Natal plum
Oleander
Orange jasmine
Oriental arborvitae
Pineapple guava
Poinsettia
Primrose jasmine
Saltbush
Sea grape
Shining jasmine
Silverthorn
Spanish bayonet
Tarflower
Tetterbush
Texas sage
Wax myrtle

Ground Covers/Vines

African iris
Amaryllis
Asparagus fern
Beach morning glory
Beach sunflower
Bleedingheart vine
Cape honeysuckle
Cast iron plant
Coontie
Coral vine
Daylily
Dwarf oyster plant
Pennyroyal
Periwinkle
Purple queen
Sea oxeye daisy
Society garlic
Spider lily
Weeping lantana

Perennials/Annuals

Beach sunflower
Black-eyed Susan
Butterfly bush
Creeping phlox
Dense blazing star
Horsemint
Pineland baptisia
Standing cypress
Tropical sage
Yellow colic root

CENTRAL PLAINS

Trees

Colorado pine
Desert willow
Idaho locust
One-seed juniper
Ponderosa pine
Russian olive
Scrub oak
Singleleaf pinyon

Shrubs

Antelope bitterbrush
Apache plume
Banana yucca
Basin big sagebrush
Bigleaf sage
Blue rabbitbrush
Blue rubber rabbitbrush
Broadmoor juniper
Chenault coralberry
Cliff rose
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Fernbush
Four-wing saltbush
Green Mormon tea
Green rubber rabbitbrush
Littleleaf mountain mahogany
Littleleaf pea shrub
Mormon tea
New Mexico privet
Pygmy pea shrub
Singleleaf ash
Soaptree yucca
Texas nolia
Threadleaf sage, Sand sage
Three-leaf sumac
Tomatillo
Torry Mormon tea
Trueleaf mountain mahogany
Utah agave
Winterfat
Yew

Ground Covers/Vines

Buffalo gourd
Bush morning glory
Creeping red penstemon
Dwarf yarrow
Fringed sage
Gardner sage
Hen-and-chicks
Hybrid sedum
Mexican evening primrose
Mexican primrose
Mountain sage
Prairie fire penstemon
Purple ice plant
Scarlet globe mallow
Silver lace vine
Spurge
Woolly yarrow

Perennials/Annuals

Alpine poppy
Arizona lupine
Arroya lupine
Beardlip penstemon
Blackfoot daisy
Bladderpod
Blazing star
Blue dicks
Bridal bouquet
Button snakeroot
California bluebells
Cardinal penstemon
Chocolate flower
Colorado four-o'clock
Common yarrow
Desert beardtongue
Desert marigold
Drummond's phlox
Fernleaf yarrow
Fire chalice
Firecracker penstemon
Golden paperflower
Golden perennial flax
Horse cinquefoil
James penstemon
Lance coreopis
Lindley blazing star
Mexican evening primrose
Mexican gold poppy
Mexican thistle
Palmer's penstemon
Paperflower
Pastel poppy
Perennial baby's breath
Prairie coneflower
Prairie zinnia
Prickly poppy
Prince's plume
Pruple poppy mallow
Purple prairie clover
Royal penstemon
Sand verbena
Silver groundsel
Silvery lupine
Texas lupine
Tickseed
Wasatach penstemon
Whiplash daisy
Whipple's penstemon
White brodiea
White wild snapdragon
Wild buckwheat

HAWAII

Trees

Koaia
Hong Kong orchid tree
Ponytail
Bottle palm
Rainbow shower
Carbob tree
Autograph tree
Royal poinciana
Aalii
Earpod tree
Loquat
Wiliwili
Pineapple guava
Mosaic fig
Benjamin banyan
Boxwood ficus
Fig
Lignum vitae
Looking-glass tree
Bay laurel
Olive tree
Monkey pod
Oahu, Soapberry
Ae, Soapberry
California pepper tree
Christmas berry tree
Desert athel

Shurbs

Akia
Bear grass
Bird-of-paradise
Bowstring hemp
Carissa
Desert honeysuckle
Desert rose
Dwarf Indian hawthorn
Dwarf pomegranate
Heliotrope
Hierba mala
Hinahina
Iliee
Japanese garden juniper
Kooloaula
Lavender star
Mao hau hele
Miniature jade
Miniature Turk's-cap
Nanu
Ohai
Ohaialii
Oyster plant
Small-leaf clusia
Sorcerer's flower
Spanish bayonet
Spoonflower
Variegated furcraea
Variegated mirror plant
Volken's gardenia
Wheeler's dwarf pittosporum

Ground Covers/Vines

Alena
Cape honeysuckle
Carnation hibiscus
Cat's-claw climber
Creeping natal palm
Creeping rosemary
Dwarf pomegranate
Fox grape
Foxtail asparagus
Giant carrion flower
Giant ice plant
Giant pikake
Hearts-and-flowers
Hinahina
Ilima papa
Japanese garden juniper
Japanese honeysuckle
Mexican creeper
Mexican oregano
Nehe
Oyster plant
Pau-o-hiiaka
Pink trumpet vine
Purple honeysuckle
Red bauhinia
Rock's hibiscus
Sprenger asparagus
Wheeler's dwarf
Wild marjoram
Wine grape

Perennials

Crown-of-thorns
Jade plant
Lily-of-the-Nile

NEW MEXICO

Trees

Catclaw acacia
Desert willow
Honey mesquite
Texas umbrella tree

Shrubs

Antelope bitterbush
Apache plume
Arizona rosewood
Bigleaf sage
Broom dalea
Chamisa
Cliff rose
Creosotebush
Datil
Desert broom
Desert hackberry
Desert sage
Dunebroom
Fairy duster
Four-wing saltbrush
Green santolina
Lavender cotton
Leatherleaf acacia
Mariola
Mescat acacia
Mormon tea
Ocotillo
Prostrate sumac
Rabbitbrush
Sand sage
Santolina
Silver sage
Soap tree yucca
Soapweed
Sotol
Texas ranger
Threadleaf sage
Three-leaf sumac
Turpentine bush
Wright's catclaw
Yellow bird-of-paradise

Ground Covers/Vines

Cat's-claw vine
Desert zinnia
Dragon's blood sedum
Dwarf coyotebush
Fringed sage
Ice plant
Mat daisy
Pussytoes
Rocky Mountain zinnia
Spurge
Sulphur flower
Trailing indigo bush

Perennials/Annuals

Arizona lupine
Arroya lupine
Blackfoot daisy
Blue flax
Blue gilia
Bush penstemon
Cardinal penstemon
Chocolate flower
Crandall's penstemon
Creeping verbena
Desert beardtongue
Desert marigold
Desert mule's ear
Easter daisy
Fern verbena
Flame flower
James penstemon
Mexcian hat
Mexican evening primrose
Palmer penstemon
Paperflower
Poppy mallow
Prickly poppy
Purple aster
Sand stars
Sand verbena
Scarlet flax
Scarlet globe mallow
Silver groundsel
Silverstem lupinne
Skyrocket
Skyrocket gilia
Sundrops
Needleleaf dogweed
Tulip gentian
White evening primrose

SOUTHEAST

Trees

American holly
American hornbeam
American smoke tree
Autumn cherry
Bald cypress
Black alder
Bradford pear
Cabbage palm
Carolina laurel cherry
Chinese dogwood
Chinese flame tree
Chinese pistachio
Chinese scholar tree
Chinese tallow
Cyptomeria cypress
Dawn redwood
Deodar cedar
English oak
European pyramidal hornbeam
Florida maple
Fringe tree
Hawthorn
Japanese black pine
Japanese flowering crab apple
Japanese zelkova
Japanese pagoda tree
Leyland cypress
Loblolly pine
Loquat
Lusterleaf holly
Mimosa
Mt. Fuji cherry
Okame cherry
Pecan
Pin oak
Poplar
Sawtooth oak
Scarlet oak
Silver bell
Slash pine
Smoke tree
Smoothleaf elm
Sourwood
Southern catalpa
Southern red oak
Southern sugar maple
Sugar hackberry
Sweet gum
Tree-form ligustrum
Trident maple
Tulip poplar
Water oak
Weeping cherry
Weeping yaupon
White ash
White pine
Willow oak
Windmill palm
Winged elm
Yoshino cherry

Shrubs

Anise
Aucuba
Autumn or Cherry sage
Beautyberry
Beautybush
Border forsythia
Cape jasmine
Carolina rose
Cherokee rose
Chinese holly
Chinese snowball
Cleyera
Commmon boxwood
Common pearlbush
Creeping gardenia
Dwarf aucuba
Dwarf Hinoki cypress
Dwarf Japanese red pine
Dwarf pittosporum
Dwarf wintergreen barberry
Dwarf yaupon holly
Florida leucothoe
Flowering quince
Formosa firethorn
Fortune's osmanthus
Fraser photinia
French mulberry
Golden privet
Gregg salvia
Heavenly bamboo
Holly osmanthus
Indian hawthorn
Japanese aralia
Japanese boxwood
Japanese cleyera
Japanese photinia
Japanese pittosporum
Japnese privet
Leatherleaf mahonia
Mountain laurel
Oakleaf hydrangea
Parson's juniper
Peegee hydrangea
Pomegranate
Possumhaw holly
Pragense viburnum
Purple beautyberry
Sasanqua camellia
Scotch broom
Scrub palmetto
Single-flower kerria
Southern yew
Spanish bayonet
Spanish dagger
Thorny elaeagnus
Varigated Chinese privet
Virginia sweetspire
Warty barberry
Wax myrtle
Weeping forsythia
Weeping yucca
Winter jasmine
Wintergreen barberry
Wintersweet
Witch hazel
Yaupon holly
Yedda hawthorn

Perennials

Clump verbena
Foxglove
Gayfeather
Goldenrod
Moss verbena
Purple coneflower

Ground Covers/Vines

Algerian ivy
Asiatic jasmine
Box honeysuckle
Carolina jessamine
Creeping fig
English ivy
Evergreen clematis
Fiveleaf akebia
Goldflame honeysuckle
Himalayan sarcococca
Japanese wisteria
Kewensis
Mondo grass
Periwinkle
Petite pink
Scotch rose
Snail seed
Spreading yew
Sweet autumn clematis
Tree ivy
Willowleaf cotoneaster
Yellow star jasmine

TEXAS

Trees

Afghan pine
Mondell pine
Alligator juniper
Anacua
Aristocrat pear
Arizona cypress
Ashe juniper
Bald cypress
Black gum
Blackbrush acacia
Blue Douglas fir
Bradford pear
Brasil
Bur oak
Cedar elm
Chinese pistache
Chinquapin oak
Chisos rosewood
Colorado pinyon
Cottonwood
Crab apple
Deodar cedar
Desert willow
Eastern or Canaert red cedar
Eldarica pine
Escarpment live oak
Evergreen sumac
Eve's necklace
Flatwoods plum
Fragrant ash
Goldenball lead tree
Guajillo
Guayacan
Hackberry
Honey mesquite
Huisache
Huisachillo
Japanese persimmon
Judas tree
Kentucky coffee tree
Kidneywood
La coma
Lacebark elm
Lacey oak
Live oak
Loblolly pine
Mexican buckeye
Mexican elderberry
Mexican olive
Mexican plum
Mexican poinciana
Mohr oak
Oneseed juniper
Osage orange
Paloverde
Panicled golden raintree
Pecan
Pink Lady euonymus
Post oak
Prairie flameleaf sumac
Redbud
Rocky Mountain juniper
Rusty blackhaw viburnum
Sandpaper tree
Shumard oak
Silverlear mountain mahogany
Slash pine
Soapberry
Sour Gum
Southern magnolia
Sweet gum
Tenaza
Texas ebony
Texas mountain laurel
Texas palm
Texas persimmon
Texas pistachio
Texas red oak
Texas smoke tree
Tupelo
Water oak
Wax myrtle
Weeping juniper
Whitethorn
Wild olive
Wright acacia
Yaupon holly

Shrubs

Agarito
Althea
American holly
Apache plume
Arizona cypress
Aromatic sumac
Baccharis
Barberry
Black dalea
Bridal wreath spirea
Burford holly
Butterfly bush
California fan palm
Candelilla
Canyon senna
Ceniza
Cherry laurel
China rose
Chinese horned holly
Cholla
Compact nandina
Coralbean
Crape myrtle
Creosotebush
Damianita
Desert yaupon
Dwarf Burford holly
Dwarf Chinese holly
Dwarf palmetto
Dwarf pittosporum
Dwarf senna
Dwarf yaupon holly
Feather dalea
Flame acanthus
Flowering quince
Four-wing saltbush
Fragrant mimosa
Fraser photinia
Glossy abelia
Grayleaf cotoneaster
Green pittosporum
Groundsel
Indian hawthorn
Indigobush amorpha
Italian jasmine
Japanese boxwood
Larchleaf goldenweed
Littleleaf sumac
Narrowleaf yucca
Ocotillo
Oleander
Possumhaw
Prickly pear
Rabbitbrush
Red yucca
Rosemary
Sacahuista
Sand sagebrush
Scarlet bouvardia
Skeletonleaf goldeneye
Skunkbush
Smooth sumac
Sotol
Starleaf Mexican orange
Tea rose
Texas barberry
Texas lantana
Texas mock orange
Texas mountain laurel
Texas palmetto
Texas persimmon
Texas sage
Texas snakewood
Threeleafed sumac
Twisted-leaf yucca
Variegated pittosporum
Violet silverleaf
White boneset
White honeysuckle bush
White mistflower
Winterfat
Winter honeysuckle
Yellow bells
Zexmenia

Ground Covers/Vines

Asiatic jasmine
Boston ivy
Carolina jessamine
Cherisse
Climbing purple rose
Confederate jasmine
Coral honeysuckle
Coral vine
Coralberry
Creeping barberry
English ivy
Fern acacia
Fig ivy
Gregg dalea
Horseherb
Improved trumpet vine
Indian currant
Lady Banks' rose
Mermaid rose
Monkey grass
New Jersey tea
Pink evening primrose
Prostrate rosemary
Purple ground cherry
Silver ponyfoot
Silverlace vine
Snapdragon vine
Trumpet vine
Vinca
Virginia creeper

Perennials/Annuals

Arkansas yucca
Autumn sage
Baby sun
Barbara's buttons
Bearded iris
Big thicket hibiscus
Bitterweed
Black-eyed Susan
Blackfoot daisy
Blue flax
Blue plumbago
Blue Texas star
Bluebonnet
Blue-eyed grass
Bouncing bet
Bush morning glory
Butterfly weed
Chocolate daisy
Chocolate flower
Cigar plant
Cutleaf daisy
Daylily
Desert marigold
Diamond petal primrose
Drummond phlox
Dwarf germander
Engelmann daisy
Engelmann sage
Firebrush
Four-nerve daisy
Fragrant phlox
Garden canna
Gayfeather
Green eyes
Greenthread
Harbard penstemon
Heart's delight
Herbetia
Hill country penstemon
Hinckley's columbine
Hoary pea
Huisache daisy
Indian blanket
Indian blanket
Lanceleaf coreopsis
Lazy daisy
Lila de los llanos
Limoncillo
Louisiana iris
Meadow pink
Mealy blue sage
Mexican gold poppy
Mexican hat
Mexican oregano
Mexican sage
Mountain peppergrass
Mountain sage
Paperflower
Perennial buckwheat
Pinewoods lily
Pink plains penstemon
Pink rain lily
Prairie celestial
Prairie onion
Prairie verbena
Purple coneflower
Rio Grande phlox
Rock penstemon
Scarlet sage
Shrubby skullcap
Sleepy daisy
Snakeweed
Snow-on-the-mountain
Spectacle pod
Standing cypress
Sunflower goldeneye
Sunray coreopsis
Sweet violet
Tahoka daisy
Tephrosia
Texas bluebell
Tiny Tim
White milkwort
White prickly poppy
Wild blue aster
Wild buckwheat
Wild foxglove
Wine cups
Yellow evening primrose

Source: Technical information provided by Doug Welsh, professor and extension horticulturist, Texas A&M University. Plant lists were secured though "Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape" (Ellefson, Stephens and Welsh, Macmillan, 1992).

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