This document recommends three trees for providing shade on West Avenue in Miami Beach: sugarberry, pigeon-plum, and buttonwood. Sugarberry grows rapidly to a mature height and spread of 50 to 70 feet. Pigeon-plum has a moderate growth rate and reaches 15 to 25 feet high and 20 to 30 feet wide. Buttonwood also has moderate growth and matures at 30 to 45 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet across.

1. Shade Tree Recommendations
West Avenue, Miami Beach
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2. 2
Tree Recommendation
Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
Celtis Laevigata
Pigeon-Plum
Coccoloba Diversifolio
Buttonwood
Conocarpus Erectus

3. 3
Shade Tree Recommendations
Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
Celtis Laevigata
Fast Growth Rate*
Mature Spread 50 to 70 feet
MatureHeight50to70feet
1
*25” or greater of growth per year.

4. Pigeon-Plum
Coccoloba Diversifolio
Moderate Growth Rate
4
Shade Tree Recommendations
Mature Spread
20 to 30 feet
MatureHeight
15to25feet
2
*13” to 24” of growth per year.

5. 5
Shade Tree Recommendations
Mature Spread 20 to 30 feet
MatureHeight
30to45feet
Buttonwood
Conocarpus Erectus
Moderate Growth Rate*
3
*13” to 24” of growth per year.