Texas Trees
Saturday, November 28, 2009
According to my host here in Austin, TX, the two most abundant trees, at least in this area, are the Texas oak, which grows to about 40′, and the live oak, growing to about 15-20′. Also, around here there are many pecan and soapberry trees which grow to 15-20′. Youpon hoilly (20′) is often used in landscaping.
Some of the most beautiful live oak trees I have seen were in Mobile, AL, and in Fort Myers, FL. They were large in trunk size, not extremely tall but very broad. The ones around Austin that I have seen must be young as they are small and grow close together. Either way, live oak would make wonderful subjects for landscape paintings.