Dendro Plant list

Sweet Bay Magnolia Name

Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Species: virginiana

Sweet Bay magnolia Characteristics

Bud: Light green and candle shaped
Leaf: oblong with green top and silver bottom
Bark: Grey with lichen and moss

etc: alternate but appear whorled, white flower

American beauty berry name

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Callicarpa
Species: americana

American beauty berry characteristics

Leaf: Simple and fuzzy

Bark: grey brown and pubescent
etc: purple berry pods, opposite arrangement, serrate margin

Crossvine Name

Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Bignonia
Species: Capreolata

Crossvine Characteristics

bud: Flowering
leaf: compound, 2 leafs per side with tendril, entire, feel waxy
bark: flaky brown but green close to new growth
etc: smells like coffee

Strawberry bush name

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Euonymus
species: americanus

Strawberry bush characteristics

bud: 3 cluster on terminal, red late in season
leaf: simple, opposite, slightly serrate
Bark: green and square twigs,

etc: round seed pods, 4 heart leaflets

Eastern red bud name

Family: Fabaceae
genus: Cercis
species:canadensis

Eastern red bud characteristics

Bud: red duh
leaf: chordate
bark: zigzag twig, lenticel, reddish brown and flaky

American Hornbeam name

Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Carpinus
Species: Caroliniana

American Hornbeam Characteristics

Bud: scaley
Leaf: Doubly serrate, alternate
bark: Rought, tight, ridged

Ginkgo tree name

Family: Ginkgoaceae
genus: Ginkgo
species: biloba

Ginkgo characteristics

Bud: red/brown
Leaf: lobed, Dichotomous vein
bark: flaky, cracked, light grey

White oak Name

Family: Fagaceae
genus: Quercus

species: alba

White oak Characteristics

bud: Cluster, rounded

Leaf: lobed, smooth, alternate, simple, no bristle tip

bark: blocky/flaky, peel left to right

etc: acorn with warty cap and elongated

Red Buckeye name

Family: Sapindaceae
genus: Aesculus
species: pavia

Red buckeye characteristics

bud:flat, overlapping scaled, terminal round, sharp
leaf: compound, palmate, finely serrate, opposite, prominant veination

Bark: grey

etc: seedpods, pink tubuler flowers

Eastern redcedar

Family: Cupressaceae
genus: Juniperus
species:virginiana

Eastern redcedar characteristics

Leaf: evergreen, scaled needles
Bark: thin, pale, peely (stringcheese)

etc: berries, spring to summer

Carolina allspice name

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Calycanthus
Species: floridus

boxelder name

Family: Aceraceae
Genus: Acer
Species: negundo

mimosa name

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Albizia
Species: julibrissin

pawpaw name

Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Asimina
Species: triloba

shagbark hickory name

Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Carya
species: ovata

roughleaf dogwood

Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
species: drummondii

sugarberry name

Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Celtis
Species: laeviata

flowering dogwood name

Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
species: florida

common persimmon name

Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
species: virginiana

deciduous holly name

Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
species: decidua

sweetgum name

Family: altingiaceae
genus: Liquidambar
species: styraciflua

trifoliate orange name

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Poncirus
species: trifoliata

northern red oak name

Family: Fagaceae
genus: Quercus
species: rubra

poison ivy name

family: anacardiaceae
genus: Toxicondendron
species: radicans

slippery elm name

family: Ulmaceae
genus: Ulmus

species: rubra

American snowbell name

Family: Styracaceae
Genus: Styrax
Species:americanus

bigleaf snowbell name

Family: Styracaceae
Genus: Styrax
Species: grandifolius

bigleaf magnolia name

Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Species: macrophylla

Carolina jasmine name

Family: Gelsemiaceae
Genus: gelsemium
Species: sempervirens

American hazelnut name

Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Corylus
Species:americana

American elder name

Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Sambucas
Species: canadensis

sawtooth oak name

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: acutissima

fringe tree name

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Chionanthus
Species:virginicus

live oak name

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: virginiana

bur oak name

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: macrocarpa

yellowwood name

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cladrastis
Species: kentukea

Carolina allspice Characteristics

leaf: prominant veination,
bud: very small, flowers spring and summer
bark: chocolate brown twig
etc: wet areas, multicolored leaves later in season.

American boxelder characteristics

leaf- multiple leaflets, pinnately compound, serrate margins, light green upper with paler bottom. Look like poison ivy but they have opposite arrangement

bud - small white and fuzzy

bark- pale gray/light brown, grooves that become rough, scaly, deeply furrowed.

Mimosa characteristics

leaf- large, reactive, fernlike compound, alternate,

bud- small, rounded, zigzag twigs, sit slightly above leaf scars

bark- thin, smooth, gray/brown/green, conspicuous pores on young

etc-

Pawpaw Characteristics

leaf- large, simple, drooping angle, alternate, smooth, young leaves with rust on the bottom

bud- naked, and fuzzy

bark- light grey to brown, pale, blotchy/warty

etc-

shagbark hickory characteristics

leaf- alternate, pinnately compound structures, 5 finely toothed leaflets, sometimes fuzzy underneath,

bud- large, ovate, blunt,

bark- peeling, vertical strips, light to medium gray

roughleaf dogwood characteristics

leaf- simple, oppositely arranged, sandpaper like upper surface, egg shaped with pointed tip

bud- prominent pubescent gray bud, spike like lateral buds

bark- grey to brown, blocky appearance

sugarberry characteristics

leaf- simple, alternate, lance-shaped, asymmetrical base, pointed curved tip, entire margins

bud- tiny, triangular, pressed against zigzag twig, no terminal bud

bark- light grey-silver brown, warty bumps or ridges

flowering dogwood characteristics

leaf- simple, opposite, curved veins

bud- large, onion-shaped

bark- grayish-brown, distinct square or rectangular blocks

common persimmon characteristics

leaf- simple, alternate, oval, entire, slightly hairy underside, seasonal coloration

bud- small, dark, pointed, 2 distinct overlapping scales

bark- thick, dark gray to black, deeply divided and scaly blocks

sweet gum characteristics

leaf- star shaped leaves , 5-7 pointed lobes, alternate

bud- grayish-brown coloring, deep furrows, corky ridges on smaller

bark- grey brown, scaly, corky wings on younger trees

common trifoliate orange characteristics

leaf- alternate, compound, 3 leaflets, winged stems

bud- small buds with larger scale cover flower buds

bark- smooth bark, occasional long throns, striped with green

northern red oak

leaf- bristletipped, alternate arrangement, sinus are abt ½ to midrib,

bud- ¼ in long, ovoid, sharply pointed, multiple terminal buds

bark- smooth, light gray surface, with broad flat-topped ridges

poison ivy characteristics

leaf- clustered in 3 leaflets, middle leaflets largest

bud- naked, slightly fuzzy, light tan or green, alternate

bark- arial rootlets, hairy,

slippery elm characteristics

leaf- simple, alternate, oval, sandpapery, serrate

bud-dark purpleish-brown to chestnut- brown , rusty or copper colored hairs

bark- brayish-brown exterior, vertical ridges, couse

American snowbell characteristics

leaf- alternate, glossy bright, entire to finely serrated, pubescent on petiole or underside

bud- small, naked, blunt

bark- thin, smooth, dark gray, twig is slightly zigzaged

bigleaf snowbell characteristics

leaf- large, simple leaves, eggshaped, dark green smooth/sparsely hairy,

bud- naked, gayish or rusty hairy texture

bark- thin, smooth, dark, zigzagged twig

bigleaf magnolia characteristics

leaf- Alternate, simple, very large, 20 to 30 inches long, with wavy edges and"ear-lobes" at the base, green and shiny above, lower surface with whitishhairs.​

bud-is 1 in and silver pubescence

bark- Thin, smooth and gray-brown, may develop small platy patches. twig has large leaf scar

Carolina jasmine characteristics

leaf- opposite, simple, sharp tip, lanceolate, evergreen, thickened entire margins

bud- buds have loose scales

bark- brown to reddish brown, vine, fissured, twining vine

American hazelnut characteristics

leaf- alternate, simple, doubly serrated, oval with heart-shaped or rounded base, long petiole

bud- small, two toned, light grayish brown

bark- light grayish brown, smooth, mild criss-cross netted pattern,

bonus: small shrub, clumps reaching 16 ft in height

elderberry characteristics

leaf- opposite, pinnately compound. long tips, bottom leaflets are often 3-lobed

bud- no terminal buds, red-brown, small

bark- warty, shallowly furrowed

sawtooth oak characteristics

leaf- alternate, simple , pinnately veined, serrate margin with bristle teeth

bud- pubescent on bud scale edges, multiple terminal buds,

bark- ridged, furrowed, deeply ridged, corky

fringe tree characteristics

leaf: opposite to subopposite, pinnately veined, entire

bud- large, brown, broadly conical terminal

bark- dark gray-brown, furrowed with reddish scales

etc- small tree or a large suckering shrub, narrow crown

live oak characteristics

leaf- alternate, simple, leathery, entire or spiny margin, lower pale and pubescent

bud- small blunt multiple terminal buds

bark- rabidly developing red brown, older with black

bur oak characteristics

leaf- Alternate, simple, many lobes, 2 middle sinuses nearly to the midrib, dividing leaf, leaf pale and fuzzy below, tips resemble crown

bud- small, round, pubescent, surrounded by stipules

bark- ashy gray to brown in color, scaly,

yellowwood characteristics

leaf- alternate, pinnately compoun, leaflets sub-opposite, 5-9 leaflets, entire margins, petiole swollen

bud- leaf scar encircling the bud, bud is broad cone,

bark- very smooth wrinkly