Species No. Common Name Scientific Name Species No. Common Name Scientific Name Tree Identification 1 sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana 35 buckthorn bumelia Bumelia lycioides Trail Guide 2 sycamore Plantanus accidentalis 36 carolina silverbell Halesia tetraptera 3 white ash Fraxinus Americana 37 sourwood Oxydendrum arboretum 4 American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 38 American yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea Trees are among the largest and 5 sugar maple Acer saccharum 39 carolina buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana most useful plants on earth. 6 flowering dogwood Cornus florida 40 tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima 7 common bladcypress Taxodium distichum 41 black willow Salix nigra Collectively, trees comprise 8 red maple Acer rubrum 42 Eastern cottonwood Populous deltoids forests that provide food, 9 Eastern redbud Cercis Canadensis 43 thornless common honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos var.inermis shelter and innumerable 10 tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 44 willow oak Quercus phellos benefits for native wildlife and 11 common hackberry Celtis occidentalis 45 American elm Ulmus Americana humans alike. From the Smokey 12 bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis 46 swamp dogwood Cornus foemina Mountains in East Tennessee to 13 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 47 common pawpaw Asimina triloba the Mississippi River in the 14 river birch Betula nigra 48 shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa West, few states have as many 15 black cherry Prunus serotine 49 No assigned species Prunus serotine tree species as Tennessee. 16 Eastern hemlock Tsuga Canadensis 51 blackhaw viburnum Viburnum prunifolium 17 pin oak Quercus palustris 51 post oak Quercus stellate Because forests and trees were 18 Virginia pine Pinus virginiana 52 overcup oak Quercus lyrata so important in the 19 Northern red oak Quercus rubra 54 blackjack oak Quercus marilandica development of the State and 20 shumard oak Quercus 55 water oak Quercus nigra contribute so much to our 21 American holly Llex opaca 56 swamp white oak* Quercus bicolor present wealth and prosperity, 22 sawtooth oak* Quercus acutissima 57 chestnut oak Quercus prinus Tennesseans ought to be able to 23 white oak Quercus alba 58 pecan Carya illinoinensis recognize trees that grow here, 24 Boxelder Acer negundo 60 bigleaf magnolia Magnolia macrophylla especially native species. We 25 Red mulberry Morus rubra 62 hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ 26 Eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana 63 Smooth sumac Rhus glabra hope this tree identification trail 27 osage-orange* Maclura pomifera 64 Southern magnolia* Magnolia grandiflora will be a useful tool for schools, 28 common sassafras Sassafras albidum 65 littleleaf linden* Tilia cordata Boy and Girl Scouts, and 29 common persimmon Diospryros virginiana 66 Chinese chestnut* Castanea mollissima families in learning to identify 30 green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica 67 common witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana trees and their values. 31 shagbark hickory Carya ovata 68 Southern bush- Diervilla sessilifolia honeysuckle* 32 chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii 69 Norway spruce* Picea abies 33 black walnut Juglans nigra 34 bur oak Quercus macrocarpa 70 white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus * specifies not native to Tennessee WWW.BRENTWOODTN.GOV map. numbers on tree tags and the the and tags tree on numbers this brochure correspond with with correspond brochure this Numbers of species listed in in listed species of Numbers entrance gate to the Arboretum. 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