Dendrology

*twisty leaves pairs of 2

CN: Virginia Pine

SN: Pinus virginiana

Family: Pinaceae

Native

twisty leaves pairs of 2

*opposite decussate shoots

CN: Atlantic White Cedar

SN: Chamaecyparis thyoides

Family: Cupressaceae

Native (threatened)

opposite decussate shoots

CN: Pondcypress

SN: Taxodium ascendens

Family: Cupressaceae

Native

*alternate leaves, knees

CN: Baldcypress

SN: Taxodium distichum

Family: Cupressaceae

Native

alternate leaves, knees

*3 needles per fascicle

CN: Longleaf Pine

SN: Pinus palustris

Family: Pinaceae

Native

3 needles per fascicle

*3 needles per fascicle

*cinnamon bark

CN: Slash Pine

SN: Pinus elliottii

Family: Pinaceae

Native

3 needles per fascicle

cinnamon bark

*5 needles per fascicle

CN: Eastern White Pine

SN: Pinus strobus

Family: Pinaceae

Native

5 needles per fascicle

soft cones

*3 needles per fascicle w acute angle on twig

CN: Loblolly Pine

SN: Pinus taeda

Family: Pinaceae

Native

3 needles per fascicle w acute angle on twig

*decussate leaves

CN: Japanese Cedar, sugi

SN: Cryptomeria japonica

Family: Cupressaceae

Non-native (Asia)

decussate leaves

CN: Deodar Cedar

SN: Cedrus deodara

Family: Pinaceae

Non-native (N India)

spurs

*opposite leaves

CN: Dawn Redwood

SN: Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Family: Cupressaceae

Non-native (China)

feather like opposite branchlets

small cones, look like lips, 4 sided

*single needle

CN: Douglas-fir

SN: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Family: Pinaceae

Native to Western US

single needle

*big leaf shoots

CN: Ginkgo

SN: Ginkgo biloba

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Non-native (China)

big leaf shoots

*blueberry looking seeds

CN: Eastern Redcedar

SN: Juniperus virginiana

Family: Cupressaceae

Native

blueberry looking seeds

*resin pockets

*leaves pairs of 2, not twisty

CN: Shortleaf Pine

SN: Pinus echinata

Family: Pinaceae

Native

resin pockets

leaves pairs of 2, not twisty

*white camo bark

CN: American Sycamore

SN: Platanus occidentalis

Family: Platanaceae

*spines at nodes

CN: Black Locust

SN: Robinia pseudoacacia

Family: Fabaceae

*elliptical and teeth on ends of leaves

CN: Inkberry, galberry

SN: Ilex glabra

Family: Aquifoliaceae

*aromatic

*glandular dots on leaves

*warty bark

CN: Wax-myrtle

SN: Morella cerifera

Family: Myricaceae

*Long shoots like ginkgo

*warts

*berries

CN: Deciduous Holly

SN: Ilex decidua

Family: Aquifoliaceae

*crenate-round teeth on leaves

CN: Yaupon

SN: Ilex vomitoria

Family: Aquifoliaceae

*lenticels

*catkins

*doubley serrated leaves

CN: American Hazelnut

SN: Corylus americana

Family: Betulaceae

*uneven base on leaves

doubley serrated

*buds

*branches out in a martini glass shape

CN: American Elm

SN: Ulmus americana

Family: Ulmaceae

*papery bark

*multiple leaning stems

*doubley serrated, arrow-shaped leaves

CN: River Birch

SN: Betula nigra

Family: Betulaceae

*large buds

*large thick leaves, hairs underneath

*aggregate seed pods w/ red seeds

CN: Southern Magnoila

SN: Magnolia grandiflora

Family: Magnoliaceae

*huge buds

*big leaves

*round aggregate seed pod

CN: Bigleaf Magnolia

SN: Magnolia macrophylla

Family: Magnoliaceae

*cat-shaped leaves

*stipular scars

*valvate bud scales

*winged-like fruits of samaras

*twigs form v shapes

CN: Tulip-poplar, Yellow-poplar

SN: Liriodendron tulipifera

Family: Magnoliaceae

*jigsaw pattern bark

*lenticels

*flying saucer seeds

CN: Chinese Elm

SN: Ulmus parvifolia

Family: Ulmaceae

*aromatic

*Small aggregate seed pods

*buds

CN: Sweetbay Magnolia

SN: Magnolia virginiana

Family: Magnoliaceae

*Spikey waxy thick leaves

*biggest holly

CN: American Holly

SN: Ilex opaca

Family: Aquifoliaceae

*turkey foot leaf

*bowl cut acorn

CN: southern red oak
SN: Quercus falcata
Family: Fagaceae

*small cap on acorn

*smooth bark

*orange acorn when crushed

CN: water oak
SN: Quercus nigra

Family: Fagaceae

*crenate serrated margins on leaves

*big round acorn

CN: swamp chestnut oak

SN: Quercus michauxii

Family: Fagaceae

*cap covers most of acorn
uneven messy lobes on leaves

CN: overcup oak

SN: Quercus lyrata
Family: Fagaceae

*charcoal bark

*alternate simple leaves with black dots

CN: common persimmon
SN: Diospyros virginiana
Family: Ebenaceae

*pinnately compound leaves

*baseball bat seeds

*fishnet bark

*opposite branches

CN: white ash

SN: Fraxinus americana
Family: Oleaceae

*tiny baby cones

*2 white lines under leaves

CN: eastern hemlock
SN: Tsuga canadensis

Family: Pinaceae

*large warts

*palmate and pinnate leaves

*serrated leaves w whispy tips

CN: sugarberry

SN: Celtis laevigata
Family: Cannabaceae

*acorns long, cap goblet shaped

*wide trunk
*lanceolate long simple leaves

CN: live oak
SN: Quercus virginiana
Family: Fagaceae

*long acorn
*chestnut like leaves

*deeply furrowed bark

CN: chestnut oak
SN: Quercus montana

Family: Fagaceae

*alligator skin bark

*branches 90 degree angle

*simple leaf, pointy on end

*long short shoots

CN: blackgum

SN: Nyssa sylvatica

Family: Nyssaceae

*tiny acorn

*long thin leaves

*smaller grooves on bark

CN: willow oak

SN: Quercus phellos

Family: Fagaceae

*dark red lines on acorn

*deep sinuses on leaves

CN: Nuttall oak

SN: Quercus texana

Family: Fagaceae

*whispy weird acorns
*pinnate serrated leaves

CN: sawtooth oak

SN: Quercus acutissima

Family: Fagaceae

*fattest acorn (mushroom)

*lobes on leaves have lobes

CN: bur oak
SN: Quercus macrocarpa

Family: Fagaceae

*orangey fruit
*long thin strippy bark
*spikes on branches

CN: osage-orange
SN: Maclura pomifera
Family: Moraceae

*smooth bark
*warty lenticels
*aggregates of fruits

*pinnately compound
*pinnate veins

CN: smooth sumac
SN: Rhus glabra
Family: Anacardiaceae

*deep sinuses on leaves
*tight hat on acorn - barret

CN: pin oak
SN: Quercus palustris
Family: Fagaceae

*spines on main stem
*deciduous bipinnately compound alternate leaves
*big leathery seed pods

CN: honey locust
SN: Gleditsia triacanthos
Family: Fabaceae

*round leaf - wider at tip
*acorn cap half of acorn
*bark thin furrows vertical stripped

CN: post oak
SN: Quercus stellata
Family: Fagaceae

*flakey falling off bark at top like dandruff

*deep sinuses on leaves

*fatter and long acorn

CN: white oak
SN: Quercus alba
Family: Fagaceae

*oblong alternate serrated leaves
*catkins
*spiny husk with nuts in them
*grey-green twigs

*deeply ridged bark

CN: American Chestnut
SN: Castanea dentata
Family: Fagaceae

*ski trails at top
*bristle tips, deep sinuses, and oblong leaves

*acorn cap is shiny

CN: scarlet oak
SN: Quercus coccinea

Family: Fagaceae

*very smooth bark
*spikey seed pouches

*cigar-like bud
*eyes on bark

CN: American beech
SN: Fagus grandifolia
Family: Fagaceae

*spikey gumballs
*maple-like leaves
*flakey bark
*wings on twigs

CN: Sweetgum
SN: Liquidambar styraciflua
Family: Altingiaceae

*long and straight ski trails
*big basic acorn
*big fat leaves - wider at tip
*no turkey foot

CN: northern red oak
SN: Quercus rubra
Family: Fagaceae

*alternate obovate leaves that smell like bell pepper when crushed
*purplish-brown bell-shaped flower
*green round berry
*paintbrush naked terminal bud

*smooth bark

CN: smallflower pawpaw
SN: Asimina parviflora
Family: Annonaceae

*alternate simple oblong serrated leaves
*catkins
*spined bur with nut in it
*pseudoterminal bud

*DID NOT DO

CN: Alleghany chinkapin
SN: Castanea pumila
Family: Fagaceae

*opposite simple oval serrated leaves with rusty hairs

*clusters of small white flowers

*clusters of black drupes

*short shoots - old tv antennas

*valvate buds
*spongy bark

*short tree

CN: rusty blackhaw
SN: Viburnum rufidulum
Family: Viburnaceae

*alternate simple bristle-tipped leaves with glabrous on top and hairy underneath

*ovoid acorn with fringed loose scales on cap that covers half of acorn

*pointed hairy buds
*black blocky bark

CN: black oak
SN: Quercus velutina
Family: Fagaceae

*big buds

*small bush
*small alternate leaves

CN: Elliott’s blueberry
SN: Vaccinium elliotti

Family: Ericaceae

*spoon shaped semi evergreen alternate leaves

*shiny black berry

*tiny buds
*gray shredded bark with orange spots

CN: sparkleberry
SN: Vaccinium arboreum

Family: Ericaceae

*cone like fruits

*red fuzzy buds

*grows right next to water

CN: hazel alder
SN: Alnus serrulata

Family: Betulaceae

*opposite palmately 3 lobed leaves with serrated margins and v-shaped sinuses

*bright red flowers
*bright red buds
*bright red leaves

CN: red maple
SN: Acer rubrum
Family: Aceraceae

*opposite semi evergreen leaves

*red dagger buds
*light colored vine

CN: climbing hydrangea
SN: Hydrangea barbara
Family: Hydrangeaceae

*bristles/prickles

*3-5 palmately compound leaves

CN: Blackberry
SN: Rubus spp.
Family: Rosaceae

*candle holder buds
*multi stem shrub
*simple obovate elliptical groups of 3 alternate leaves

*pink tube like flowers

CN: wild azalea
SN: Rhododendron canescens
Family: Ericaceae

*stem tilts
*gray deep furrows

*tastes sour
*finely serrated elliptical lanceolate

CN: sourwood
SN: Oxydendrum arboreum
Family: Ericaceae

*grows near water
*doubly serrated leaves
*cat scratch bark
*catkins

CN: eastern hophornbeam
SN: Ostrya virginiana

Family: Betulaceae

*veiny bark
*doubly serrated leaves

*catkins
*low branches
*likes water

CN: American Hornbeam
SN: Carpinus caroliniana

Family: Betulaceae

*long spikes on branches

*small tree

*lobed serrated leaves

*pomes fruits

CN: hawthorn
SN: Crataegus spp.
Family: Rosaceae

*green bark
*red imbricate buds

*pink and red fruits

*opposite simple ovate lanceolate leaves

*4 sided twigs

CN: strawberry-bush
SN: Euonymous americanus
Family: Celastraceae

*winged branches

*doubly serrated uneven at base leaves

*no gumballs
*round samaras

*thin twigs and small buds

CN: winged elm

SN: Ulmus alata
Family: Ulmaceae

*smooth lenticel bark
*or flakey black bark

*twigs smell like b/o

*alternate wispy tip leaves fragrant when crushed

CN: black cherry
SN: Prunus serotina
Family: Rosaceae

*drupes of berries
*twigs smell like almonds/cherries

*teeth on leaves

*evergreen

CN: Carolina laurelcherry
SN: Prunus caroliniana
Family: Rosaceae

*bean pods in clusters

*alternate bipinnately compound leaves

*silky feathery tufts of flowers

CN: mimosa, silktree

SN: Albizia julibrissin

Family: Fabaceae

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*alternate trifoliately compound leaves

*hairy bean pods

*purple flowers
*spiral vines

CN: kudzu
SN: Pueraria montana
Family: Fabaceae

*blue drupes of fruit

*smooth gray greenish tint bark
*tardially deciduous
*spike like fragrant white flowers

CN: Chinese privet
SN: Ligustrum sinense
Family: Oleaceae

*tube like flowers
*deciduous
*opposite 2 ranked leaves

*shredded brown bark

CN: Amur honeysuckle
SN: lonicera maackii

Family: Caprifoliaceae

*evergreen
*aerial rootlets
*heart shaped leaves with light colored veins

CN: English ivy
SN: Hedera helix
Family: Araliaceae

*woody vine

*no aerial rootlets

*shredded bark

CN: Japanese honeysuckle
SN: Lonicera japonica
Family: Caprifoliaceae

*DID NOT DO

CN: glossy privet

SN: Ligustrum lucidum
Family: Oleaceae

*DID NOT DO

CN: royal paulownia
SN: Paulownia tomentosa
Family: Bignoniaceae

*leaves have silvery scales with copper dots
*bark is rough (sandpaper)
*coppery color

*spines

CN: thorny elaeagnus
SN: Elaeagnus pungens
Family: Elaeagnaceae

*deciduous

*silvery

*not coppery

CN: Autumn elaeagnus
SN: Elaeagnus umbellata
Family: Elaeagnaceae

*DID NOT DO

CN: Chinese wisteria
SN: Wisteria sinensis
Family: Fabaceae

*evergreen
*opposite thick leaves

*dark green clumps
*red sticky mucus with seeds inside

CN: American mistletoe
SN: Phoradendron leucarpum

Family: Viscaceae

*yellow clusters of berries
*red/orange streaks in bark
*deciduous alternate bi or tripinnately compound serrated leaves
*burst of twigs where berries were

CN: chinaberry
SN: Melia azedarach

Family: Meliaceae

*white flowers smell bad
*deciduous alternate palmate heart shaped leaves

CN: Bradford pear
SN: Pyrus calleryana
Family: Rosaceae

*5 leaflet palmately compound lobed opposite leaves

*shrub

*husk with shiny nut - has eye on it

*paired bud

CN: Georgia buckeye
SN: Aesculus sylvatica
Family: Sapindaceae

*valvate naked yellow terminal buds
*pinnately compound leaves
*flakey bark

CN: bitternut hickory
SN: Carya cordiformis
Family: Juglandaceae

*thick brown aerial rootlets

*shiny orange buds on branches

*trifoliately compound leaves

CN: poison-ivy
SN: Toxicodendron radicans
Family: Anacardiaceae

*compound leaves purplish hue
*tendrils start at rachis

*evergreen

CN: crossvine
SN: Bignonia capreolata

Family: Bignoniaceae

*big black nuts with husks that smell like furniture store

*bark looks hickory like

*big oddly pinnately compound leaves
*big hairy buds
*monkey face leaf scars

CN: black walnut
SN: Juglans nigra
Family: Juglandaceae

*tendrils with suction cups

*leaves look like marijuana
*orange rootlets

CN: Virginia Creeper
SN: Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Family: Vitaceae

*twining around tree
*tubular flowers

*purplish hue on leaves

*no tendrils
*dark brown reddish vine

*evergreen

*fruits

CN: Carolina jessamine
SN: Gelsemium sempervirens

Family: Gelsemiaceae

*thick green brown vine
*normally have thorns

*entire margins on leaves

*blue black berries

*has tendrils

CN: greenbriar

SN: Smilax spp.

Family: Smilacaceae

*multi stem shrub

*pink orangish buds

*vertical stretch marks

*delicious fruits

*white 5 petal flowers

*cordate serrated leaves

CN: downy serviceberry

SN: Amelanchier arborea

Family: Rosaceae

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*pink flowers
*small bean pods

*fat simple cordate heart shapes leaves
*short shoots with clusters of flowers

CN: eastern redbud

SN: Cercis canadensis
Family: Fabaceae

*nut has pig snout

*deep x y bark
*pinnately compound 5-7 serrated leaflets

CN: pignut hickory
SN: Carya glabra

Family: Juglandaceae