Forestry Dendrology

Note: Slides 42-51 are for the state contest only

SweetbayMagnolia virginiana

Looks like magnolia, but underside of leaf is a light color

Southern Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Mockernut Hickory

Carya tomentosa

Leaf is wider than pignut

Laurel Oak

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.

Quercus laurifolia

Slash Pine

Pinus elliottii(S)Two needles, sometimes 3

SycamorePlatanus occidentalis

Common Persimmon

Diospryros virginiana

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus floridaVeins go straight up

Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana

Dark and glossy on upper-sideUnderside is paler green

Veins form a kind of Y

Water Oak

Quercus nigra

Cercis canadensis

Eastern Redbud

Leaves look like a HEART shape

American Beech.

Fagus grandifoliaThink of tire treads on a beach

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Dark green tops, brown underside

Longleaf Pine

Pinus palustris

(L) Always 3 needles

Yellow PoplarLiriodendron tulipifera

Square at the top, looks like a TULIP!

Eastern HophornbeamOstrya virginiana

Leaves 3 – 5 inches, much larger than Hornbeam

Water HickoryCarya aquatica

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Waxmyrtle

Myrica cerifera

Live Oak

Quercus virginianaDark green tops, light green underside.Mature leaves “CUP.”

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

American Holly

Illex opaca

Turkey Oak

Quercus laevis

Don’t confuse this with Shumard Oak. The Turkey Oak has deeper lobes than the Shumard Oak.

Loblolly Bay

Gordonia lasianthus

American Hornbeam

Carpinus carolinianaLeave ½” to 1”, very small

American ElmUlmus americana

White Oak

Quercus alba Don’t confuse with Post Oak. The White Oak has more lobes.

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Swamp TupeloNyssa sylvatcia

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

Sand Pine

Pinus clausa

(S) 2 needles sometimes 3

Post Oak

Quercus stellata

Loblolly Pine

Pinus taeda

(L) Always 3 needles

SassafrasSassafras albidum

Shumard OakQuercus shumardii

Southern Redcedar

Juniperus solicicola

Sugarberry

Celtis laevigata

Alternating veins go straight up

Winged ElmUlmus alata

The stem has “wings”

Black Walnut• Juglans nigra

Carolina Laurelcherry• Prunus caroliniana

Eastern Cottonwood• Populus deltoids

Florida Maple• Acer floridanum

Gumbo Limbo

Gum Bumelia• Bumelia lanuginosa• Bursera simaruba

Pond Apple• Annona glabra

Red Bay

• Persea borbonia

Seagrape• Coccoloba uvifera

Spruce Pine• Pinus glabra