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Forestry Dendrology. Note: Slides 42-51 are for the state contest only. Sweetbay. Looks like magnolia, but underside of leaf is a light color. Magnolia virginiana. Southern Catalpa. Catalpa bignonioides. Mockernut Hickory. Leaf is wider than pignut. Carya tomentosa. Laurel Oak.
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Forestry Dendrology Note: Slides 42-51 are for the state contest only
Sweetbay Looks like magnolia, but underside of leaf is a light color Magnolia virginiana
Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides
Mockernut Hickory Leaf is wider than pignut Carya tomentosa
Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia 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.
Slash Pine Pinus elliottii (S)Two needles, sometimes 3
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Common Persimmon Diospryros virginiana
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering Dogwood Cornusflorida Veins go straight up
Carolina Ash Veins form a kind of Y Fraxinus caroliniana Dark and glossy on upper-side Underside is paler green
Water Oak Quercus nigra
Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Leaves look like a HEART shape
Fagus grandifolia American Beech Think of tire treads on a beach .
Southern Magnolia Dark green tops, brown underside Magnolia grandiflora
Longleaf Pine (L) Always 3 needles Pinus palustris
Yellow Poplar Square at the top, looks like a TULIP! Liriodendron tulipifera
Eastern Hophornbeam Leaves 3 – 5 inches, much larger than Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Water Hickory Carya aquatica
Black Cherry Prunus serotina
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera
Live Oak Quercusvirginiana Dark green tops, light green underside. Mature leaves “CUP.”
Red Maple Acer rubrum
American Holly Illex opaca
Turkey Oak Don’t confuse this with Shumard Oak. The Turkey Oak has deeperlobes than the Shumard Oak. Quercus laevis
Loblolly Bay Gordonia lasianthus
American Hornbeam Leave ½” to 1”, very small Carpinus caroliniana
Ulmus americana American Elm
White Oak Quercus alba Don’t confuse with Post Oak. The White Oak has more lobes.
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
Swamp Tupelo Nyssa sylvatcia
Red Mulberry Morus rubra
Sand Pine (S) 2 needles sometimes 3 Pinus clausa
Post Oak Quercus stellata
Loblolly Pine (L) Always 3 needles Pinus taeda
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii
Southern Redcedar Juniperus solicicola
Sugarberry Celtis laevigata Alternating veins go straight up
Winged Elm Ulmus alata The stem has “wings”
Black Walnut • Juglans nigra
Carolina Laurelcherry • Prunus caroliniana
Eastern Cottonwood • Populus deltoids
Florida Maple • Acer floridanum
Gum Bumelia • Bumelia lanuginosa • Bursera simaruba
Pond Apple • Annona glabra
Red Bay • Persea borbonia
Seagrape • Coccoloba uvifera