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SPECIES LIST
OF THE TREES
OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN PARK
(Click for printable
list)
(Look for photos and species
descriptions soon!) |
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Gymnosperms |
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Pine Family |
Pinaceae |
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Shortleaf pine |
Pinus
echinata |
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Table Mountain pine |
Pinus
pungens |
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Pitch pine |
Pinus
rigida |
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Eastern white pine |
Pinus strobes
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Virginia pine |
Pinus virginiana
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Eastern hemlock |
Tsuga canadensis |
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Angiosperms |
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Maple Family |
Aceraceae |
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Striped maple |
Acer
pensylvanicum |
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Red maple |
Acer
rubrum |
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Sugar maple |
Acer
saccharum |
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Birch family |
Betulaceae |
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Sweet birch |
Betula
lenta |
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Dogwood Family |
Cornaceae |
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Flowering dogwood |
Cornus
florida |
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Ebony Family |
Ebenaceae |
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Common persimmon |
Diospyros
virginiana |
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Heath Family |
Ericaceae |
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Mountain laurel |
Kalmia
latifolia |
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Sourwood |
Oxydendrum
arboreum |
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Great laurel, mountain rosebay |
Rhododendron maximum |
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Flame azalea |
Rhododendron
calendulaceum |
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Pea Family |
Fabaceae |
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Black locust
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Robinia
pseudoacacia |
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Beech Family |
Fagaceae |
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American chestnut |
Castanea dentata |
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American beech |
Fagus grandifolia |
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White oak |
Quercus
alba L. |
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Scarlet oak |
Quercus coccinea |
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Chestnut oak |
Quercus
prinus |
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Red oak |
Quercus
rubra |
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Black oak |
Quercus
velutina |
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Witch-hazel Family |
Hamamelidaceae |
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Witch-hazel |
Hamamelis virginiana |
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Sweetgum |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
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Walnut Family |
Juglandaceae |
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Bitternut hickory |
Carya
cordiformis |
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Black walnut |
Juglans
nigra |
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Laurel Family |
Lauraceae |
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Sassafras |
Sassafras
albidum |
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Magnolia Family |
Magnoliaceae |
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Tuliptree, yellow-poplar |
Liriodendron
tulipifera |
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Cucumbertree |
Magnolia
acuminata |
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Mulberry Family |
Moraceae |
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Red mulberry |
Morus rubra |
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Tupelo-Gum Family |
Nyssaceae |
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Blackgum |
Nyssa
sylvatica |
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Olive Family |
Oleaceae |
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White ash |
Fraxinus
americana |
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Plane-tree Family |
Platanaceae |
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Sycamore |
Platanus occidentalis |
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Rose Family |
Rosaceae |
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Serviceberry |
Amelanchier arborea |
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Black cherry |
Prunus serotina |
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Linden Family |
Tiliaceae |
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American basswood |
Tilia
americana |
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Elm Family |
Ulmaceae |
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Slippery elm |
Ulmus
rubra |
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References |
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Hamilton AR. An inventory of the
vascular species of Buffalo Mountain Park, Washington County,
Tennessee and quantitative description of representative forest
communities. Thesis, East Tennessee State University, 1991. |
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Swanson RE. A field guide to the
trees and shrubs of the Southern Appalachians. The Johns Hopkins
University Press; Baltimore: 1994. |
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USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS
Database, Version 3.5
(http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center,
Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. |
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If you would like to submit
corrections, photos, or have identified other species at Buffalo
Mountain Park, please
email Friends
of Nature.
Be sure to include location and date with photos or additional
species and your name if you want credit for photos. |
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