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Part 4. Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists

Table 4.3.3: Trees - Understory (Mature Height Less Than 35’); Evergreen

MORRISVILLE UDO REQUIREMENTS

CHARACTERISTICS + CONDITIONS

BUFFER

LANDSCAPE

SCIENTIFIC NAME

COMMON NAME

NOTES + COMMENTS

STREET YARD BUFFER

PERIMETER BUFFER

RIPARIAN BUFFER

VEHICLE USE AREA - INTERIOR

VEHICLE USE AREA - PERIMETER FOUNDATION PLANTINGS

SCREENING FOR EQUIPMENT UTILITY LINES SIGHT TRIANGLE

MATURE HEIGHT (H) X SPREAD (S) LIGHT REQUIREMENTS

MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS POTENTIAL FOR LITTER NC NATIVE

H 15-30' S 10-20' H 10-20' S 8-12' H 20-30' S 10-20' H 15-25' S 8-12' H 30-65' S 8-25' H 15-60' S 15-60' H 15-20' S 10-15' H 15-20' S 10-15' H 20-30' S 4-6' H 12-14' S 3-4'

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Ilex opaca

American Holly

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Faster growing cultivars available

Numerous tall, upright, and weeping cultivars; also smaller cultivars found in shrubs section

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Ilex vomitoria

Yaupon Holly

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Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri'

Foster's Holly

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Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Nellie Stevens Holly

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Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Red Cedar

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Var. australis more likely to be evergreen in Morrisville and will grow taller than species

Magnolia virginiana var. australis

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Sweetbay Magnolia

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Fortune's Osmanthus; Fortune's Tea Olive

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Osmanthus fortunei

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Native, host plant for multiple insects, but highly poisonous and can be weedy

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Prunus caroliniana

Carolina Cherry Laurel

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Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire' Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

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Degroot's Spire Arborvitae

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Emerald Green Arborvitae

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