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Trees of Western North Carolina

This index of was provided by the USDA Forest Service St. Paul Field Office, and Dan Lazar, Instructor at UNCA - Asheville.


TreePix.jpgCommon Name     Scientific Name

Apple

       Crab Apple     Malus angustifolia
       Sweet Crab Apple     Malus coronaria

Ash

       Mountain Ash     Sorbus americana
       White Ash     Fraxinus americana

Aspen

       Bigtooth Aspen     Populus grandidentata

Basswood

       White Basswood     Tilia heterophylla

Beech

       American Beech     Fagus grandifolia

Birch

       Paper Birch     Betula papyrifera
       River Birch     Betula nigra
       Sweet Birch     Betula lenta
       Yellow Birch     Betula alleghaniensis

Buckeye

       Yellow Buckeye     Aesculus octandra

Cherry

       Black Cherry     Prunus serotina
       Pin Cherry     Prunus pensylvanica

Chestnut

       American Chestnut     Castanea dentata
     
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Devil's Walking Stick

       Devil's Walking Stick     Aralia spinosa

Dogwood

       Flowering Dogwood     Comus florida

Elm

       American Elm    Ulmus americana
       Slippery Elm     Ulmus rubra
      
Winged Elm     Ulmus alata

Fir

       Fraser Fir     Abies fraseri

Hackberry

       Hackberry     Celtis occidentalis

Hawthorne

       Cockspur Hawthorne     Crataegus crus-galli
       Large Fruited Hawthorne     Crataegus punctata
       Pear Hawthorne     Crataegus calpundendron
       Variable Hawthorne     Crataegus flabellata

Hemlock

       Carolina Hemlock     Tsuga caroliniana
       Eastern Hemlock     Tsuga canadensis

Hickory

       Bitternut Hickory     Carya cordiformis
       Mockernut Hickory     Carya tomentosa
       Pignut Hickory     Carya glabra

Holly

       American Holly     Ilex opaca

Honeylocust

       Honeylocust     Gleditsia triacanthos

Hornbeam

       American Hornbeam     Carpinus caroliniana

Hophornbeam

       Eastern Hophornbeam     Ostrya virginiana

Juniper

       Eastern Redcedar     Juniperus virginiana

Locust

       Black Locust     Robinia pseudoacacia

Magnolia

       Cucumbertree     Magnolia acuminata
       Fraser Magnolia     Magnolia fraseri
       Tulip Tree     Liriodendron tulipifera
       Umbrella Magnolia     Magnolia tripetala

Maple

       Boxelder     Acer negundo
       Mountain Maple     Acer spicatum
       Red Maple     Acer rubrum
       Silver Maple     Acer saccharinum
       Striped Maple     Acer pensylvanicum
       Sugar Maple     Acer saccharum

Mulberry

       Red Mulberry     Morus rubra

Oak

       Black Oak     Quercus velutina
      
Black Jack Oak     Quercus marilandica
       Chestnut Oak     Quercus prinus
       Northern Red Oak     Quercus rubra
       Post Oak     Quercus stellata
       Scarlet Oak     Quercus coccinea
       Shingle Oak     Quercus imbricaria
       Southern Red Oak     Quercus falcata
       White Oak     Quercus alba

Paw Paw

       Paw Paw     Asimina trilobata

Persimmon

       Common Persimmon     Diospyros virginiana

Pine

       Eastern White Pine     Pinus strobus
       Pitch Pine     Pinus rigida
       Shortleaf Pine     Pinus echinata
       Table Mountain Pine     Pinus pungens
       Virginia Pine     Pinus virginiana

Redbud

       Eastern Redbud     Cercis canadensis

Sassafras

       Sassafras     Sassafras albidum

Serviceberry

       Serviceberry     Amelancheir arborea

Silverbell

       Carolina Silverbell     Halesia carolina

Sourwood

       Sourwood     Oxydendrum arboreum

Spruce

       Red Spruce     Picea rubens

Sweetgum

       Sweetgum     Liquidambar styraciflua

Sycamore

       Sycamore     Platanus occidentalis

Tupelo

       Black Tupelo     Nyssa sylvatica var sylvatica

Walnut

       Black Walnut     Juglans nigra
       Butternut     Juglans cinerea

Willow

       Black Willow     Salix nigra
       Silky Willow     Salix sericea

Yellowwood

       Yellowwood     Cladrastis lutea


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