Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual - February 2020
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
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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DR
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Magnolia virginiana var. australis
Var. australis more likely to be evergreen in Morrisville and will grow taller than species
Sweetbay Magnolia
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Fortune's Osmanthus; Fortune's Tea Olive
Osmanthus fortunei
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DR
Native, host plant for multiple insects, but highly poisonous and can be weedy
Prunus caroliniana
Carolina Cherry Laurel
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Thuja occidentalis 'Degroot's Spire' Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
Degroot's Spire Arborvitae
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Emerald Green Arborvitae
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September 13, 2019
Morrisville, NC
Page 4-6
Administrative Manual
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