farmgirlwannabe Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 In the class I am taking, this week we are studying and learning to identify trees and shrubs. If anyone has a minute and would be willing to help me out, I would greatly appreciate it. Here is what I need: Lists of trees in different areas of the country. I need the name of the tree and the general location (ex: Red Maple, Wisconsin). I can google each one on the list to find pictures of them. I am especially interested in ones that would not be common to my area - Wisconsin/upper midwest. Thank you! Link to comment
WormGuy Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Common and Scientific Names for trees native or common in Tennessee. I hope this helps. Black Alder Alnus glutinosa Hazel Alder Alnus serrulata Speckled Alder Alnus rugosa Common Apple Malus sylvestris Oriental Arborvitae Thuja orientalis Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Pumpkin Ash Fraxinus tomentosa White Ash Fraxinus americana Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata American Basswood/Linden Tilia americana Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata White Basswood/Linden Tilia heterophylla American Beech Fagus grandifolia European Beech Fagus sylvatica Paper Birch Betula papyrifera River Birch Betula nigra Sweet Birch Betula lenta Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Painted Buckeye Aesculus sylvatica Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia Yellow Buckeye Aesculus flava Carolina Buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana Bumelia Buckthorn Bumelia Bumelia lycioides Gum Bumelia Bumelia lanuginosa Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlantica Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus Black Cherry Prunus serotina Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica Cherrylaurel Carolina Cherrylaurel Prunus caroliniana American Chestnut Castanea dentata Chinese Chestnut Castanea mollissima Chinafir Cunninghamia lanceolata Chinese Parasol Tree Firmiana simplex Allegheny Chinkapin Castanea pumila Common Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Cinnamon Clethra Clethra acuminata Florida Corkwood Leitneria floridana Eastern Cottonwood/ Poplar Populus deltoides Swamp Cottonwood/ Poplar Populus heterophylla Japanese Flowering Crabapple Malus floribunda Niedzwetzkyana Crabapple Malus pumila Siberian Crabapple Malus baccata Southern Crabapple Malus angustifolia Sweet Crabapple Malus coronaria Baldcypress Taxodium distichum Pondcypress Taxodium ascendens Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides Devils-walkingstick Aralia spinosa Alternate Leaf/ Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa Roughleaf Dogwood Cornus asperifolia Swamp Dogwood Cornus foemina Douglasfir Pseudotsuga menziesii American Elder Sambucus canadensis American Elm Ulmus americana Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Rock Elm Ulmus thomasii September Elm Ulmus serotina Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra Winged Elm Ulmus alata American Filbert Corylus americana Balsam Fir Abies balsamea Fraser Fir Abies fraseri White Fir Abies concolor Franklinia Franklinia alatamaha American Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Chinese Fringetree Chionanthus retusus Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba Goldenraintree Koelreuteria paniculata Dwarf Hackberry Celtis tenuifolia Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Sugarberry (Sugar Hackberry) Celtis laevigata Hardy-orange Poncirus trifoliata Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli Dotted Hawtorn Crataegus punctata Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis Fanleaf Hawthorn Crataegus flabellata Fleshy Hawthorn Crataegus succulenta Frosted Hawthorn Crataegus pruinosa Glossy Hawthorn Crataegus nitida Green Hawthorn Crataegus viridis Harbison Hawthorn Crataegus harbisonii Littlehip Hawthorn Crataegus spathulata May Hawthorn Crataegus aestivalis Oneflower Hawthorn Crataegus uniflora Parsley Hawthorn Crataegus marshallii Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum Yellow Hawthorn Crataegus flava Carolina Hemlock Tsuga caroliniana Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis Hercules-club Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa Pignut Hickory Carya glabra Red Hickory Carya glabra var. odorata Sand Hickory Carya pallida Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa Water Hickory Carya aquatica American Holly Ilex opaca English Holly Ilex aquifolium Georgia Holly Ilex longipes Mountain Holly Ilex montana Possumhaw Ilex decidua Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana Hoptree Ptelea trifoliata American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Horse-sugar Symplocos tinctoria Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Clammy Locust Robinia viscosa Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Water Locust Gleditsia aquatica Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla Cucumbertree Magnolia Magnolia acuminata Fraser Magnolia Magnolia fraseri Kobus Magnolia Magnolia kobus Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Umbrella Magnolia Magnolia tripetala Amur Maple Acer ginnala Black Maple Acer nigrum Boxelder Acer negundo Hedge Maple Acer campestre Japanese Maple Acer palmatum Mountain Maple Acer spicatum Norway Maple Acer platanoides Paperbark Maple Acer griseum Red Maple Acer rubrum Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Trident Maple Acer buergerianum Whitebark Maple Acer leucoderme Mimosa Albizia julibrissin Monkey Puzzle Araucaria araucana American Mountain-ash Sorbus americana Mountain-laurel Kalmia latifolia Black Mulberry Morus nigra Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera Red Mulberry Morus rubra White Mulberry Morus alba Black Oak Quercus velutina Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Cherrybark Oak Quercus falcata var pagodifolia Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii English Oak Quercus robur Laurel Oak Quercus hemisphaerica Live Oak Quercus virginiana Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra Nuttall Oak Quercus nuttallii Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata Pin Oak Quercus palustris Post Oak Quercus stellata Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxii Swamp Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Water Oak Quercus nigra White Oak Quercus alba Willow Oak Quercus phellos Russian-olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Osage-Orange (Boisd'arc) Maclura pomifera Japanese Pagodatree Sophora japonica Royal Paulownia Paulownia tomentosa Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba Peach Prunus persica Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana Common Pear Pyrus communis Pecan Carya illinoinensis Persimmon Diospyros virginiana Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris Pitch Pine Pinus rigida Red Pine Pinus resinosa Scotch Pine Pinus sylvestris Shortleaf Pine Pinus echinata Slash Pine Pinus elliottii Table Mountain Pine Pinus pungens Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis American Red Plum Prunus americana Chickasaw Plum Prunus angustifolia Flatwoods Plum Prunus umbellata Hortulan Plum Prunus hortulana Mexican Plum Prunus mexicana Wildgoose Plum Prunus munsoniana Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera White Poplar Populus alba Prickly Common Ash Zanthoxylum americanum Swamp Privet Forestiera acuminata Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense Rosebay Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum Sassafras Sassafras albidum Allegheny Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea Roundleaf Serviceberry Amelanchier sanguinea Carolina Silverbell Halesia tetraptera American Smoketree Cotinus obovatus Common Smoketree Cotinus coggygria American Snowbell Styrax americanus Bigleaf Snowbell Styrax grandifolius Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Spicebush Lindera benzoin Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens Norway Spruce Picea abies Red Spruce Picea rubens Mountain Stewartia Stewartia ovata Shining Sumac Rhus copallina Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima Black Tupelo/ Gum Nyssa sylvatica Water Tupelo Nyssa aquatica Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium Nannyberry Viburnum Viburnum lentago Possumhaw Viburnum Viburnum nudum Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum rufidulum Eastern Wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus Black Walnut Juglans nigra White Walnut/ Butternut Juglans cinerea Water Elm Planera aquatica Atlantic Whitecedar Chamaecyparis thyoides Northern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis Black Willow Salix nigra Coastal Plain Willow Salix caroliniana Pussy Willow Salix dicolor Silky Willow Salix sericea Weeping Willow Salix babylonica Common Winterberry Ilex verticillata Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Yellow Poplar/ Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea English Yew Taxus baccata Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata John Link to comment
Cat Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Can't get any more complete than THAT!!! These are in our northern Indiana woods: Sassafras Tulip Poplar (our state tree) Cottonwood Quaking Aspen Shagbark Hickory Sycamore Beech Elm Flowering Dogwood Red Mulberry Staghorn Sumac White Oak Black Oak Red Oak Sugar Maple Redbud Hope this helps! (OK, well I KNOW it's not anything exotic like our southern friends will list... ) Link to comment
Prickle Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 South East TX Loblolly Pine Liquid Amber/Sweet Gum Pin Oak Yaupon Holly Pecan Texas Mountain Laurel Redbud Link to comment
Lele Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Mountain Laurel - sophora secundiflora Agarita bush - berberis trifoliolata Burr Oak- quercus macrocarpa Huisache - acacia smallii Yaupon Holly- llex vomitoria Link to comment
farmgirlwannabe Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Wow wormguy! That was quite the extensive list! Thank you. I think you may have listed every tree that has even grown in Tennessee! Thank you to the rest of you also. I'd still like to hear from a few others if possible. Maybe a southern humid climate, a coastal climate, or even somewhere near the Rockies. I am aware that I could just pick states and pull them up online, but it is way more fun to know that these are trees that people actually see and come in contact with daily. Link to comment
zophiel Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Here's a nice link to the trees of Maryland: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/trees.html Good luck on this assignment! Link to comment
nmchick Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Southern Rockies: Pinon Pine Scrub Oak Juniper (don't know what variety) A mlie up the road they have Ponderosa pines. Link to comment
ol'momma Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Alpine fir Larch White Bark pine White Ceder Red ceder Seringa Service berry Silver juniper & An assortment of cottonwood and aspen, but I imagine you have them where you are. - Rocky Mountain Front Link to comment
Tiger Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 sabel palm (Sabal palmetto) - Florida native royal palm (Roystonea regia) - southern Florida Live oak - Florida tupelo trees - Florida (tupelo honey, yum!) mango - south Florida oranges, tangelos, pink and white grapefruit - central and south Florida bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) - Florida Growing on my land in north Florida: sand pine loquat apple trees - Anna and Dorsett Golden black mulberry peach trees pecan pears - sand pears also grow wild all over north Florida plums Link to comment
Ambergris Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Live oaks, which have a leathery leaf about as long as a lady's pinkie, are more common in Pensacola and along the north Florida Gulf Coast than in Tallahassee, I think because Tallahassee has better soil and the live oak can tough it out in very poor soil. The white oak seems to grow much better in Tallahassee than on the coast. Red oak grows everywhere around here. Too much of it in your barbecue fire will make the meat taste very strong. Try to use only a little red oak. Fruitwood or pecan wood is much sweeter and more delicate. In the woodstove, red oak can't be beat. My mom loved 22" by 22" rounds of it because one would last all night in her woodstove. We also have a Shumard Oak around here. I wouldn't know one to see it, but I'm told it's native here. The Scarp, south of Tallahassee, is the ancient shoreline. Below the Scarp is a sand-based soil that grows many fewer kinds of trees. Pines are common here, above and below the Scarp, but if you came here you'd see acres and acres of the planted pines (white pines) and less of the natives like longleaf pine. The longleaf pine looks like a clump of wiregrass in its first year, and if a brushfire comes through the longleaf will be scorched but will not die like the other first-year baby trees because its heart is still underground. There's a native short-leaf pine with needles that smell like tangerines when crushed. The pinecones are pretty close to round when open, and are between golf ball and handball size. Wild plums are common; their clouds of dusty-white blooms are among our first spring flowers. I've heard one of the plums called a Chickasaw plum. Next come the blooming redbuds, which are kissing cousins to cherry trees. The Cherokee used redbud bark for coughs much as you might use black cherry. After the redbuds have bloomed a week, the dogwoods start. My favorite tea, sassafras tea, comes from the bark of the roots of the sassafras tree; those are much more common in Alabama than here, although I occasionally see them here. Below the scarp, or escarpment, one of the more common native trees is the persimmon, or Virginia Persimmon. The leaves turn red in fall even when nothing else changes color, but they are almost always marred by black spots that look burned into them--the size of a cigarette burn. On the poorest sandy soil, we have native sparkleberries, sometimes called farkleberries. They are scrubby tree blueberries. My mother called them huckleberries, but anyone else I've asked insists they are not huckleberries. They have gray bark, sometimes with pink underbark, and few leaves. When the soil is disturbed, they tend to die quickly. In richer soil, they get crowded out by more vigorous plants, such as the rabbiteye blueberry. In the poorer, sandy, acid soil you sometimes find something we call spicebush for lack of any other name. It has aromatic leaves and has flowers that look something like a crumpled handful of dark-pink or faded crimson ribbons. The poorest soil is often marked by beautyberry. It has brilliant magenta berries that look fake. We have a wild orange, very thorny, with fruit that is not good to eat. I know people who use the peels for medicine, however. I do not know if these are native, or just feral. We have quite a lot of feral oranges also, especially rootstocks like Flying Dragon; you can always recognize Flying Dragon by its corkscrew brances and curved talon-like thorns. It's prized because it grows well (D'uh!) and because it's very dwarfing. Kumquats are feral in some areas. Red cedars are common. There's a kind of cherry with tiny, dark, inedible fruit. The wood pops and spits constantly when burned. Sweetgum is native here. Some people call it the porcupine-egg tree because the seed burrs are like sandspurs as big as a golf ball. When a tree is cut, some people section up the trunk and roll it to the roadside and put up a sign "Free firewood." This is a joke. Sweetgum doesn't burn well at all. Black gum, also known as tupelo, grows here too. Sycamore is native here. The leaves are the first to turn brown in the fall--usually they turn brown right after the dog days end. The only kind of palm I'm sure is native here is the sabal palm. These are pretty worthless. Cypress is still common. Have you seen things made from cypress knees? The cypress lives where it floods often enough that the other trees drown. The cypress doesn't drown because it grows lumps of above-ground root to breathe through. We have areas called "hardwood hammocks" that are prized because they are areas of high ground surrounded by swamp where you can grow ANYTHING. The soil is rich, though sour, and there is always water in reach. Haw grows there. Mayhaw jelly is some of the best you can get. In the wet areas, the water runs dark brown beause of all the oak tannin. Elderberries used to be very common. I seldom see them anymore. The old people would make elderberry jelly in July. Hickories used to grow here, but are difficult to find now. We have scrubby willow bushes and river birch/black birch trees along the lakes, creeks, etc. Iron wood or muscle wood is native here. The leaves are small and birch-like, and turn yellow even in years when few leaves change before falling. We have a bush or shrubby tree I call wax myrtle but some call bayberry, with bay-leaf scented leaves and thick clusters of tiny, dusty-looking, waxy berries. You can pick a five-gallon bucket of the berries and simmer them to get a little bit of candle-wax. It grows in poor, sandy soil if it can get enough water. We have found a couple of hidden springs by looking for these. We have larger bay trees too, including the bay oak. Several kinds of holly grow here, some with red berries and some with black. One of the re-orange berried kinds is called Yaupon, pronounced you-pond without the d. It's also known as Ilex vomitoria. One of the black berried types is gallberry, which is probably where my favorite gallberry honey is produced. Link to comment
Granny Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/little/ Link to comment
Louis1 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 white oak, red oak, live oak, ash, cedar, magnolia, hickory, post oak, pine, wild cherry, locust, ironwood, pecan, holly in my yard. Mostly like WormGuy's list overall. Link to comment
Ambergris Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I can't believe I forgot to add magnolia. The large and the small magnolia are native here. Link to comment
farmgirlwannabe Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Thank you everyone! I have an amazing list to work from now. It just reminds me of how blessed we all are, that we have this site and all of our friends that are here day after day. Thank you again for the help. Link to comment
TheCG Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Native trees in Midland, TX: Yes, I left that blank intentionally. However, some people think that the mesquite bushes are trees... Link to comment
Jori Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I think Cat took care of Northern Indiana for us. Good job Cat! I think we have white pines here, too, but neither DH or I are positive. On the Maryland note, my favorite tree is the Hemlock! Lots of them all over in Western Maryland. Good luck with the project! Link to comment
babysteps Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Western Oregon: Doug Fir (LOTS of it!!!) White Oak Bigleaf Maple and Rocky Mountain Maple Hawthorn Cottonwood Ash Pacific Dogwood Oregon Myrtle Chinkapin Madrone Arborvitae Filbert Willow I'm sure there are tons more, but those are the ones in my yard. (Well, all but the myrtle, it grows on the coast. But I've seen it!!! ) Link to comment
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