TREES OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA
BAYBERRY FAMILY - MYRICACEAE
__Wax-Myrtle (Bayberry) - Myrica cerifera - (Eastern U.S. Coastal Plain)
BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE
__American Beech - Fagus grandifolia
White Oak subgroup:
__White Oak - Quercus alba
__Chestnut Oak - Quercus montana
__Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii
__Post Oak - Quercus stellata
__Overcup Oak - Quercus lyrata
Black Oak subgroup:
__Red Oak - Quercus rubra
__Spanish Oak - Quercus falcata
__Scarlet Oak - Quercus coccinea
__Willow Oak - Quercus phellos
__Velvet Oak - Quercus velutina
__Water Oak - Quercus nigra
__Pagoda Oak - Quercus pagoda
__Pin Oak - Quercus palustris
__Shumard Oak - Quercus shumardii
__Blackjack Oak - Quercus marilandica
BIRCH FAMILY - BETULACEAE
__River Birch - Betula nigra
__Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana
__Hophornbeam - Ostrya virginiana
__American Hazelnut - Corylus americana
__Tag Alder - Alnus serrulata
BLADDERNUT FAMILY - STAPHYLEACEAE
__American Bladdernut - Staphylea trifolia
BUCKEYE FAMILY - HIPPOCASTANACEAE
__Painted Buckeye - Aesculus sylva
BUCKTHORN FAMILY - RHAMNACEAE
__Carolina Buckthorn - Frangula caroliniana
CASHEW FAMILY -ANACARDIACEAE
__Smooth Sumac - Rhus glabra
__Winged Sumac - Rhus copallinum
CUSTARD-APPLE - ANNONACEAE
__Pawpaw - Asimina triloba
CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE
__Bald Cypress -Taxodium distichum
__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana
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
__Slippery Elm - Ulmus rubra
__Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
FIGWORT FAMILY - SCROPHULARIACEAE
__Princesstree - Paulownia tomentosa - (Asia)
HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE
__American Holly - Ilex opaca
__Possomhaw - Ilex decidua
__Common Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
__Mountain Winterberry - Ilex montana
LAUREL FAMILY - LAURACEAE
__Sassafras - Sassafras albidum
__Spicebush - Lindera benzoin
LEGUME FAMILY - FABACEAE
__Eastern Rebud - Cercis canadensis
__Honey Locust - Gleditsia triancanthos - (Central USA)
__Black Locust - Robinia psuedo-acacia
__Mimosa - Albizia julibrissin - (Asia)
MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE
__Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera
__Umbrella Magnolia - Magnolia tripetala
__Bigleaf Magnolia - Magnolia macrophylla
__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - (Southern Coastal USA)
MAHOGANY FAMILY - MELIACEAE
__ Chinaberry - Melia azedarach - (Asia)
MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACAE
__Red Maple - Acer rubrum
__Florida Maple - Acer floridanum
__River Maple (box elder) - Acer negundo
__Chalk Maple - Acer leucoderme
__Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
MULBERRY FAMILY - MORACEAE
__Red Mulberry - Morus rubra
__White Mulberry - Morus alba - (Asia)
__Paper Mulberry - Broussonetia papyrifera - (Asia)
__Osage Orange - Maclura pomifera - (Central USA)
OLEASTER FAMILY - ELAEAGNACEAE
__Autumn Olive - Elaeagnus umbellata - (Asia)
OLIVE FAMILY - OLEACEAE
__White Ashe - Fraxinus americana
__Green Ashe - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
__Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus
__Chinese Privet - Ligustrum sinense - (Asia)
PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE
__Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata
__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda
__Virginia Pine - Pinus virginiana
__Eastern White Pine - Pinus Strobus
__Eastern Hemlock - Tsuga canadensis
PLANETREE FAMILY - PLATANACEAE
__Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
RHODODENDRON FAMILY - ERICACEAE
__Catawba Rhododendron - Rhododendron catawbiense
__Pinxster Azalea- Rhododendron perclymenoides
__Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia
__Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum
__Sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum
__Deerberry - Vaccinium stamineum
__Black Highbush Blueberry - Vaccinium atrococcum
ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE
__Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
__American Plum - Prunus americana
__Chickasaw Plum - Prunus angustifolia
__Hawthorn - Crataegus (species)
__Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea
RUE FAMILY - RUTACEAE
__Hoptree - Ptelea trifoliata
SIMAROUBA FAMILY - SIMAROUBACEAE
__Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima - (Asia)
STYRAX FAMILY - STYRACACEAE
__Silverbell - Halesia tetraptera
__American Snowbell - Styrax americana
__Bigleaf Snowbell - Styrax grandifolius
SWEETGUM FAMILY - ALTINGIACEAE
__Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua
TRUMPET CREEPER FAMILY - BIGNONIACEAE
__Southern Catalpa - Catalpa bignonioides - (deep southern USA)
__Northern Catalpa - Catalpa speciosa - (Upper Mississippi Valley USA)
TUPELO FAMILY - NYSSACEAE
__Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica
VIBURNUM FAMILY - CAPRIFOLIACEAE
__Downy Arrrowwood - Viburnum rafinesquianum
__Southern Arrowwood - Viburum dentatum
__Mapleleaf Viburnum - Viburnum acerifolium
__Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
__Rusty Blackhaw - Viburnum rufidulum
__Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
WALNUT FAMILY - JUGLANDACEAE
__Black Walnut - Juglans nigra
Shagbark Hickory subgroup:
__Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata
__Mockernut Hickory - Carya tomentosa
__Shellbark Hickory - Carya laciniosa
Pignut Hickory subgroup:
__Pignut Hickory - Carya glabra
__Red Hickory - Carya ovalis
Pecan Hickory subgroup:
__Pecan - Carya illinoensis - (Mississippi Valley USA)
__Bitternut Hickory - Carya cordiformis |
WILLOW FAMILY - SALICACEAE
__Black Willow - Salix Nigra
__Eastern Cottonwood - Populus deltoides
__Weeping Willow - Salix babylonica - (Asia)
WITCHHAZEL FAMILY - HAMAMELIDACEAE
__Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana
COMMON WOODY VINES OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA
__Muscadine Grape - Vitis rotundifolia
__Fox Grape - Vitis labrusca
__Trumpet Vine - Campsis radicans
__Virginia Creeper - Parthenocissus quinquefolia
__Coral Honeysuckle - Lonicera sempervirens
__Poison Ivy - Toxicodendron radicans
__Greenbrier Species - Smilax species
__Cross Vine - Bignonia capreolata
__English Ivy - Hedera helix - (Eurasia)
__Japanese Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica - (Asia)
__Chinese Wisteria - Wisteria sinensis - (Asia)
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