INVENTORY OF TREES OF ROCKWOOD PARK

2310 Whitley Drive, Durham, North Carolina   

Riverdave Owen

8/21/2020 

BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE

__American Beech - Fagus grandifolia 

           White Oak subgroup:

__White Oak - Quercus alba

           Black Oak subgroup:

__Red Oak - Quercus rubra

__Spanish Oak - Quercus falcata

__Velvet Oak - Quercus velutina

__Willow Oak - Quercus phellos

BIRCH FAMILY - BETULACEAE

__River Birch - Betula nigra

__Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana

CASHEW FAMILY - ANACARDIACEAE

__Winged Sumac - Rhus copallinum

CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE 

__Bald Cypress -Taxodium distichum

__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana

ELM FAMILY - ULMACEAE

__American Elm - Ulmus americana

__Winged Elm - Ulmus alata

__Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis  

HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE

__Chinese Holly - Ilex cornuta

LEGUME FAMILY - FABACEAE

__Eastern Rebud - Cercis canadensis

__Mimosa - Albizia julibrissin - (Asia)

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE

__Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera

__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - (Southern Coastal USA)  

MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACAE

__Red Maple - Acer rubrum

__Florida Maple - Acer floridanum

__River Maple (box elder) - Acer negundo

MULBERRY FAMILY - MORACEAE 

__Red Mulberry - Morus rubra

__White Mulberry - Morus alba - (Asia)

OLIVE FAMILY - OLEACEAE

__Green Ashe - Fraxinus pennsylvanica

__Chinese Privet - Ligustrum sinense - (Asia)

__Japanese Priviet - Ligustrum japonicum

OLEASTER FAMILY - ELAEAGNACEAE

__Russian Olive - Elaeagnus angustifolia - (Asia

PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE

__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda

PLANETREE FAMILY - PLATANACEAE 

__Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE

__Black Cherry - Prunus serotina

__Hawthorn - Crataegus (species)

__Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) (Asia)

SIMAROUBA FAMILY - SIMAROUBACEAE

__Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima - (Asia)

STYRAX FAMILY - STYRACACEAE

__Bigleaf Snowbell - Styrax grandifolius

SWEETGUM FAMILY - ALTINGIACEAE

__Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua 

TUPELO FAMILY - NYSSACEAE 

__Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica

VIBURNUM FAMILY - CAPRIFOLIACEAE

__Downy Arrrowwood - Viburnum rafinesquianum

__Southern Arrowwood - Viburum dentatum

__Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium

__Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis 

WALNUT FAMILY - JUGLANDACEAE

__Black Walnut - Juglans nigra

__Mockernut Hickory - Carya tomentosa

WILLOW FAMILY - SALICACEAE

__Eastern Cottonwood - Populus deltoides