WALTHOUR-MOSS PRESERVE TREE & SHRUB LIST
(including several key species of vine, grass and moss)
Southern Pines NC
Prepared by Riverdave Owen
Updated. 07/21/2022
BAYBERRY FAMILY - MYRICACEAE
__Carolina Bayberry - Morella caroliniensis
__Wax Myrtle - Morella cerifera
BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE
__Spanish Oak - Quercus falcata
__Bluejack Oak - Quercus incana
__Turkey Oak - Quercus laevis
__Sand Post Oak - Quercus margarettae
__Blackjack Oak - Quercus marilandica
__Water Oak - Quercus nigra
__Laurel Oak - Quercus laurifolia
BIRCH FAMILY - BETULACEAE
__Tag Alder - Alnus serrulata
CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE
__Atlantic White Cedar - Chamaecyparis thyoides
__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana
DOGWOOD FAMILY - CORNACEAE
__Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida
EBONY FAMILY - EBENACEAE
__Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana
GRASS FAMILY - POACEAE
__Wire Grass - Aristida stricta
__Small Switch Cane - Arundinaria tecta
GREENBRIER FAMILY - SMILACACEAE
__Laurel-leaf Greenbrier - Smilax laurifolia
__Round leaf Greenbrier - Smilax rotundifolia
HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE
__Gallberry - Ilex coriacea
__Inkberry - Ilex glabra
__American Holly - Ilex opaca
__Yaupon - Ilex vomitoria (Coastal Plain)
LAUREL FAMILY - LAURACEAE
__Red Bay - Persea palustris
__Sassafras - Sassafras album
MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE
__Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera
__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora
__Sweet Bay - Magnolia virginiana
MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACEAE
__Red Maple - Acer Rubrum
PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE
__Longleaf Pine - Pinus palustris
__Pond Pine - Pinus serotina
__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda
__Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata
__Slash Pine - Pinus elliottii (Deep South USA)
POISON IVY FAMILY - ANACARDIACEAE
__Poison Oak - Toxicodendron pubescens
RHODODENDRON FAMILY - ERICACEAE
__Southern Dwarf Huckleberry - Gaylussacia dumosa var. dumosa
__Fetterbush - Lyonia lucida
__Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum
__Highbush Blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum
__Lowbush Blueberry - Vaccinium Pallidum
ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE
__Carolina Laurel Cherry - Prunus caroliniana (Coastal Plain)
__Black Cherry - Prunus serotina var. serotina
SPHAGNUM MOSS FAMILY - Sphagnaceae
__ Sphagnum Moss - various species
SWEETLEAF FAMILY - SYMPLOCACEAE
__Sweetleaf - Symplocus tinctoria
SWEET PEPPERBUSH FAMILY - CLETHRACEAE
__Coastal Sweet Pepperbush - Clethra alnifolia
TITI FAMILY - CYRILLACEAE
__Swamp Titi - Cyrilla racemiflora
TUPELO FAMILY- NYSSACEAE
__Swamp Tupelo - Nyssa biflora
WALNUT FAMILY - JUGLANDACEAE
__Sand Hickory - Carya palida
__Mockernut Hickory - Carya tomentosa
YUCCA SUBFAMILY - AGAVOIDEAE
__Yucca filamentosa
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