Forestry Dendrology

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Forestry Dendrology
Note Slides 42-51 are for the state contest only
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Sweetbay
Looks like magnolia, but underside of leaf is a
light color
Magnolia virginiana
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Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
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Mockernut Hickory
Leaf is wider than pignut
Carya tomentosa
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Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Leaf Alternate, simple, entire margins,
occasionally with shallow lobes, widest near the
middle, 3 to 5 inches long, 1 to 1 1/2 inches
wide, thick and persistent, shiny above, pale and
smooth below.
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Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii
(S)Two needles, sometimes 3
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Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
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Common Persimmon

Diospryros virginiana
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Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Veins go straight up
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Carolina Ash
Veins form a kind of Y
Fraxinus caroliniana
Dark and glossy on upper-side Underside is paler
green
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Water Oak
Quercus nigra
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Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud
Leaves look like a HEART shape
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American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Think of tire treads on a beach
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Southern Magnolia
Dark green tops, brown underside
Magnolia grandiflora
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Longleaf Pine
(L) Always 3 needles
Pinus palustris
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Yellow Poplar
Square at the top, looks like a TULIP!
Liriodendron tulipifera
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Eastern Hophornbeam
Leaves 3 5 inches, much larger than Hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana

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Water Hickory
Carya aquatica
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Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
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Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
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Waxmyrtle
Myrica cerifera
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Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Dark green tops, light green underside. Mature
leaves CUP.
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
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American Holly
Illex opaca
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Turkey Oak
Dont confuse this with Shumard Oak. The Turkey
Oak has deeper lobes than the Shumard Oak.
Quercus laevis
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Loblolly Bay
Gordonia lasianthus
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American Hornbeam
Leave ½ to 1, very small
Carpinus caroliniana
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American Elm
Ulmus americana
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White Oak
Quercus alba
Dont confuse with Post Oak. The White Oak has
more lobes.
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Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra
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Swamp Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatcia
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
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Sand Pine
(S) 2 needles sometimes 3
Pinus clausa
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Post Oak
Quercus stellata
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Loblolly Pine
(L) Always 3 needles
Pinus taeda
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Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
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Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
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Southern Redcedar
Juniperus solicicola
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Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata
Alternating veins go straight up
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Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
The stem has wings
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Black Walnut

• Juglans nigra

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Carolina Laurelcherry

• Prunus caroliniana

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Eastern Cottonwood

• Populus deltoids

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Florida Maple

• Acer floridanum

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Gumbo Limbo
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Gum Bumelia

• Bumelia lanuginosa
• Bursera simaruba

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Pond Apple

• Annona glabra

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Red Bay

• Persea borbonia

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Seagrape

• Coccoloba uvifera

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Spruce Pine

• Pinus glabra