Mitigation for protected tree removal is calculated on an inch per inch basis, and must be planted on the lot where the removal took place. If the building official has determined that conditions make planting on site impractical, the following options are available:

• Planting Within One Mile​

• Granting a Conservation Easement

• Donating Trees to the City

• Payment to the Reforestation Fund

Approved Replacement Trees

• Caddo Maple - Acer barbatum var. Caddo

• Bigtooth Maple - Acer grandidentatum

• Trident Maple - Acer buergerianum

• Pecan - Carya illinoensis

• Redbud - Cercis canadensis

• Desert Willow - Chilopsis linearis

• Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana

• Common Persimmon (male) - Diospyros virginiana

• White Ash - Fraxinus americana

• Texas Ash - Fraxinus texensis

• Thornless Honey Locust - Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

• Kentucky Coffee Tree - Gymnocladus dioicus

• Possumhaw/Decidious Holly - Ilex decidua

• Yaupon Holly - Ilex vomitoria

• Texas Black Walnut - Juglans microcarpa

• Ashe Juniper - Juniperus ashei

• Eastern Red-Cedar - Juniperus virginiana

• Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia indica

• Sweetgum - Liquidamber styraciflua

• Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora

• Afghan Pine - Pinus eldarica

• Black Pine - Pinus nigra

• Japanese Black Pine - Pinus thunbergii

• Chinese Pistache - Pistachia chinensis

• Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa

• Mexican Plum - Prunus mexicana

• Texas Red Oak - Quercus buckleyi

• Durrand Oak - Quercus durandii

• Escarpment Live Oak - Quercus fusiformis

• Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa

• Chinkapin Oak - Quercus muhlenbergii

• Shumard Oak - Quercus shumardii

• Live Oak - Quercus virginiana

• Western Soapberry - Sapindus drummondii

• Gum Bumelia/Chittamwood - Sideroxylon lanuginosum

• Eve's Necklace - Sophora affinis

• Pond Cypress - Taxodium ascendens

• Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum

• Cedar Elm - Ulmus crassifolia

• Lacebark Elm - Ulmus parvifolia

• Rusty Blackhaw - Vibrunum rufidulum