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Common Trees of the North Carolina Piedmont

Stephen M. Seiberling, Alan S. Weakley, and Peter S. White

Contents

Interactive Tree Identification Using the Intkey Polyclave

Introduction • References

Botanical Glossary (pdf fomat) • Implicit Attributes

Species Descriptions and Illustrations

A B C F J L M N O P Q S U

A
• 
Acer barbatum Michx. (Southern sugar maple) • Acer negundo L. (Box elder) • Acer rubrum L. (Red maple) • Aesculus sylvatica Bartr. (Painted buckeye) • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (Mimosa)

B
• 
Betula nigra L. (River birch)

C
• 
Carpinus caroliniana Walt. (American hornbeam) • Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. (Mockernut hickory) • Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. (Southern shagbark hickory) • Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch (Bitternut hickory) • Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet (Pignut hickory) • Celtis laevigata Willd. (Southern hackberry) • Cercis canadensis L. (Redbud) • Cornus florida L. (Flowering dogwood)

F
• 
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (American beech) • Fraxinus americana L. (White ash) • Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. (Green ash)

J
• 
Juniperus virginiana L. (Eastern red-cedar)

L
• 
Liquidambar styraciflua L. (Sweetgum) • Liriodendron tulipifera L. (Tuliptree)

M
• 
Magnolia tripetala (L.) L. (Umbrella magnolia) • Morus rubra L. (Red mulberry)

N
• 
Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. (Black gum)

O
• 
Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch (Hop hornbeam) • Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. (Sourwood)

P
• 
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud. (Princess tree) • Pinus echinata P. Mill. (Shortleaf pine) • Pinus taeda L. (Loblolly pine) • Pinus virginiana P. Mill. (Virginia pine) • Platanus occidentalis L. (Sycamore) • Prunus serotina Ehrh. (Black cherry)

Q
• 
Quercus alba L. (White oak) • Quercus falcata Michx. (Southern red oak) • Quercus marilandica Muenchh. (Blackjack oak) • Quercus montana Willd. (Chestnut oak) • Quercus phellos L. (Willow oak) • Quercus rubra L. (Northern red oak) • Quercus stellata Wangenh. (Post oak) • Quercus velutina Lam. (Black oak)

S
• 
Salix nigra Marsh. (Black willow) • Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees (Sassafras)

U
• 
Ulmus alata Michx. (Winged elm) • Ulmus americana L. (American elm) • Ulmus rubra Muhl. (Slippery elm)


Cite this publication as: ‘Stephen M. Seiberling, Alan S. Weakley, and Peter S. White (2005 onwards). Common Trees of the North Carolina Piedmont: Identification, Descriptions, Illustrations, and Glossary. Version: March 7, 2006. < http://www.ibiblio.org/openkey/intkey/>’.