9.2.2 Basic Plant Types

There are five basic plant types referred to in this section, and all shall require the use of locally-adapted plants. They include deciduous canopy trees, evergreen canopy trees, deciduous understory trees, evergreen understory trees and shrubs, defined as follows:

Large deciduous shade trees with a mature height of 30 feet or greater and a mature spread of 30 feet or greater in the Suburban or Rural tiers or, in the SRP-C District (County Only), Urban, Compact Neighborhood, and Downtown tiers, a mature height of 20 feet or greater.

Trees at least 20 feet tall at maturity that usually have green foliage throughout all seasons of the year.

Small deciduous trees or large deciduous shrubs with a mature height of 10 to 30 feet.

Trees or large shrubs at least 10 feet tall at maturity that usually have green foliage throughout all seasons of the year.

Prostrate or upright woody plants, either evergreen or deciduous, with a mature height usually less than 10 feet. Evergreen shrubs usually have green foliage throughout all seasons of the year.