Plant List 5, 6, & 7 NC State University

Heptacodium miconioides "seven-son flower"

CAPRIFOLIACEAE (honeysuckle family)
-small tree
-simple, opposite arr.
-entire, undulate margins
-cupped leaves. . . like a "taco"
-three prominent veins on the backside
-calyces (flower) pink/white
-light brown bark

Triadica sebifera "popcorn tree"

EUPHORBIACEAE (spurge family)
-medium to large deciduous tree
-ovate to cordate leaf
-acuminate tip
-fissured (light gray to tan) bark
-capsule light gray

Cercis canadensis "eastern redbud"

FABACEAE (legume or bean family)
-small to medium sized deciduous tree
-simple, alternate arr.
-entire to undulate margins
-cordate leaf shape
-4-5 inch long seed pods
-Cauliflorous flowers (white and pink) grow on the stem
-reddish colored bark

Fagus grandifolia "American beech"

FAGACEAE (beech family)
-large deciduous tree
-acuminate tip
-"spear point" buds
-glabrous (smooth) bark almost like elephant skin (gray)
-prickly capsules that break into 5 compartments

Lorepetalum chinensis "loropetalum"

HAMAMELIDACEAE (witchhazel family)
-generally medium sized shrub
-can be grown into a small tree
-simple, alternate arrangement
-mostly entire margins
-oblique leaf base
-scabrous leaf
-purple/green foliage
-flowers ligulate "fringe-like"

Callicarpa americana "American beautyberry"

LAMIACEAE = LABIATAE (mint family)
-medium shrub
-simple, opposite arr.
-attenuated leaf base
-berries clustered around the nodes (light pink, white, magenta)
-woody shrub

Chionanthus retusus "Chinese fringetree"

OLEACEAE (olive family)
-medium deciduous tree
-wonky branching
-simple, entire, obovate leaves
-can have a retus apex
-fissured-ridged bark (gets deeper as the bark matures)
-white ligulate (strap-like) flowers
-blackish-blue marble like fruit

Rhaphiolepis delacourii "Indian hawthorn"

ROSACEAE (rose family)
-evergreen small shrub
-simple alternate arr.
-semi-serrate to undulate margins
-abaxial (underside of the leaf) reticulate veination
-sympodial growth "chandelier" (terminal end on branch that splits)
-focuses lack of nutrients to one single leaf

Malus sp. "crabapple"

ROSACEAE (rose family)
-medium to small tree
-simple, alternate arr.
-serrated margins
-very small fruit that looks like an apple (tastes terrible)
-sweet sap is sucked out of the holes in the bark by sap suckers

Amelanchier arborea "downy serviceberry"

ROSACEAE (rose family)
-small to medium deciduous tree (30 ft max)
-*multi-stemed*
-simple, alternate arr.
-serrate margins
-spring blooms with drooping racime of 10 inches
-summer berries (taste good)
-elliptic to ovate

Berberis julianae "wintergreen barberry"

BERBERIDACEAE (barberry family)
-medium evergreen shrub 4-8 ft tall
-elliptic to linear leaf shape
-3 pronged spines
-simple, serrate leafs "spiny leaves"
-dwarf shoots
-spring yellow flowers
-winter coloration reddish to maroon

Taxodium distichum "bald cypress"

-large tree (70 ft +) deciduous gymnosperm
-alternate foliage
-feather like foliage
-branching pattern (branches come off at a 90 degree angle)
-ridged reddish brown bark
-has knees when there is oxygen deficient soil from saturation

Pistacia chinensis "Chinese pistache"

ANACARDIACEAE (sumac family)
-small to med. deciduous tree
-some of the Best Fall color ever seen
-fruit (pink)
-alternate arr., evenly compound, elliptic
-last two leaves look like a MUSTACHE
-Bark (gray) alligator skin-is; low branching
-young branches - orange lenticels

Betula nigra "river birch"

BETULACEAE (birch family)
-large native deciduous tree
-generally multi-seemed in a landscape--forced to merge together in a nursery
-nice flaky copper colored bark
-alternate simple deltoid "looks like a Christmas tree"
-catkins (inflorescence) 2-3 in long

Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' "burning bush"

-med. to large deciduous shrub
-chosen for fall color Bright Red!
-is a clone
-red fruit
-green stems
- alate means with wings!
-simple, opp. arr., small serrate margins
-red buds**

Cladrastis kentukea "American yellowwood"

FABACEAE (legume or bean family)
-med native deciduous tree
-odd pinnately compound
-large round tree
-acuminate tip
-woody-yellow
-fall color-yellow
-inflorescence-yellow
-bark gray, camouflage-ish
-seedpods

Gymnocladus dioicus "Kentucky coffee tree"

FABACEAE (legume or bean family)
-med. to large deciduous native tree
-alternate arr., decompound** leaves
-dioecious
-seedpods on female tree
-sappy
-bark gray and scaly

Ginkgo biloba "Maidenhair tree; ginkgo"

GINKGOACEAE (ginkgo family)
-its gink....go
-leaves emerge on dwarf shoots
-fan shaped
-bright yellow fall colors
-dioecious
-stinky fruit on the female tree

Carya illinoinensis "pecan"

JUGLANDACEAE (walnut family)
-large deciduous tree
-alternate arr., compound
-falcate leaflets (hooked)
-low branches (good for climbing)
-flaky light gray bark
-2 in nut (pecans)
-husk has 4 bracts
-Kary with a C from Illinois made a pecan pie

Liriodendron tulipifera "tulip poplar; yellow poplar"

MAGNOLIACEAE (magnolia family)
-large deciduous native tree
-alternate arr.
-leaves look like a cat face
-Tulip like flowers
- Lirio (lily), dendron (tree)
-Fruit samara like aggregate
-Habit gray pole not much branching
-gray bark

Magnolia virginiana "sweet bay"

MAGNOLIACEAE (magnolia family)
-Med. native evergreen tree
-elliptic, entire
-pale abaxial color
-white very fragrant
-gray bark

Platanus occidentalis "sycamore"

PLATANACEAE (planetree family)
-large native deciduous tree
-alternate arr., very* large* leaves
-buds are sub-petiole have to break ...
-when leaves fall they don't fall flat and make a satisfying crunching sound
-Fall color - yellow
-Light gray exfoliating bark

Pyrus calleryana "flowering pear"

ROSACEAE (rose family)
-large deciduous tree
-flowers well
-opposite arr. leaves, orbicular, serrate margins, slightly undulate
-low branching
-branches snap off in storms
-only live about 40 years

Stewartia pseudocamellia "Japanese stewartia"

THEACEAE (tea family)
-small deciduous tree
-usually multi-stemed
-looks like (bark of crepe myrtle; leaves of dogwood; smaller flowers of camellia)
-bark exfoliates off and leaves a reddish pink camouflage
-young branches are flexuous (zig-zag)
-alternate arr. leaves, almost crenate to serrate margins

Ostrya virginiana "American hophornbeam"

BETULACEAE (birch family)
-native small deciduous tree
-alternate arr., doubly serrate
-slightly pubescent stems
-yellowish green leaves
-fissured flaky bark
-young bark has orange lenticels)
-catkins look like hops

Catalpa speciosa "catalpa; lady cigar tree"

BIGNONIACEAE (bignonia family)
-med to large deciduous tree
-creepy habit
-opposite to alternate (generally) arranged
-**SUPER large, cordate leaves
-pubescent on the abaxial side (glabrous)
-flaky gray to orange bark
-**bean pods up to 2 ft long

Cornus florida "flowering dogwood"

CORNACEAE (dogwood family)
-small deciduous multi-seemed tree
-opposite arr.
-slightly undulate entire margins
-arcuate veination
-**blocky/gator skin bark
-**rounded onion shaped fruit
-Generally broader leaves than "kousa dogwood"

Cornus kousa "kousa dogwood"

CORNACEAE (dogwood family)
-small deciduous multi-stemed tree
-opposite arr.
-somewhat undulate margins
-arcuate veination
-fruit looks like a cherry (edible)
-**attractive, camouflage orangish peeled bark with no signs of exfoliation
-**small pointed buds

Metasequoia glyptostroboides "dawn redwood"

CUPRESSACEAE (cypress family)
-large deciduous gymnosperm
-soft linear, needlelike opposite leaves
-slightly orange bark when it flakes off
-cones look like they have lips on them
-more upright branching pattern (45 degrees) than bald cypress

Castanea mollissima "Chinese chestnut"

FAGACEAE (beech family)
-med. to large deciduous multi-stemed tree
-alternate arr., slightly serrate and undulate
-pubescent on abaxial side
-6-8 in long leaves
-bark furrowed
-fruit nut with a very spiky outer shell (edible)

Maclura pomifera "osage orange"

MORACEAE (mulberry family)
-med. to large deciduous tree
-alternate arr.
-ovate to lanceolate leaves
-slightly glabrous
-entire margins
-Unnecessarily large fruit (perfect size to chuck)
-young branches have spines
-bridged, furrowed bark with various shades of orange

Acer griseum "paperbark maple"

SAPINDACEAE (soapberry family)
-small deciduous tree
-opposite trifoliate leaves
-large samaras, pubescent , and brown
-**Orange papery bark that peels off

Acer palmatum "Japanese maple"

SAPINDACEAE (soapberry family)
-small deciduous tree
-opposite arr.
-red samaras (generally)
-simple leaves with deep* lobes (makes them look palmate
-serrated
-leaf color can very widely from light pink, dark purple, reddish, green
-stem color can vary from red, orange, purple, green

Acer rubrum "red maple"

SAPINDACEAE (soapberry family)
-med. to large deciduous tree
-native, weedy
-fruit heavily
-generally 3 sometimes 5 lobes
-serrate
-known for fall color (Red)
-red, pubescent buds
-red petioles
-gray ridged bark

Zelkova serrata "Japanese zelkova"

ULMACEAE (elm family)
-med. deciduous tree
-**Very narrow upright branching habit (looks like its in a vase)
-Alternate arr.
-serrate, tiny bit oblique
-**light gray smooth bark with horizontal orange lenticels
-Fruit- tiny

Celtis occidentalis "common hackberry"

ULMACEAE (elm family)
-large deciduous tree
-generally yellowish leaves that are generally diseased
-very weedy
-lots of little round fruit (may be the reason for drooping of branches)
-warty/gray bark
-slightly oblique, alternate arr.
-slightly serrate
-acuminate tip