With Nevada and California experiencing one of the worst droughts ever, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) put together a list of trees that are commonly adaptable to the Las Vegas landscape.
The trees mentioned are listed below. Underlined entries indicate that a tree is what the SNWA considers bulletproof, meaning they require little water or maintenance, are non-invasive and generally tolerant to the harsh heat, cold and wind found in Las Vegas.
- African Sumac
- Aleppo Pine
- Argentine Mesquite
- Arizona Ash
- Arizona Cypress
- Arizona Sycamore
- Australian Willow
- Bay Laurel
- Bismarck Palm
- Black Locust
- Blue Atlas Cedar
- Blue Elderberry
- Blue Palo Verde
- Bottle Tree
- Bradford Pear
- Bur Oak
- California Fan Palm
- California Pepper Tree
- Canary Island Date Palm
- Carob Tree
- Cathedral Live Oak
- Cat’s Claw Acacia
- Chaste Tree
- Chilean Mesquite
- Chinese Date/Jujube
- Chinese Flame Tree
- Chinese Pistache
- Chinquapin Oak
- Chir Pine
- Chitalpa
- Colorado Mesquite
- Common Hackberry
- Coolibah Tree
- Cork Oak
- Crape Myrtle
- Date Palm
- Deodar Cedar
- Desert Museum Palo Verde
- Desert Willow
- Eastern Redbud
- Escarpment Oak
- Eucalyptus/Gum Tree
- Fan-Tex/Rio Grande Ash
- Foothills Palo Verde
- Golden Ball Lead Tree
- Goldenrain Tree
- Heritage Live Oak
- High Rise Live Oak
- Holly Oak
- Honey Locust
- Idaho Locust
- Italian Cypress
- Japanese Blueberry
- Japanese Pagoda Tree
- Japanese/Sawleaf Zelkova
- Kidneywood
- Lacebark Elm
- Littleleaf Ash
- London Plane Tree, Sycamore
- Loquat
- Mastic Tree
- Mediterranean Fan Palm
- Mexican Blue Palm
- Mexican Buckeye
- Mexican Fan Palm
- Mexican Palo Verde
- Mexican Sycamore
- Modesto Ash
- Mondell/Afghan Pine
- Mulga Acacia
- Native/Velvet Mesquite
- Netleaf Hackberry
- Ornamental Pear
- Pindo Palm
- Prairie/Flameleaf Sumac
- Purple Robe Locust
- Raywood Ash
- Red Push Pistache
- Red Rock Oak
- Screwbean Mesquite
- Shoestring Acacia
- Shumard Oak
- Silver Dollar Gum
- Silver Mountain Laurel
- Smoke Tree
- Sonoran Emerald Palo Verde
- Southern Live Oak
- Stone Pine
- Strawberry Tree
- Swan Hill or Wilson Olive
- Sweet Acacia
- Texas Ebony
- Texas Honey Mesquite
- Texas Mountain Laurel
- Texas Olive
- Texas Red Oak
- Thornless Argentine Mesquite
- Thornless Chilean Mesquite
- Thornless Honey Mesquite
- Thornless Hybrid Mesquite
- Thornless Hybrid Mesquite
- Twisted Acacia
- Valley Oak
- Weeping Acacia
- Western Honey Mesquite
- Western Redbud
- White Thorn Acacia
- Willow Acacia
- Willow Pittosporum
- Windmill Palm
- Xylosma
- Yew Pine
The following 17 tree types were found to be adaptable in certain situations only. They are classified as Limited-Use Trees.
- Almond Tree
- Apple Tree
- Camphor Tree
- Carolina Laurel Cherry
- Citrus Tree
- Dwarf Fruit Trees
- Fern of the Desert
- Fig Tree
- Glossy Privet
- Japanese Black Pine
- Japanese Flowering Apricot
- Mimosa/Silk Tree
- Pomegranate
- Purple Leaf Plum
- Sapphire Dragon Tree
- Southern/Little Gem Magnolia
- Waxleaf/Japenese Privet