TREES OF FOREST HILLS PARK

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 

Prepared by Riverdave Owen

11/7/2020  

BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE

__American Beech - Fagus grandifolia

           White Oak subgroup:

__White Oak - Quercus alba

__Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii

__Post Oak - Quercus stellata

__Overcup Oak - Quercus lyrata

           Black Oak subgroup:

__Spanish Oak - Quercus falcata

__Velvet Oak - Quercus velutina

__Pin Oak - Quercus palustris

__Pagoda Oak - Quercus pagoda

           Live Oak subgroup (my peculiar grouping that can appear as hybrids)

__Willow Oak - Quercus phellos

__Laurel Oak - Quercus

__Water Oak - Quercus nigra  

__Darlington Oak - Quercus hermispherica

__Live Oak - Quecus virginiana   

BIRCH FAMILY - BETULACEAE

__River Birch - Betula nigra

__Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana

__Tag Alder - Alnus serrulata

CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE 

__Bald Cypress -Taxodium distichum

__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana

__Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Asia)

DOGWOOD FAMILY - CORNACEAE

__Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

__Swamp Dogwood - Cornus amomum

EBONY FAMILY - EBONACEAE

__Persimmon - Diospyrus virginiana

ELM FAMILY - ULMACEAE

__American Elm - Ulmus americana

__Winged Elm - Ulmus alata

__Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis 

HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE

__American Holly - Ilex opaca

__Yaupon Holly (Eastern Coastal USA) 

__Chinese Holly (Asia)

LAUREL FAMILY - LAURACEAE

__Sassafras - Sassafras albidum

LEGUME FAMILY - FABACEAE

__Eastern Rebud - Cercis canadensis

__Honey Locust - Gleditsia triancanthos - (Central USA)

__Mimosa - Albizia julibrissin - (Asia)

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE

__Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera 

__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - (Southern Coastal USA) 

MAHOGANY FAMILY - MELIACEAE

__ Chinaberry - Melia azedarach - (Asia)

MALLOW FAMILY - MALVACEAE

__Basswood - Tilia americana

MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACAE

__Red Maple - Acer rubrum

__Florida Maple - Acer floridanum

__River Maple (box elder) - Acer negundo

__Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum

MULBERRY FAMILY - MORACEAE 

__Red Mulberry - Morus rubra

__White Mulberry - Morus alba - (Asia)

__Osage Orange - Maclura pomifera  - (Central USA)

MYRTLE FAMILY - MYRICACEAE

__Wax-Myrtle (Bayberry) - Myrica cerifera - (Eastern U.S. Coastal Plain)

OLEASTER FAMILY - ELAEAGNACEAE

__Autumn Olive - Elaeagnus umbellata - (Asia)

OLIVE FAMILY - OLEACEAE

__White Ashe - Fraxinus pennsyvanica

__Green Ashe - Fraxinus pennsylvanica

__Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus

__Chinese Privet - Ligustrum sinense (Asia)

__Japanese Privet Ligustrum (Asia)

PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE

__Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata 

__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda

PLANETREE FAMILY - PLATANACEAE 

__Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

RHODODENDRON FAMILY - ERICACEAE

__Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum

__Sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum 

ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE

__Black Cherry - Prunus serotina

STYRAX FAMILY - STYRACACEAE

__American Snowbell - Styrax americana

SWEETGUM FAMILY - ALTINGIACEAE

__Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua 

TRUMPET CREEPER FAMILY - BIGNONIACEAE

__Northern Catalpa - Catalpa speciosa - (Upper Mississippi Valley USA)

TUPELO FAMILY - NYSSACEAE 

__Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica

VIBURNUM FAMILY - CAPRIFOLIACEAE

__Downy Arrrowwood - Viburnum rafinesquianum

WILLOW FAMILY - SALICACEAE

__Black Willow - Salix Nigra