Native Trees
1. Common Name: Loblolly Pine
Scientific Name: Pinus Taeda
Family: Pinaceae
Facts: A study using Loblolly Pine showed that higher atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may help the trees to endure ice storms better.
2. Common Name: Eastern Redcedar
Scientific Name: Juniperus Virginiana
Family: Cupressaceae
Facts: Juniperus also benefit from the increased CO2 levels, unlike the grasses with which they compete. Many grasses are C4 plants that concentrate CO2 levels in their bundle sheaths to increase the efficiency of RuBiCO, the enzyme responsible for photosynthesis, while Junipers are C3 plants that rely on the natural CO2 concentrations of the environment, although they are less efficient at fixing CO2 in general.
3. Common Name: Red Maple
Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum
Family: Sapindaceae
Facts: Red Maple seldom lives longer that 150 yrs. In wet locations Red Maple seedling produce short taproots up to 25m (82ft) long.
4. Common Name: American Holly
Scientific Name: Llex Opaca
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Facts: Llex Opaca typically grows as an under-story tree in moist forests of the east-central, southeastern, and south-central united states. It will grow in both dry and swampy soil, but grows slowly.
5. Common Name: Willow Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Widely used as an ornamental tree. Slender, willowlike leaves smooth bark except for the ridges on old trees. Can tolerate more water than most trees.
6. Common Name: Post Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Stella
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Variable leaves, cross-shaped in outline. Wood used for crossties and fence posts. Slowly growing, long-lived. Good acorn crop every 2 or 3 years. A preferred food of turkey and deer.
7. Common Name: Southern Red Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Falcata
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Leaves are two different types, either pear-shaped with 3 rounded lobes or 3 to 5 irregular-shaped lobes, the central lobe usually strap-like and conspicuously.
8. Common Name: Wax Myrtle
Scientific Name: Myrica Cerifera
Family: Myricaceae
Facts: The wax coating on the fruit is indigestible for most birds, but a few species have adapted to be able to eat it.
9. Common Name: Sweetgum
Scientific Name: Liquidambar
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Facts: Commercially valuable tree. Wood takes a high polish in imitation of more expensive varieties. Widely used for furniture, cabin wood, veneer, and pulp. Star-shaped leaves; croky ridges on twigs; ball-like fruit.
10. Common Name: Mockernut Hickory
Scientific Name: Carya Tomentosa
Family: Juglandaceae
Facts: Wood noted for its hardness, toughness, resilienec and ability to stand sudden shocks. Excellent for ax and hammer handles. Fragrants leaflets densely hairy along the midrib. Favorite wood in the smoke house.
11. Common Name: Pignut Hickory
Scientific Name: Carya Glabra
Family: Juglandaceae
Facts: Dark gray, shallow-fissured, narrow-ridges bark having a diamond-shaped pattern. The kernal of the nut is small and usually bitter.
12. Common Name: Flowering Dogwood
Scientific Name: Cornus Florida
Family: Cornaceae
Facts: Widely planted as an ornamental, early flowering, leaf veins curve and tend to follow the leaf margin. Heavy, hard, strong, and tough wood used for making shuttles for textiles industry.
13. Common Name: Green Ash
Scientific Name: Fraxinus Pennsylvanica
Family: Oleacea
Facts: Green Ash is widely adapted to soil, moisture conditions and pH found east of the Rocky Mountains.
14. Common Name: Water Oak
Scientific Name: Querrcus Nigra
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Leaves quite variable in shape, remain green for some time and gradually fall during late winter. Rapid grower, easily propagated.
15. Common Name: Muscadine
Scientific Name: Vitis Rotundifolia
Family: Vitaceae
Facts: Muscidine grapes are rich source of polyphenols and other nutrients studies for their potential health benefits.
16. Common Name: Highbush Blueberry
Scientific Name: Vaccinium Corymbosum
Family: Ericaceae
Facts: In natural habitats it is a food source for native and migrating birds, bears, and small mammals.
17. Common Name: White Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Alba
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: One of our largest and most valuable tree. Sometimes attains an age of 600 yrs. old or more. High-grade all-purpose wood especially suitable for furniture, flooring, and tight cooperage.
18. Common Name: Laurel Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Iaurifolia
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Often called Darlington Oak. Used mainly as an ornamental, planted as a street tree. Leaves remain green on tree until spring.
19. Common Name: Winged Elm
Scientific Name: Ulmus Alata
Family: Ulmaceae
Facts: Names for its thin corky growth or wings usually found on the smaller branches. Grows rapidly, favorite ornamental and street tree.
20. Common Name: Persimmon
Scientific Name: Persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae
Facts: Wood is heavy, hard, dense, and strong. Used for golf club heads, shuttles, and in wood turnery. On older trees the bark is almost black, breaking into thick, nearly square blocks, looking like alligator hide.
Scientific Name: Pinus Taeda
Family: Pinaceae
Facts: A study using Loblolly Pine showed that higher atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may help the trees to endure ice storms better.
2. Common Name: Eastern Redcedar
Scientific Name: Juniperus Virginiana
Family: Cupressaceae
Facts: Juniperus also benefit from the increased CO2 levels, unlike the grasses with which they compete. Many grasses are C4 plants that concentrate CO2 levels in their bundle sheaths to increase the efficiency of RuBiCO, the enzyme responsible for photosynthesis, while Junipers are C3 plants that rely on the natural CO2 concentrations of the environment, although they are less efficient at fixing CO2 in general.
3. Common Name: Red Maple
Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum
Family: Sapindaceae
Facts: Red Maple seldom lives longer that 150 yrs. In wet locations Red Maple seedling produce short taproots up to 25m (82ft) long.
4. Common Name: American Holly
Scientific Name: Llex Opaca
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Facts: Llex Opaca typically grows as an under-story tree in moist forests of the east-central, southeastern, and south-central united states. It will grow in both dry and swampy soil, but grows slowly.
5. Common Name: Willow Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Widely used as an ornamental tree. Slender, willowlike leaves smooth bark except for the ridges on old trees. Can tolerate more water than most trees.
6. Common Name: Post Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Stella
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Variable leaves, cross-shaped in outline. Wood used for crossties and fence posts. Slowly growing, long-lived. Good acorn crop every 2 or 3 years. A preferred food of turkey and deer.
7. Common Name: Southern Red Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Falcata
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Leaves are two different types, either pear-shaped with 3 rounded lobes or 3 to 5 irregular-shaped lobes, the central lobe usually strap-like and conspicuously.
8. Common Name: Wax Myrtle
Scientific Name: Myrica Cerifera
Family: Myricaceae
Facts: The wax coating on the fruit is indigestible for most birds, but a few species have adapted to be able to eat it.
9. Common Name: Sweetgum
Scientific Name: Liquidambar
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Facts: Commercially valuable tree. Wood takes a high polish in imitation of more expensive varieties. Widely used for furniture, cabin wood, veneer, and pulp. Star-shaped leaves; croky ridges on twigs; ball-like fruit.
10. Common Name: Mockernut Hickory
Scientific Name: Carya Tomentosa
Family: Juglandaceae
Facts: Wood noted for its hardness, toughness, resilienec and ability to stand sudden shocks. Excellent for ax and hammer handles. Fragrants leaflets densely hairy along the midrib. Favorite wood in the smoke house.
11. Common Name: Pignut Hickory
Scientific Name: Carya Glabra
Family: Juglandaceae
Facts: Dark gray, shallow-fissured, narrow-ridges bark having a diamond-shaped pattern. The kernal of the nut is small and usually bitter.
12. Common Name: Flowering Dogwood
Scientific Name: Cornus Florida
Family: Cornaceae
Facts: Widely planted as an ornamental, early flowering, leaf veins curve and tend to follow the leaf margin. Heavy, hard, strong, and tough wood used for making shuttles for textiles industry.
13. Common Name: Green Ash
Scientific Name: Fraxinus Pennsylvanica
Family: Oleacea
Facts: Green Ash is widely adapted to soil, moisture conditions and pH found east of the Rocky Mountains.
14. Common Name: Water Oak
Scientific Name: Querrcus Nigra
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Leaves quite variable in shape, remain green for some time and gradually fall during late winter. Rapid grower, easily propagated.
15. Common Name: Muscadine
Scientific Name: Vitis Rotundifolia
Family: Vitaceae
Facts: Muscidine grapes are rich source of polyphenols and other nutrients studies for their potential health benefits.
16. Common Name: Highbush Blueberry
Scientific Name: Vaccinium Corymbosum
Family: Ericaceae
Facts: In natural habitats it is a food source for native and migrating birds, bears, and small mammals.
17. Common Name: White Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Alba
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: One of our largest and most valuable tree. Sometimes attains an age of 600 yrs. old or more. High-grade all-purpose wood especially suitable for furniture, flooring, and tight cooperage.
18. Common Name: Laurel Oak
Scientific Name: Quercus Iaurifolia
Family: Fagaceae
Facts: Often called Darlington Oak. Used mainly as an ornamental, planted as a street tree. Leaves remain green on tree until spring.
19. Common Name: Winged Elm
Scientific Name: Ulmus Alata
Family: Ulmaceae
Facts: Names for its thin corky growth or wings usually found on the smaller branches. Grows rapidly, favorite ornamental and street tree.
20. Common Name: Persimmon
Scientific Name: Persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae
Facts: Wood is heavy, hard, dense, and strong. Used for golf club heads, shuttles, and in wood turnery. On older trees the bark is almost black, breaking into thick, nearly square blocks, looking like alligator hide.