Tree Guide

Canopy Trees (>30ft)

• Florida Maple/Southern Sugar Maple; Acer barbatum

• Black Maple; Acer nigrum

• Red Maple; Acer rubrum

• Sugar Maple; Acer saccharum

• Ohio Buckeye; Aesculus glabra

• Yellow Buckeye; Aesculus flava

• Common Alder/Black Alder; Alnus glutinosa

• River Birch; Betula nigra

• Katsura Tree; Cercidiphyllum japonicum

• American Yellowwood; Cladrastis kentukea

• Common Persimmon; Diospyros virginiana

• Hardy Rubber Tree; Eucommia ulmoides

• Gingko; Gingko biloba

• Honeylocust; Gleditsia triacanthos

• Kentucky Coffeetree; Gymnocladus dioicus

• Sweetgum; Liquidambar styraciflua

• Yellow Poplar/Tuliptree/Tulip Poplar; Liriodendron tulipifera

• Dawn Redwood; Metasequoia glyptostroboides

• Black Gum/Black Tupelo; Nyssa sylvatica

• Amur Corktree; Phellodendron amurense

• London Planetree; Platanus x acerifolia

• White Oak; Quercus alba

• Swamp White Oak; Quercus bicolor

• Scarlet Oak; Quercus coccinea

• Southern Red Oak; Quercus facata

• Cherrybark Oak; Quercus facata var pagodafolia

• Overcup Oak; Quercus lyrata

• Shingle Oak; Quercus imbricaria

• Bur Oak; Quercus macrocarpa

• Chinkapin Oak; Quercus muehlenbergii

• Nuttall Oak; Quercus nuttallii

• Willow Oak; Quercus phellos

• Chestnut Oak; Quercus prinus

• English Oak; Quercus robur

• Northern Red Oak; Quercus rubra

• Shumard Oak; Quercus shumardii

• Bald Cypress; Taxodium distichum

• American Basswood; Tilia americana

• Littleleaf Linden; Tilia cordata

• Silver Linden; Tilia tomentosa

• Winged Elm; Ulmus alata

• American Elm; Ulmus americana

• Slippery Elm; Ulmus rubra

• September Elm; Ulmus serotina

• Japanese Cedar; Cryptomeria japonica

• American Holly; Ilex opaca

• Eastern Red Cedar; Juniperus virginiana

• Southern Magnolia; Magnolia grandiflora

• Norway Spruce; Picea abies

• Shortleaf Pine; Pinus echinata

• Scots Pine; Pinus sylvestris

• Japanese Black Pine; Pinus thunbergiana

Understory Trees (15-30ft)

• Trident Maple; Acer buergeranum

• Hedge Maple; Acer campestre

• Amur Maple; Acer ginnala

• Paperbark Maple; Acer griseum

• Japanese Maple; Acer palmatum

• Red Buckeye; Aesculus pavia

• Serviceberry; Amelanchier arborea

• American Hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana

• Eastern Redbud; Cercis canadensis

• Chinese Fringetree; Chioanthus retusus

• White Fringetree; Chioanthus virginicus

• Flowering Dogwood; Cornus florida

• Kousa Dogwood; Cornus kousa

• Washington Hawthorn; Crataegus phaenopyrum

• Green Hawthorn; Crataegus viridus

• Franklin Tree; Franklinia alatamaha

• Possumhaw; Ilex decidua

• Saucer Magnolia; Magnolia x soulangiana

• Star Magnolia; Magnolia stellata

• Sweetbay Magnolia; Magnolia virginiana

• Crabapples; Malus cultivars/varieties

• Apples (Heirloom); Malus domestica

• American Hophornbeam; Ostrya virginiana

• Sourwood; Oxydendrum arboreum

• Chinese Pistache; Pistacia chinensis

• American Plum; Prunus americana

• Chickasaw Plum; Prunus augustifolia

• Japanese Flowering Apricot; Prunus mume

• Flowering Cherry; Prunus serrulata

• Yoshino Cherry; Prunus x yedoensis

• Fruiting Pear; Pyrus communis

• Japanese Snowbell; Styrax japonicus

• Japanese Lilac Tree; Syringa reticulata

• Foster’s Holly; Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’

• Burford Holly; Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordi’

• Nellie R. Stevens Holly; Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’

• Cherry Laurel; Prunus caroliniana