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Red Maple,


Acer rubrum


Family: Aceraceae


Fruit: Samara


specific epithet: red


use: song birds eat fruit




Aralia Spinosa


Devil's walking stick, hercules' club


Family name: Araliaceae (ginsing)


Fruit: purple drupe (poisonous to humans)


specific epithet: spiny


use: leaves boiled and eaten


Diospyros virginiana


Persimmon, common persimmon


Family: Ebenaceae


Fruit: berry


use: golf club heads


Pinus teada


loblolly pine


Family: Pinaceae


Fruit: cone


specific epithet: torch wood


use: pulp, lumber


Pinus virginiana


Virginia pine


Family: Pinaceae


Fruit: cone (black stripe in scale)


use: christmas trees


Prunus serotina


black cherry, wild black cherry


Family: Rosaceae


Fruit: dark purple drupe


specific epithet: late flowering


use: black bears eat fruit


Quercus alba


white oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: white




Quercus stellata


post oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: starred




Quercus falcata


Southern red oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: turkey foot


Rhus copallina


winged sumac, shining sumac


Family: Anacardiaceae (cashew)


Fruit: red drupe




Toxicodendron radicans


poison-ivy


Family: Anacardiaceae


Fruit: green and yellow drupe


specific epithet: adventitious rooting





Amelanchier arborea


downy serviceberry


Family: Rosaceae


Fruit: dark purple pome


use: humans and crows eat fruit


Carya glabra


pignut hickory, pignut


Family: Juglandaceae (walnut)


Fruit: nut


use: railroad ties, nuts eaten by squirrels but not humans

5 Leaflets, no flaky bark

Carya tomentosa


mockernut hickory, white hickory


Family: Juglandaceae


Fruit: nut (eaten by humans)



thick husk

Cornus florida


flowering dogwood, dogwood


Family: Cornaceae


Fruit: red drupe


specific epithet: flowering


use: grouse eat fruit, weaving shuttles


*dogwood anthracnose= disease

Arcuate venation

Nyssa sylvatica


black gum, black tupelo


Family: Cornaceae or Nyssaceae


Fruit: drupe (dark blue)


use: bee tree


Pinus echinata


shortleaf pine, shortleaf


Family: Pinaceae


Fruit: cone


use: sold as yellow pine, seeds eaten by songbirds


Quercus coccinea


scarlet oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: scarlet



mask-like, shiny ridges, ringed end acorns

Quercus velutina


black oak, quercitron


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: velvety (young leaves)


use: inner bark produces yellow dye

velvety leaves

Robinia psuedoacacia


black locust


Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae


Fruit: legume


Paired Stipular Spines


use: cabin construction (shrinks less)


*poisonous to livestock


Rosa multiflora


multiflora rose


Family: Rosaceae


Fruit: achene


use: hips for brewing tea, wildlife cover


Vaccinium arboreum


farkleberry, sparkleberry


Family: Ericaceae


Fruit: berry





Vaccinium sp.


blueberry


Family: Ericaceae


Fruit: berry


use: WTD eat foliage



Alnus serrulata


hazel alder, smooth alder


Family: Betulaceae (birch)


Fruit: nutlet or samara


specific epithet: finely saw-toothed


use: wetland restoration


Carpinus caroliniana


musclewood, bluebeech


Family: Betulaceae


Fruit: nutlet


use: tool handles


Cercis canadensis


redbud, Judas tree


Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae


Fruit: legume


flowers edible


Corylus americana


American hazelnut


Family: Betulaceae


Fruit: nut


use: fruit eaten by wild turkey



Fraxinus americana


white ash


Family: Oleaceae


Fruit: samara


Lvs: opp. 5-7 entire leaflets w/ Grooved Rachis


Bark: Ashy gray to brown in color, with interlacing corky ridges forming obvious diamonds


*killed by ash borer beetle


Liriodendron tulipifera


tuliptree


Family: Magnoliaceae


Fruit: aggregate of samaras


use: bee tree, furniture, songbirds eat fruit


Morus rubra


red mulberry


Family: Moraceae


Fruit: multiple drupelets


use: lumber, wildlife food source


Quercus rubra


Northern red oak, red oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


use: furniture


Shinny ridges

Shinning ridges
Shinning ridges

Tsuga candadensis


Eastern hemlock


Family: Pinaceae


Fruit: cone


use: tanning leather


*wooly adelgid


Acer saccharinum


silver maple


Family: Aceraceae


Fruit: samara


use: Wtd eat foliage


Ailanthus altissima


tree-of-heaven, ailanthus


Family: Simaroubaceae


Fruit: samara


specific epithet: very tall


native to china


Carya Illinoinensis


pecan, sweet pecan


Family: Juglandaceae


Fruit: nut


use: humans eat, furniture


Celtis laevigata


sugarberry


Family: Ulmaceae (elm)


Fruit: drupe (orange-brown)


use: furniture, slack cooperage, songbirds eat fruit

Plinervy

Ginkgo biloba


ginkgo, maidenhair


Family: Ginkgoaceae


Fruit: naked seeds


specific epithet: two-lobed


use: leaves treat alzheimer's and dementia


Maclura pomifera


osage-orange, bow-wood


Family: Moraceae


Fruit: multiple of drupes


specific epithet: pome-bearing


use: fence posts


Metasequoia glyptostroboides


dawn-redwood


Family: Cupressaceae or Taxodiaceae


Fruit: peltate (shield-shaped) cone


native to china


Morus alba


white mulberry


Family: Moraceae


Fruit: multiple druplets


use: food for silkworms in colonial times


Quercus laurifolia


laurel oak, swamp laurel oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: laurel leaves


Sassafras albidum


Sassafras


Family: Lauraceae (laurel)


Fruit: drupe (blue)


use: songbirds eat fruit, root beer


Castanea dentata


American chestnut, chestnut


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: dentate leaves


use: furniture, tannin


*chestnut blight


Acer saccharum


sugar maple


Family: Aceraceae


Fruit: samara


use: sports equipment, furniture, WTD browse foliage

rounded sinuses
rounded sinuses

Asimina triloba


pawpaw, common pawpaw


Family: Annonaceae


Fruit: berry


use: fruits eaten by turkey


Carya cordiformis


bitternut hickory


Family: Juglandaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: heart shaped


use: turkey eat fruit


*pecan-hickory section




Carya ovata


shagbark hickory


Family: Juglandaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: egg-shaped


use: bats roost under some shags

5 leaflets

Fagus grandifolia


American beech,


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut (toxic to humans)


use: brewing beer, porcupines eat inner bark


*killed by beech bark disease


Ilex decidua


Deciduous Holly, possumhaw


Family: Aquifoliaceae


Fruit: drupe (orange/red)


use: fruit eaten by turkey, NOT by humans


Juglans nigra


black walnut


Family: Juglandaceae


Fruit: nut


use: gunstocks, furniture, nuts eaten by squirrels and humans




Lindera benzoin


spicebush


Family: Lauraceae


Fruit: drupe (red)


use: fruit eaten by songbirds


Quercus michauxii


swamp chestnut oak, cow oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut(largest)


specific epithet: named after F.A. Michaux


use: WTD eat foliage




Quercus pagoda


cherrybark oak, swamp red oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: pagoda shape (leaf)


*also called Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia


Quercus shumardii


Shumard oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: nut


specific epithet: named after B.F. Shumard



Shinny ridges, mask-like

Salix nigra


black willow


Family: Salicaceae (willow)


Fruit: capsule


use: charcoal for black powder


Staphylea trifolia


bladdernut


Family: Staphyleaceae (bladdernut)


Fruit: capsule




Ulmus americana


American elm, white elm


Family: Ulmaceae


Fruit: samara


use: steam-bent furniture parts


*dutch elm disease


Albizia julibrissin


silktree, mimosa


Family: Fabaceae


Fruit: legume


use: pollinated by hummingbirds


*native to China


Betula nigra


river birch


Family: Betulaceae


Fruit: nutlet or samara


*incorrectly called paper birch


Euonymus americanus


hearts-bustin' with love


Family: Celastraceae


Fruit: capsule


use: songbirds eat fruit




Fraxinus pennsylvanica


green ash


Family: Oleaceae


Fruit: samara


use: inner bark eaten by beavers


*emerald ash borer


Ligustrum sinense


privet, Chinese privet


Family: Oleaceae


Fruit: drupe (blue)


specific epithet: of or from China


use: WTD browse foliage


Liquidambar styraciflua


sweetgum


Family: Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel)


Fruit: capsule (multiple)


use: resin used for perfume, inner bark eaten by beavers


Lonicera japonica


Japanese honeysuckle


Family: Caprifoliaceae


Fruit: berry (black)


use: WTD browse foliage


Muscadinia rotundifolia


muscadine grape, muscadine


Family: Vitaceae


Fruit: berry (dark purple)


specific epithet: round leaves


use: wine, eaten by songbirds




Parthenocissus quinquefolia


Virginia creeper, woodbine


Family: Vitaceae


Fruit: berry (dark blue)


specific epithet: 5-leaflets


use: songbirds eat fruit


Paulownia tomentosa


princess tree, paulownia


Family: Paulowniaceae, Bignoniaceae


Fruit: capsule


use: furniture


Rubus argutus


southern blackberry


Family: Rosaceae


Fruit: aggregate of drupelets


use: songbirds and humans eat fruit


Sambucus canadensis


American elderberry


Family: Adoxaceae or Caprifoliaceae


Fruit: drupe (dark purple)


use: fruit eaten by songbirds, leaves contain toxins, smells like gin


Quercus phellos


Willow Oak


Family: Fagaceae


Fruit: Acorn roundish, saucer-like cups, thin greenish-red involucre


Leaves: no lobes, narrower than shingle


Magnolia grandiflora


Southern Magnolia


Family: Magnoliaceae


Fruit: Aggregate of Follicles


Bud: Valvate


Quercus macrocarpa


Bur Oak


Fagaceae


Largest acorn of all oaks, 3/4s enclosed by a fringed bowl-shaped cup


White Oak


Tilia americana


American Basswood, Linden


Tiliaceae


Bract w/ peduncle w/ fruit (nutlet)


Lagerstroemia indica


Crepe-myrtle


Lythraceae




Magnolia soulangiana


Saucer Magnolia


Magnoliaceae


Bark: Smooth, mottled gray




Euonymus fortune


Winter Creeper


Celatraceae


Aerial roots present when climbing


Quercus marilandica


Blackjack Oak


Fagaceae


Lvs: Wolverine Claw, Lustrous green above and paler w/ orange-brown pubescene below


Ulmus alata


Winged elm


Ulmaceae


Twig: 2nd year or older twigs form corky wings that protrude 1/2"


Quercus palustris


Pin Oak


Fagaceae


5 lobed can be 7-9 lobed, 10-30 bristles, entire, Major lobes form a U-shape. Bright green above and pale below with axillary tufts


Quercus lyrata


Overcup Oak


Fagaceae


acorns: almost entirely covered by the warty and unfringed cap


White oak group


Picea pungens


Blue Spruce


Pinaceae


Needles: silvery blue to dark green.




Acer palmatum


Japanese Maple


Aceraceae


5 to 7 deeply palmate lobes, some cultivars so deeply lobed that leaf appears compound


Leaves look like POT leaves


Aesculus pavia


Red Buckeye


Hippocastanaceae


Opp , palmately compound, usually 5, elliptical, serrated leaflets



Resembles a Buck's eye
Resembles a Buck's eye

Juniperus virginiana


Eastern red cedar


Cupressaceae


Fragrant smell (covers scent)


Gymnocladus dioicus


Kentucky Coffeetree


Fabaceae


Alt, bi-pinnately compound, (no spines or thorns) very large (1 to 3 feet long), with numerous 1 1/2 to 2 inch ovate leaflets, entire margins




Quercus imbricaria


Shingle Oak


Fagaceae


Alt, simp, broadly lanceolate, unlobed with a single, terminal bristle-tip. Broader than the willow oak




Koelreuteria paniculata


Golden Raintree


Sapindaceae


Alt, pinnately (or partially bi-pinnately) compound, irregular serrations or lobes on leaflets


Weird Fruit, Unique Leaf


Ilex opaca


American Holly


Aquifoliaceae


Alternate, simple, evergreen, elliptical, 2 to 4 inches long, spiny toothed margin, thickened and leathery


Quercus bicolor


Swamp White Oak


Fagaceae


Alternate, simple, obovate, 3 to 7“, margin with large irregular blunt teeth