Species No. Common Name Scientific Name Species No. Common Name Scientific Name
Sweetbay Magnolia Tree Identification 1 Magnolia virginiana 33 Black Walnut Juglans nigra Trail Guide 2 Sycamore Plantanus accidentalis 34 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 3 White Ash Fraxinus Americana 35 Black Oak Quercus velutina
4 American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 36 Carolina Silverbell Halesia tetraptera
37 Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum Trees are among the largest and 5 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 38 American Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea most useful plants on earth. 6 Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Collectively, trees comprise forests 39 Eiropean Beech Fagus sylvatica 7 Common Baldcypress Taxodium distichum that provide food, shelter and 40 Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima 8 Red Maple Acer rubrum innumerable benefits for native 41 Black Willow Salix nigra 9 Eastern Redbud Cercis Canadensis wildlife and humans alike. From the 42 Eastern Cottonwood Populous deltoids 10 Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 43 Thornless Common Honey- Gleditsia triacanthos var.inermis Smokey Mountains in East locust 11 Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Tennessee to the Mississippi River 44 Willow Oak Quercus phellos 12 Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis in the West, few states have as 45 American Elm Ulmus Americana 13 Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus many tree species as Tennessee. 46 Swamp Dogwood Cornus foemina Because forests and trees were so 14 River Birch Betula nigra 47 Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba important in the development of 15 Black Cherry Prunus serotina 48 Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa the State and contribute so much to 16 Eastern Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis 49 Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria our present wealth and prosperity, 17 Pin Oak Quercus palustris 51 Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium 51 Post Oak Quercus stellate Tennesseans ought to be able to 18 Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana 52 Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata recognize trees that grow here, 19 Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra 53 Red Mullberry Morus rubra especially native species. We hope 20 Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii 54 Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica this tree identification trail will be a 21 American Holly Llex opaca 55 Water Oak Quercus nigra useful tool for schools, Boy and Girl 22 Sawtooth Oak* Quercus acutissima 56 Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor
Scouts, and families in learning to 23 White Oak Quercus alba 58 Pecan Carya illinoinensis identify trees and their values. 24 Boxelder Acer negundo 60 Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla
25 Red Mulberry Morus rubra 62 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
63 Dynasty Elm Ulmus parvifolia ‘Dynasty’ 26 Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 64 Southern Magnolia* Magnolia grandiflora 27 Osage-Orange* Maclura pomifera 65 Littleleaf Linden* Tilia cordata 28 Common Sassafras Sassafras albidum 66 Chinese Chestnut* Castanea mollissima 29 Common Persimmon Diospryros virginiana 67 Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana 30 Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica 68 Amur Honeysuckle* Lonicera maackii
31 Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa 69 Norway Spruce* Picea abies
32 Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii 70 White Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus