BENNETT PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE TREE INVENTORY

Durham, North Carolina

Prepared by Riverdave Owen

5/6/2021

total species: 33     

BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE

           White Oak subgroup:

__White Oak - Quercus alba

__Post Oak - Quercus stellata

           Black Oak subgroup:

__Spanish Oak - Quercus falcata 

__Willow Oak - Quercus phellos

__Water Oak - Quercus nigra    

__Black Oak - Quercus velutina

__Blackjack Oak - Quercus marilandica

CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE 

__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana

DOGWOOD FAMILY - CORNACEAE

__Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

EBONY FAMILY - EBONACEAE

__Persimmon - Diospyrus virginiana

HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE

__American Holly - Ilex opaca

__Yaupon Holly - Ilex vomitoria (eastern U.S. coastal plain)

__Chinese Holly - Ilex cornuta (East Asia)

LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY - LYTHRACEAE

__Crape Myrtle - Lagerstroemia indica (South Asia)

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE

__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - (Southern Coastal USA)

__Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) 

MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACAE

__Red Maple - Acer rubrum

OLEASTER FAMILY - ELAEAGNACEAE

__Autumn Olive - Elaeagnus umbellata - (Asia)

OLIVE FAMILY - OLEACEAE

__White Ashe - Fraxinus americana

__Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus

PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE

__Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata 

__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda

PLANETREE FAMILY - PLATANACEAE 

__Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

RHODODENDRON FAMILY - ERICACEAE

__Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum

__Farkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum 

__Lowbush Blueberry - Vaccinium pallidum

__Highbush Blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum

ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE

__Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea

SWEETGUM FAMILY - ALTINGIACEAE

__Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua 

TUPELO FAMILY - NYSSACEAE 

__Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica