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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

 
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