TREE CAMP
 
PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA TREE CHECK LIST
 
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(X = naturalized nonnative or invasive)
 
 
BEECH FAMILY - FAGACEAE
__American Beech - Fagus grandifolia

           White Oak subgroup:
__White Oak - Quercus alba
__Chestnut Oak - Quercus montana
__Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii
__Post Oak - Quercus stellata
__Overcup Oak - Quercus lyrata

           Red Oak subgroup:
__Northern Red Oak - Quercus - rubra
__Southern Red Oak - Quercus falcata
__Cherrybark Oak - Quercus pagoda
__Scarlet Oak - Quercus coccinea
__Pin Oak - Quercus palustris
__Blackjack Oak - Quercus marilandica
__Willow Oak - Quercus phellos
__Black Oak - Quercus velutina
__Water Oak - Quercus nigra
__Shumard Oak - Quercus shumardii

WALNUT FAMILY - JUGLANDACEAE
__Black Walnut - Juglans nigra
__Mockernut Hickory - Carya tomentosa
__Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata
__Bitternut Hickory - Carya cordiformis
__Pignut Hickory - Carya glabra
__Red Hickory - Carya ovalis

BIRCH FAMILY - BETULACEAE
__River Birch - Betula nigra
__American Hazelnut - Corylus americana
__Ironwood - Carpinus caroliniana
__Hophornbeam - Ostrya virginiana
__Tag Alder - Alnus serrulata

RHODODENDRON FAMILY - ERICACEAE
__Catawba Rhododendron - Rhododendron catawbiense
__Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia
__Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum
__Pinxster Azalea- Rhododendron perclymenoides
__Sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum

ROSE FAMILY - ROSACEAE
__Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
__American Plum - Prunus americana
__Chickasaw Plum - Prunus angustifolia
__Hawthorn - Crataegus (species)
__Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea

ELM FAMILY - ULMACEAE
__American Elm - Ulmus americana
__Slippery Elm - Ulmus rubra
__Winged Elm - Ulmus alata
__Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis

LEGUME FAMILY - FABACEAE
__Eastern Rebud - Cercis canadensis
__Honey Locust - Gleditsia triancanthos  X-Central USA
__Black Locust - Robinia psuedo-acacia  X-Appalachians
__Mimosa - Albizia julibrissin  X-South Asia

MULBERRY FAMILY - MORACEAE
__Red Mulberry - Morus rubra
__White Mulberry - Morus alba  X-Northern China
__Paper Mulberry - Broussonetia papyrifera X-Eastern Asia
__Osage Orange - Maclura pomifera  X-Central USA

OLIVE FAMILY - OLEACEAE
__White Ashe - Fraxinus americana
__Green Ashe - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
__Fringetree - Chionanthus virginicus
__Chinese Privet - Ligustrum sinense  X-China

PINE FAMILY - PINACEAE
__Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata
__Loblolly Pine - Pinus taeda
__Virginia Pine - Pinus virginiana

HOLLY FAMILY - AQUIFOLIACEAE
__Possomhaw - Ilex decidua
__American Holly - Ilex opaca
__Winterberry - Ilex verticillata

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - MAGNOLIACEAE
__Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera
__Umbrella Tree - Magnolia tripetala
__Southern Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora  X-Southern Coastal USA

MAPLE FAMILY - ACERACAE
__Red Maple - acer rubrum
__Southern Sugar Maple   - Acer barbatum
__Boxelder (Ashleaf Maple) - Acer negundo

LAUREL FAMILY - LAURACEAE
__Sassafras - Sassafras albidum
__Spicebush - Lindera benzoin

VIBURNUM FAMILY - CAPRIFOLIACEAE
__Downy Arrrowwood - Viburnum rafinesquianum
__Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis

STYRAX FAMILY - STYRACACEAE
__Bigleaf Snowbell - Syrax grandifolia

CASHEW FAMILY -ANACARDIACEAE
__Smooth Sumac - Rhus glabra

DOGWOOD FAMILY - CORNACEAE
__Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

WILLOW FAMILY - SALICACEAE
__Black Willow - Salix Nigra

BUCKEYE FAMILY - HIPPOCASTANACEAE
__Painted Buckeye - Aesculus sylvatica

CUSTARD-APPLE - ANNONACEAE
__Pawpaw - Asimina triloba

EBONY FAMILY - EBONACEAE
__Persimmon - Diospyrus virginiana

WITCHHAZEL FAMILY - HAMAMELIDACEAE
__Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

CYPRESS FAMILY - CUPRESSACEAE
__Eastern Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana

SWEETGUM FAMILY - ALTINGIACEAE
__Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua

TUPELO FAMILY - NYSSACEAE
__Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica

PLANETREE FAMILY - PLATANACEAE
__Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

BLADDERNUT FAMILY - STAPHYLEACEAE
__American Bladdernut - Staphylea triloba

FIGWORT FAMILY - SCROPHULARIACEAE
__Princesstree - paulownia tomentosa  X-China

OLEASTER FAMILY - ELAEAGNACEAE
__Autumn Olive - Elaeagnus umbellata  X-Southern and Eastern Asia

SIMAROUBA FAMILY - SIMAROUBACEAE
__Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima  X-China

COMMON WOODY VINES OF VARIOUS FAMILIES FOUND ON TREES
__Muscadine Grape - Vitis rotundifolia
__Fox Grape - Vitis labrusca
__Trumpet Vine - Campsis radicans
__Virginia Creeper - Parthenocissus quinquefolia
__Poison Ivy - Toxicodendron radicans
__Greenbrier Species - Smilax species
__Cross Vine - Bignonia capreolata
__English Ivy - Hedera helix  X-Eurasia
__Japanese Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica  X-Japan
__Chinese Wisteria - Wisteria sinensis  X-China

REFERENCES
Hall and Sutter. 1999. Durham County Inventory of Important Natural Areas, Plants and Wildlife. Durham, NC.

Harrar & Harrar. 1962. Guide to Southern Tress. Dove Publications, N.Y., N.Y.

Radford, Ahles and Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

White, Fred, 1978. Deciduous Trees and Shrubs of the Eno RIver Valley. The Association of the Preservation of the Eno River Valley, Durham, NC.