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Red Maple

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Scientific: Acer rubrum
Family: Aceraceae
leaves: simple; opposite, deciduous; 3-5 lobed; coarse and irregularly serrated margin; palmate venation
Twigs: slender, dark red
Bark: thin, smooth, light gray
Fruit: double samara; red
Flowers: dense, stalked clusters; crimson red color
Location: will grow practically anywhere
Recognition: opposite; 3-5 lobed leaves; palmate venation; crimson red flowers in early spring

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Pecan

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Scientific: Carya illinoinensis
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: compound; up to 17 leaflets; falcate (curved shape); deciduous; entire margin
fruit: in clusters; nut- 4 winged from base to apex
Twigs: stout; reddish brown
Bark: light brown to gray brown; interlacing; narrow fissures
Location: well-drained bottom land

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Chinese Privet

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scientific: Ligustrum sinense
Family: Oleaceae
Leaves: opposite; evergreen; simple; entire margin
Twigs: slender; orange-brown
Fruit: blueish, black berries (olive like); poisonous
Bark: light mottled gray; thin; somewhat rough
Flowers: White petals; small
Location: shade tolerant; moist bottom land sites
Recognition: black fruit; opposite leaves; dark brown to gray smooth(ish) bark

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Sweetbay Magnolia

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Scientific: Magnolia virginiana
Family: Magnoliaceae
Leaves: generally evergreen; simple; alternative; glossy above; white/ light green below; entire margin
Flowers: white; 2” diameter
Bark: thin; gray; smooth/ irregularly furrowed
Location: bottom land; swamps; south MS
Recognition: 3-6 in elliptical leaves; sweet scent

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Osage-Orange

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Scientific: Maclura pomifera
Family: Moraceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; pinched tip; entire margin
Twigs: frequently armored; green to orange-brown
Fruit: only female- multiple drupes; lumpy grapefruit
Bark: deep, irregular ridges/ furrows; orange- brown
Location: moist bottom lands
Recognition: armored twigs; shredded bark with orange; big, multiple drupes; bowed branches; milky latex sap

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Eastern Redcedar

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Scientific: Juniperus virginiana
Family: Cupressaceae
Leaves: dimorphic needles
Flowers: no! has small cones that look like berries
Location: poor, dry sites; rocky and dry soils
Bark: reddish brown
Recognition: scale like leaves; red shreddy bark; small berry like cones

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Black Willow

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Scientific: Salix nigra
Family: Salicaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; lance like; lightly serrated
Fruit: capsule; seeds with cottony tufts
Flower: yellowish green; drooping catkins
Bark: dark gray to black; furrowed scaley ridges
Location: shade intolerant; banks of streams and lakes; wet bottom lands
Recognition: lance-shaped leaves; bark

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Boxelder

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Scientific: Acer negundo
Family: Aceraceae
Leaves: opposite; pinnately compound; deciduous; 3-5 leaflets; lightly serrated margin
Twigs: younger- bright green and smooth; darker with age
Fruit: double samara
Bark: smooth/ shallow fissures; light brown/ gray-brown
Location: flood plains; river beds; moist uplands
Recognition: opposite compound leaves; green twigs; double samara fruit

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Chinaberry

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Scientific: Melia azedarach
Family: Meliaceae
Leaves: binnately compound; 10-20”; 5-9 leaflets; alternate; serrated margin
Flowers: purple in loose clusters
Fruit: marble sized drupes; yellowish color
Twigs: stout; olive brown
Bark: brown/ reddish brown; criss-crossing furrows
Location: disturbed areas; can invade flood plains and marsh communities

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Eastern Cottonwood

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Scientific: Populus deltoides
Family: Salicaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; delta shaped; flattened petiole; serrated margin
Fruit: capsules; heavily seeded; conical; green
Flower: rusty reddish green; long; red anthers
Bark: yellowish and smooth and thin when young; thick, gray, and deeply furrowed with age
Location: rivering systems; mud bars; sand bars; needs bare; moist mineral soil to grow
Recognition: delta shaped leaves with flattened petiole; bark

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Eastern Baccharis

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Scientific: Baccharis halimifolia
Family: Asteraceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; oblong; funky odor; coarsely toothed near apex
Flowers: terminal clusters; long; white
Fruit: small achene with feathery tips; white
Twig: slender; green; often angled
Bark: orangish brown when young; gray with flat ridges and orangish shallow furrows when mature
Location: wood’s edges; wet areas
Recognition: shrub with alternate evergreen leaves; fruit; location

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Yaupon

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Scientific: Ilex vomitoria
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; evergreen; wavy margins
Fruit: berrylike; red drupes; poisonous
Twigs: slender; stiff; initially purplish brown but turns into a light gray
Bark: reddish brown; thin; medium gray; smooth
Location: moist sites; shade tolerant; well-drained forests; coastal dunes; upper edges of salt marshes
Recognition: smooth, small, elliptical leaves with wavy margins; red drupes (if female)

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Eastern Redbud

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Scientific: Cercis canadensis
Family: fabaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous; kidney shaped; entire margin
Flowers: purplish pink; flowers in early spring
Fruit: legumes- pod like; in lateral clusters
Bark: thin; brown; slightly furrowed with age
Twigs: light brown/ gray brown; slender
Location: moist bottoms; shade tolerant; near streams
Recognition: flat legumes; kidney shaped leaves; purplish flowers

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Nuttall Oak

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Scientific: Quercus Texana
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: simple; deciduous; alternative; irregular sinuses; bristle tipped
Fruit: acorns (top: turbinate- cup like; long (1 1/4”); striped
Bark: gray-brown to dark brown; smooth with slight fissures
Location: wet clay soils; can withstand water; bottom land
Recognition: regularly lobed leaves; turbinate acorn caps

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Poison Ivy

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Scientific: Toxicodendron radicans
Family: Anacardiaceae
Leaves: alternate; compound; 3 leaflets; irregularly toothed; serrated
Fruit: greenish white; clustered; persists in winter
Recognition: trifoliate leaves; fruits; trailing/ climbing vine

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Sugarberry

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Scientific: Celtis laevigata
Family: Ulmaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; entire/ irregularly serrated margin; lance shaped
Fruit: dull orange drupe; size of a small pea
Bark: light gray to brownish gray; corky warts
Twigs: slender; brown to red brown
Location: bottom lands; shade tolerant; rocky soils along stream
Recognition: Corky bark; asymmetric base on leaves

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Water Oak

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Scientific: Quercus nigra
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; spatula shaped (narrow at base; broad at tip); entire margin
Fruit: small acorn; dark at maturity (takes 2 yrs to mature); shallow cup
Bark: medium gray; light brown; smooth at first; shallow furrows; scaley
Location: bottom land
Associated species: willow oak
Recognition: spatulate leaves; small, dark acorns; shallow, furrowed bark

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Shumard Oak

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Scientific: Quercus shumardii
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; deep “U” shaped lobes; multiple bristle tips
Fruit: 1” long acorn with shallow cup
Bark: relatively smooth; develops narrow, flat light ridges with age; dark gray furrows with lighter gray ridges
Location: well drained soils; moist lower positions in uplands
Recognition: broad, deeply lobed leaves with bristle tips; relatively large nut with shallow acorn cup

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Black Locust

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Scientific: Robinia pseudoacacia
Family: Fabaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; alternate; deciduous; elliptical; entire margin
Fruit: 2-4 in legumes; flattened
Location: shade intolerant; well drained soils
Flower: white; individual; aromatic
Twigs: short; thorns at nodes; greenish brown
Recognition: pinnately compound; swollen petiole; paired spines(?)

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Rough-leaf dogwood

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Scientific: Cornis drummondii
Family: Cornaceae
Leaves: opposite; arcuate venation; entire margin; elliptical
Flowers: small; white open clusters
Fruit: drupes (small)
Twigs: slender, purplish red
Bark: dark gray, scaley; blocky
Location: moist to wet sites; shade tolerant
Recognition: opposite leaves; slightly rough upper surface of leaf; arcuate venation

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White Ash

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Scientific: Fraxinus americana
Family: Oleaceae
Leaves: opposite; compound leaves; 5-9 leaflets; serrated to entire margin
Fruit: single winged samara
Twigs: leaf scar is “U” shaped and bud sets in “U”; moderately stout
Bark: gray; furrowed; interlacing ridges forming a diamond pattern
Location: moist upland sites
Recognition: opposite, compound leaves; opposite twigs; upland sites

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Shagbark Hickory

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Scientific: Carya ovata
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 5 leaflets; alternate; deciduous; serrated margin
Fruit: large nut with thick husk
Twigs: stout and brown; loose scales on the outside; pubescent fuzz
Bark: very shaggy; bark pops out vertically
Location: moist uplands; well drained bottom lands
Recognition: 5 leaflets with pubescent rachis; shaggy bark

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Post Oak

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Scientific: Quercus stellata
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; cross shaped(ish); lobed
Fruit: 3/4” acorn
Bark: gray; loosely ridged; shallow fissures
Location: relatively dry site
Recognition: cross shaped leaves; gray scaley bark; sites

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Winged Elm

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Scientific: Ulmus alata
Family: Ulmaceae
Leaves: simple; deciduous; alternate; narrow; coarsely doubly serrated margin
Fruit: elliptical samara; single, flattened seed
Bark: gray with scaley ridges; shallow fissures
~shade tolerant
Recognition: corky ridges on twigs

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Pignut Hickory

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Scientific: Carya glabra var glabra
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 5 leaflets; alternate; deciduous; finely serrated; smooth rachis
Fruit: nuts that are pear shaped; husk does not split
Twigs: stout; reddish brown; heart shaped leaf scars
Bark: gray; tight and nearly smooth when young; shallow fissures in irregular diamond-shaped pattern with maturity
Recognition: 5 leaflets; smooth rachis; interlacing bark; pear shaped nut

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Red Hickory

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Scientific: Carya glabra var odorata
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 7 leaflets (usually); alternate; deciduous; finely serrated margin
Bark: darker and looser; gray; scaley; weakly shaggy
Fruit: rounded nut; husk will split
Location: lower sites
Recognition: 7 leaflets; darker bark, rounded nuts
DON’T CONFUSE WITH PIGNUT HICKORY

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Cherrybark Oak

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Scientific: Quercus pagoda
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; angular lobes and sinuses; bristle tipped teeth
Fruit: small acorn; 1/2” in diameter
Bark: smooth and gray when young; scaly ridges; shallow furrows
Location: moist, well drained bottom lands; used as a shade tree
Recognition: scaley, flakey bark; pagoda shaped leaves; small acorns

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White Oak

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Scientific: Quercus alba
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; 7-9 rounded lobes
Fruit: 3/4” acorn with bowl shaped cup
Bark: white; ashy gray; light; split out horizontally; blocky low and platey as the bark gets higher
Recognition: deep lobed leaves with rounded lobes; bark; acorn

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Red Mulberry

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Scientific: Morus rubra
Family: Moraceae
Leaves: simple, alternate; deciduous; milky sap; polymorphism; lobed as juvenile, solid margin as adult; coarsely serrated
Fruits: size of raspberry/ blackberry; drupe
Bark: light gray, smooth on young stems; becomes moderately fissured into thing, long narrow scales
Location: moist, fertile sites
Recognition: variable shaped leaves; milky sap, fruit clusters

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Mockernut Hickory

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Scientific: Carya tomentosa
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 7-9 leaflets; furry rachis; alternate; fine to coarsely serrated margin
Twigs: stout; thick; reddish brown
Bark: heavily tight interlacing; gray
Fruit: second largest nut; up to 2” diameter
Location: upland
~spicy aromatic leaves and bark
Recognition: thick twigs; pubescents on leaf rachis; tight interlacing bark

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Bitternut Hickory

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Scientific: Carya cordiformis
Family: Juglandaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 7-11 leaflets; alternate; coarsely serrated margin
Bark: smooth; close; firm; light brown to gray; flattened interlacing ridges
Fruit: 4 winged nut; only on 1/2 the husk
~terminal bud: sulfur yellow
Recognition: yellowish terminal bud; 7-11 leaflets; nut with 4 wings but only on 1/2 the husk

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Southern Red Oak

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Specific: Quercus falcata
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; 3-7 deeply lobed; bristle tipped; “U” shaped base
Fruit: acorns up to 1/2” long
Bark: dark brown to black; thick; deep fissures; ridged with rough plates near base
Location: uplands
Recognition: variably lobed leaves (fat turkey foot….?); heavily furrowed bark; upland sites

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Red Buckeye

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Scientific: Aesculus pavia
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Leaves: palmately compound; 5-7 lobes opposite; deciduous; coarsely serrated
~most do not have leaves now; start falling early
~terminal buds are sharp!
Fruit: large capsuled nuts; poisonous
Bark: thin; gray-brown; smooth
~small tree!
Recognition: compound leaf; opposite leaf scars; sharp, stout terminal bud

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American Elm

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Scientific: Ulmus americana
Family: Ulmaceae
Leaves: large; broad; double serrated margin; pinched tip; asymmetric base; simple; alternate; deciduous
Bark: light to medium gray; broad flat ridges
Fruit: winged samara; hairy on wing margin
Location: flood plains; margins of wet areas; drier uplands

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Flowering Dogwood

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Scientific: Cornus florida
Family: Cornaceae
Leaves: opposite; simple; deciduous; arcuate venation; entire or slightly scalloped margin; smooth on surface
Twigs: red or yellow-green to purple
Bark: thick; dark brown; small rectangular plates on young stems; square, scaly blocks on mature stems; reptile skin
Flowers: very small; white
Fruit: bright red drupes in clusters
Location: moist, rich, deep soils near stream banks

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Rusty Blackhaw

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Scientific: Viburnum rufidulum
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; deciduous; stiffly serrated margins;
~fuzzy and dark maroon buds
Fruit: black drupes
Location: dry sites
Recognition: opposite leaves; serrated margins; fuzzy dark buds; really straight stems/ twigs

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Virginia creeper

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Scientific: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Family: Vitaceae
Leaves: pinnately compound; 5 leaflets; alternate
Fruit: black, dark drupe

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American beautyberry

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Scientific: Callicarpa americana
Family: Verbenaceae
Leaves: opposite; simple; serrate margin
Flowers/fruit: grows on the axal between the leaves; purplish drupes
Twigs: brown with raised lenticles
Habitat: shade tolerant shrub
~distinct smell! alcoholish
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common persimmon

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Scientific: Diospyros virginiana
Family: Ebenaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; elliptical
Fruit: dible berry
Bark: heavy; dark; blocky; alligator hide
Location: upland and bottom lands
Recognition: dark, square, blocky bark; large, edible berry; dark, triangular axillary buds

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black cherry

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Scientific: Prunus serotina
Family: Rosaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous; finely serrated; red fuzz on bottom of leaf
Fruit: clusters of dark purple drupes (edible)
Bark: fine; flakey; burnt frosted flakes
Recognition: finely serrated margin; rusty red pubescent hairs on leaf bottom

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deciduous holly

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Scientific: Ilex decidua
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Leaves: soft; light green; finely serrate margin; alternate; elliptical
Fruit: bright orange-red drupes
Twigs: has short “twiglets”: spur shoots
Bark: smooth and gray
Habit: rounded arching, large shrub; frequently multi stemmed
Recognition: spur shoots; soft green leaves; smooth bark; multi stemmed

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sweetgum

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Scientific: Liquidambar styraciflua
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Leaves: alternate; star shaped; palmately lobed
Fruit: multiple capsules with winged seeds
Recognition: star shaped leaves; clusters of fruit

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Florida maple

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Scientific: Acer barbatum
Family: Aceraceae
Leaves: opposite; simple; angular lobes; 3-5 lboes
Fruit: double samara
Habit: medium sized; slow growing
Location: shade tolerant; moist; well-drained sites

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Alabama supplejack

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Scientific: Berchemia scandens
Family: Rhamnaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; elliptical; strongly veined
Bark: smooth; dark gray
Fruit: dark blue berries
~twining vine
~very thick
Recognition: twining vine with smooth bark; elliptical and strongly veined leaves
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Carolina buckthorn

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Scientific: Rhamnus caroliniana
Family: Rhamnaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous; strongly veined
Fruit: red drupe
Habit: small tree; shade tolerant
Bark: wrinkly...looks like old man skin?
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chinkapin oak

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Scientific: Quercus muehlenbergii
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: coarse, serrate margin; upside down egg shaped?
Bark: ashy gray; thin; flakey
Location: limestone soil (chalk)
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Durand oak

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Scientific: Quercus sinuata
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: ?
Fruit: small acorn
Bark: light and flakey
Location: chalky; calcarous soil
Recognition: water oak leaves and white oak bark
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loblolly pine

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Scientific: Pinus taeda
Family: Pinaceae
~fasicles have 3 needles
Bark: rectangular; blocky
Seed: 3-5/6 in long cone; prickly
Location: grow in low lands and uplands
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shortleaf pine

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Scientific: Pinus echinata
Familiy: Pinanceae
Leaves: fasicles have 2 needles
Bark: square and blocky; kind of reddish (cinnamon)
Seed: 2" cone; not prickly
Location: upland only
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blackjack oak

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Scientific: Quercus marilandica
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: broadly oborate; broad spatula shape; Bark: looks slighlty like persimmon; dark and blocky
Recognition: broad, spatulate leaves; dark, blocky bark; upland species

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mimosa

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Scientific: Albizia julibrissin
Family: fabaceae
Leaves: alternate; bipinnately compound; many leaflets
Flowers: pink “pom poms”
Recognition: pink flowers; good sized legumes; leaves

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pepper-vine

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Scientific: Ampelopsis arborea
Family: Vitaceae
Leaves: bipinnately compound; dark green
~vine

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Japanese honeysuckle

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Scientific: Lonicera japonica
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Leaves: opposite, simple
Flowers: white tubular
Fruit: small, black berry
~twining vine
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smooth sumac

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Scientific: Rhus glabra
Family: Anacardiaceae
Leaves: large; 11-31 leaflets; compound; pinkish petiole
Flower: terminal; stand straight up
Fruits: drupes in panicles
~heart shaped leaf scar with bud in the center
Habit: shrub to small tree
Recognition: large compound leaves with pink rachis

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winged sumac

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Scientific: Rhus copallina
Family: Anacardiaceae
Leaves: winged rachis; dark green
Fruit: droopy
~ash like leaf scar; U-shaped with bud in U
Recognition: winged rachis; dark green color; bud scar

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Virginia willow

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Scientific: Itea virginica
Family: Saxifragaceae
Leaves: alternate; deciduous; finely serrate margin
Fruit: cylindrical capsules
Habit: shrub
Location: near water! native throughout South and midwest
~terminal capsules
~along Oktoc creek
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common buttonbush

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Scientific: Cephalanthus occidentalis
Family: Rubiaceae
Leaves: opposite or whorled; elliptical; strongly veined
Flowers: small; white; tubular
Fruit: round clusters of nutlets
Bark: fissured and scaley
Habit: mutibranching shrub
Location: wet areas; bottom lands
Recognition: small white flowers; clusters of nuts; opposite/whorled elliptical leaves
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willow oak

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Scientific: Quercus phellos
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; lance like
Fruit: small acorn; 1/2" in diameter
Bark: tight; smooth; gray
Location: moist, wet sites; bottom land
Recognition: willow like leaves; small acorns in shallow cups
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American elder

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Scientific: Sambucus canadensis
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Leaves: opposite; pinnately compound; 5-11 serrate leaflets
Flowers: small; white; flat like clusters
Fruit: berry; drupe
Twig: stout; yellow gray; warty lenticels
Habit: multi stemmed shrub
Location: water; bottom land

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muscadine grape

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Scientific: Vitis rotundifolia
Family: Vitaceae
Leaves: alternate; cordate
Fruit: thick skinned berry
Bark: smooth; dark; grayish brown
Habit: high climbing vine 
~unbranched tendrils
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summer grape

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Scientific: Vitis aestivalis
Family: Vitaceae
Leaves: large; cordate; toothed
Fruit: small, edible berry
Bark: flakey; ridged; peels into long strips
Habit: climbing vine
~branched tendrils
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greenbrier

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Scientific: Smilax spp
Family: Smilacaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; evergreen
Fruit: shiny, black berries
Habit: woody climbing vine
Recognition: woody green vine; glossy green leaves; dark fruits
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devil’s walking-stick

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Scientific: Aralia spinosa
Family: Araliaceae
Leaves: binnately compound;
Flowers: terminal clusters
Habit: shrub to small tree; spiny stems
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blackgum

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Scientific: Nyssa sylvatica
Family: Cornaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous
Fruit: 1/2" long plum like black drupe
Buds: multicolor
Bark: scaly ridged; ashy gray
~90 degree branches
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sparkleberry

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Scientific: Vaccinium arboreum
Family: Ericaceae
Leaves: simple; oval; evergreen; alternate
Fruit: spherical berry with many seeds
Bark: relatively smooth but flaky; cinnamon reddish undertones
Habit: large shrub; small tree
Location: uplands; shade tolerant
Twigs: gray
Recognition: rounded leaves and bark
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Elliott’s huckleberry

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Scientific: Vaccinium elliottii
Family: Ericaceae
Leaves: small; 1” long; elliptical to oval; shiny green
Twigs: green
Fruit: 1 cm spherical berry; juicy and sweet
Habit: shrub only
Recognition: small leaves; green twigs; shiny, black, juicy fruits

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American holly

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Scientific: Ilex opaca
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Leaves: simple; alternate; everygreen; spiny margins
Habit: can get up to 60 ft tall; shrub and small tree
Fruit: 1/4 to 1/2” drupe
Bark: smooth and gray
Location: bottom land sites

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pawpaw

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Scientific: Asimina triloba
Family: Annonaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous; big: 6-12” long
Twigs: terminal bud is naked
Bark: smooth; brown
Fruit: banana like; 3-6” long; yellow green berry

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American beech

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Scientific: Fagus grandifolia
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: parallel lateral veins; ends in leaf margin with a hook
~long, narrow, sharp terminal bud
Bark: smooth and gray; fine; light colored
Location: shade tolerant
Recognition: smooth bark; cigar shaped buds; parallel lateral veins that end in hooks
~leaves die but stay stuck to tree in winter

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green ash

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Scientific: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Family: Oleaceae
Leaves: opposite; deciduous; pinnately compound
Fruit: samara; paddle shaped wings
Bark: chiseled look
Location: wet sites
~1/2 moon shaped leaf bud with seed on top
Habit: medium to large  tree
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swamp dogwood

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Scientific: Cornus stricta
Family: Cornaceae
Leaves: opposite; arcuate venation
Flowers: open clusters
Fruits: dark blue at maturity
Location: wet sites
Habit: mutistemmed shrub
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planertree

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Scientific: Planera aquatica
Family: Ulmaceae
Leaves: alternate; simple; deciduous; asymmetric base; irregular serrate margin
Bark: gray brown with loose scales
Location: wet sites
Recognition: ovate leaf with asymmetric base

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baldcypress

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Scientific: Taxodium distichum
Family: Taxodiaceae
Leaves: featherlike; deciduous; gymnosperm
Fruit: globose cone; size of golf ball
Habit: up to 150 feet tall and 20 ft in diameter
Location: river bottoms; lake sides; water!
~fluted base
Recognition: fluted base; shreddy bark; extended root system (pops out of ground)

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overcup oak

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Scientific: Quercus lyrata
Family: Fagaceae
Leaves: irregularly lobed (like post oak)
~swollen base
Fruit: acorn! cup covers entire nut
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swamp chestnut oak

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Scientific: Quercus michauxii
Family: fagaceae
Leaves: chinkapin on bottomland; unlobed leaf with wavy and/ or toothy margin
Fruit: 1 1/2” acorns; only acorn that humans can eat

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