1. Forestry Dendrology
Note: Slides are for the state contest only

2. Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana
Looks like magnolia, but underside of leaf is a light color
Magnolia virginiana

3. Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides

4. Mockernut Hickory
Leaf is wider than pignut
Carya tomentosa

5. 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.

6. Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii
(S)Two needles, sometimes 3

7. Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis

8. Common Persimmon
Diospryros virginiana

9. Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua

10. Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Veins go straight up

11. Carolina Ash Fraxinus caroliniana Veins form a kind of Y
Dark and glossy on upper-side
Underside is paler green

12. Water Oak
Quercus nigra

13. Eastern Redbud
Leaves look like a HEART shape
Cercis canadensis

14. Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
Think of tire treads on a beach .

15. Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Dark green tops, brown underside
Magnolia grandiflora

16. Longleaf Pine
(L) Always 3 needles
Pinus palustris

17. Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
Square at the top, looks like a TULIP!
Liriodendron tulipifera

18. Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Leaves 3 – 5 inches, much larger than Hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana

19. Water Hickory
Carya aquatica

20. Black Cherry
Prunus serotina

21. Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum

22. Waxmyrtle
Myrica cerifera

23. Live Oak Quercus virginiana Dark green tops, light green underside.
Mature leaves “CUP.”

24. Red Maple
Acer rubrum

25. American Holly
Illex opaca

26. Turkey Oak Quercus laevis
Don’t confuse this with Shumard Oak. The Turkey Oak has deeper lobes than the Shumard Oak.
Quercus laevis

27. Loblolly Bay
Gordonia lasianthus

28. American Hornbeam
Leave ½” to 1”, very small
Carpinus caroliniana

29. American Elm
Ulmus americana

30. White Oak Quercus alba Don’t confuse with Post Oak.
The White Oak has more lobes.

31. Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra

32. Swamp Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatcia

33. Red Mulberry
Morus rubra

34. Sand Pine
(S) 2 needles sometimes 3
Pinus clausa

35. Post Oak
Quercus stellata

36. Loblolly Pine
(L) Always 3 needles
Pinus taeda

37. Sassafras
Sassafras albidum

38. Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii

39. Southern Redcedar
Juniperus solicicola

40. Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata
Alternating veins go straight up

41. Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
The stem has “wings”

42. Black Walnut
Juglans nigra

43. Carolina Laurelcherry
Prunus caroliniana

44. Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoids

45. Florida Maple
Acer floridanum

46. Gumbo Limbo

47. Gum Bumelia
Bumelia lanuginosa
Bursera simaruba

48. Pond Apple
Annona glabra

49. Red Bay
Persea borbonia

50. Seagrape
Coccoloba uvifera

51. Spruce Pine
Pinus glabra