Vegetation

Trees
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Common Name Scientific Name Comments
box elder Acer negundo  
red maple Acer rubrum  
silver maple Acer saccharinum  
tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima non-native invasive
pawpaw Asimina triloba  
black birch Betula lenta  
river birch Betula nigra  
musclewood Carpinus caroliniana  
pignut hickory Carya glabra  
shagbark hickory Carya ovata  
mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa  
American chestnut Castanea dentata Watchlist
Allegheny chinquapin Castanea pumila Watchlist
hackberry Celtis occidentalis  
fringetree Chionanthus virginicus  
flowering dogwood Cornus florida  
persimmon Diospyros virginiana  
American beech Fagus grandifolia  
white ash Fraxinus americana  
green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica  
American holly Ilex opaca  
butternut Juglans cinerea Rare
black walnut Juglans nigra  
eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana  
sweet gum Liquidambar styraciflua  
tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera  
white mulberry Morus alba non-native invasive
black gum Nyssa sylvatica  
short-leaf pine Pinus echinata  
Table Mountain pine Pinus pungens  
pitch pine Pinus rigida  
eastern white pine Pinus strobus  
loblolly pine Pinus teada  
Virginia pine Pinus virginiana  
American sycamore Platanus occidentalis  
bigtooth aspen Populus grandidentata  
bird cherry Prunus avium non-native invasive
black cherry Prunus serotina  
white oak Quercus alba  
scarlet oak Quercus coccinea  
southern red oak Quercus falcata  
bear oak Quercus ilicifolia  
shingle oak Quercus imbricaria Watchlist
chestnut oak Quercus prinus  
red oak Quercus rubra  
post oak Quercus stellata  
black oak Quercus velutina  
black locust Robinia pseudoacacia  
black willow Salix nigra  
sassafras Sassafras albidum  
American elm Ulmus americana