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Lesser trees of North Carolina Common Name Scientific Name Size Regional Distribution Occurrence American Mountain Ash Sorbus americana Sm.T.or Sh Highest Mts. Uncommon American Plum Prunus americana Sm.T. General Scattered Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla Sm.T. Mts & Pied Very Rare Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata Med.T. Mts. Very Rare Biltmore Crab Apple Malus glabrata Sm.T. Mts. UnCommon Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium Sm.T. Pied. & Mts. Common Black Maple 4cer nigrum Med. T. Mts. Rare Flatwoods Plum Prunus umbellata Med. T S. Pied. Very Rare Alternate Leaf Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Sm.T.or Sh Mts. Common Bluejack Oak Quercus incana Sm.T. C.P. Common Buckthorn Bumelia lycioides Sm.T. S.C.P.& S. Pied. Rare Cabbage Palmetto Sabalpalmetto Med.T. Smith Is. Rare Carolina Basswood Tilia caroliniana Med.T. S.E.Tide. Rare Carolina Laurelcherry Prunus caroliniana Sm.T. Tide. Not Rare Chickasaw Plum Prunus angustifolia Sm.T. Pied. & C.P. Common Chinese Chestnut Castanea mollisima Med.T. Introduced Statewide Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Med.T. Mts. Rare Clammy Locust Robinia viscosa Sm.T.or Sh. High Mts. Rare Coastal Plain Willow Salix carolinana Sm.T. Tide Rare Common Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Sm.T.or Sh. Low Mts. Rare Dahoon Holly Ilex eassine Sm.T. Tide. Uncommon Deciduous Holly Ilex decidua Sm.T. or Sh. Tide. Common Eastern Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis Med.T. Mts. Very Rare Florida Basswood Tiliafloridana Lg.T. Mts. Rare Florida Chinkapin Castanea alnifolia varfloridana Sm.T.orSh. C.P. Rare Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Sm.T.orSh. General Common Georgia Hackberry Celtis tenuifolia Sm.T.or Sh. Pied. Uncommon Great Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum Sm.T.or Sh. Mts. Abundant Hercules-Club Zanthoxylum clavatoherculis Sm.T.or Sh. Tide. Common Horse Sugar Symplocos tinctoria Sm.T.or Sh. General Common Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia Lg.T. Tide Uncommon May Hawthorn Crataegus aestivalis Sm.T .... S Tide Rare Mountain Holly Ilex montana Sm.T.or Sh. High Mts. Common Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia Sm.T.or Sh. Mts. & W. Pied. Common Mountain Maple Acer spicatum Sm. T.or Sh. High Mts. Common Mountain Stewartia Stewartia ovata Sm.T.or Sh. Pied. & Mts. Rare Myrtle-leaved Holly Ilex myrtifolia Sm. I or Sh. Tide. Not Rare Pawpaw Asimina triloba Sm.T.or Sh. Pied. Common Water Elm Planera aquatica Sm.T. S.C.P. Very Rare Poison Sumac Toxicodendron vernix Sm.T.or Sh. General Common Prickly Ash Aralia spinosa Sm. T. or Sh. General Uncommon Pumpkin Ash Fraxinus profunda Med.T. C.P. Notbommon Pussy Willow Salix discolor Sm.T.or Sh. Mts. Rare Redbay Persea borbonia Sm.T.or Sh. Tide. Rare Red Buckeye Aesculuspavia Sm.T.orSh ... S Tide Rare Red Titi Cyrilla racemiflora Sm.T.orSh. C.P Common Rose Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense Sm.T.orSh. Mts & WPied. Common Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum Sm I C.P. &.Pied. Common Sand Hickory Carya pallida Med.T. C.P. & Pied. Common Sandhill Hawthorn Crataegus collina Sm.T. Pied. Common Scrubby Post Oak Quercus stellata varmargaretta Sm.T. C.P. Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea Sm.T or Sh. Mts. & Pied. Uncommon Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa Lg.T. Mts. & Pied. Rare Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Med.T. Mts. Rare Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii Lg. T. Pied. Uncommon Slash pine Pinus elliottii Lg. T. Pied & C.P. Very Rare Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Lg. T. Mts. Uncommon Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Sm.T.or Sh. General Common Southern Crab Apple Malus angustifolia Sm.T. General Common Southern Red Cedar Juniperus silicicola Med. I SE C.P. Common Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Sm.T. General Common Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina Sm.T.or Sh. Mts. Common Stewartia Stewartia malacodendron Sm.T.or Sh. Tide. Rare Striped Maple Acerpensylvanicum Sm.T. High Mts. Common Swampbay Persea burbonia var pubescens Sm.T.or Sh. C.P. Common Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Med.T .... N.. Pied Very Rare Sweet Crab Apple Malus coronaria Sm.T. Mts. Common Umbrella Tree Magnolia tripetala Sm.T.. Pied. Common Washington Hawthorn Cratanegusphanopyrum Sm.T. Mts. Common Waxmyrtle to Southern Bayberry Myrica cerifera Sm.T.or Sh. Tide. Common White Basswood Tilia heterophylla Lg.T. Mts. & W. Pied. Common Devilwood Osmanthus americanus Sm.T.or Sh. Tide Uncommon Winged Sumac Rhus copallina Sm.T.or Sh. General Common Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana Sm.T.or Sh. General Common Yaupon Ilex vomitoria Sm.T.or Sh. Tide Common Yellowwood Cladrastis lutea Sm.T. High Mts. Rare
Lesser trees of North Carolina
Common Name
Scientific Name
Size
Regional Distribution
Occurrence
American Mountain Ash
Sorbus americana
Sm.T.or Sh
Highest Mts.
Uncommon
American Plum
Prunus americana
Sm.T.
General
Scattered
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Mts & Pied
Very Rare
Bigtooth Aspen
Populus grandidentata
Med.T.
Mts.
Biltmore Crab Apple
Malus glabrata
UnCommon
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Pied. & Mts.
Common
Black Maple
4cer nigrum
Med. T.
Rare
Flatwoods Plum
Prunus umbellata
Med. T S.
Pied.
Alternate Leaf Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Bluejack Oak
Quercus incana
C.P.
Buckthorn
Bumelia lycioides
S.C.P.& S. Pied.
Cabbage Palmetto
Sabalpalmetto
Smith Is.
Carolina Basswood
Tilia caroliniana
S.E.Tide.
Carolina Laurelcherry
Prunus caroliniana
Tide.
Not Rare
Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Pied. & C.P.
Chinese Chestnut
Castanea mollisima
Introduced Statewide
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Clammy Locust
Robinia viscosa
Sm.T.or Sh.
High Mts.
Coastal Plain Willow
Salix carolinana
Tide
Common Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Low Mts.
Dahoon Holly
Ilex eassine
Deciduous Holly
Ilex decidua
Sm.T. or Sh.
Eastern Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Florida Basswood
Tiliafloridana
Lg.T.
Florida Chinkapin
Castanea alnifolia varfloridana
Sm.T.orSh.
Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Georgia Hackberry
Celtis tenuifolia
Great Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Abundant
Hercules-Club
Zanthoxylum clavatoherculis
Horse Sugar
Symplocos tinctoria
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
May Hawthorn
Crataegus aestivalis
Sm.T .... S
Mountain Holly
Ilex montana
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Mts. & W. Pied.
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Sm. T.or Sh.
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Myrtle-leaved Holly
Ilex myrtifolia
Sm. I or Sh.
Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Water Elm
Planera aquatica
S.C.P.
Poison Sumac
Toxicodendron vernix
Prickly Ash
Aralia spinosa
Sm. T. or Sh.
Pumpkin Ash
Fraxinus profunda
Notbommon
Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Redbay
Persea borbonia
Red Buckeye
Aesculuspavia
Sm.T.orSh ... S
Red Titi
Cyrilla racemiflora
C.P
Rose Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense
Mts & WPied.
Rusty Blackhaw
Viburnum rufidulum
Sm I
C.P. &.Pied.
Sand Hickory
Carya pallida
C.P. & Pied.
Sandhill Hawthorn
Crataegus collina Sm.T.
Scrubby Post Oak
Quercus stellata varmargaretta
Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Sm.T or Sh.
Mts. & Pied.
Shellbark Hickory
Carya laciniosa
Shingle Oak
Quercus imbricaria
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Lg. T.
Slash pine
Pinus elliottii
Pied & C.P.
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Southern Crab Apple
Malus angustifolia
Southern Red Cedar
Juniperus silicicola
Med. I
SE C.P.
Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Stewartia
Stewartia malacodendron
Striped Maple
Acerpensylvanicum
Swampbay
Persea burbonia var pubescens
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Med.T .... N..
Pied
Sweet Crab Apple
Malus coronaria
Umbrella Tree
Magnolia tripetala
Sm.T..
Washington Hawthorn
Cratanegusphanopyrum
Waxmyrtle to Southern Bayberry
Myrica cerifera
White Basswood
Tilia heterophylla
Devilwood
Osmanthus americanus
Winged Sumac
Rhus copallina
Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria
Yellowwood
Cladrastis lutea
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