![]() ![]() Fruits astringent/bitter, but edible usually after first frost.įorested wetlands, wet fields, dry woodlands. Pith of twigs is solid or sometimes chambered. Flowers May/June fruits September into late fall.ĭistinctive, blocky bark. Persimmon fruit is orange and 2-4 cm wide. Male flowers grow in clusters of 2-3 and female flowers occur singly. Male (yellow) and female (green) flowers occur on separate trees. Small to medium deciduous tree up to 16 m.Īlternate, ovate to elliptic leaves to 15 cm long, often with black splotches. Juniperus virginiana (Eastern red cedar) is a similar upland tree, with flattened needles branching in many planes instead of one main fan-like plane as in the Atlantic white cedar. Often grows in dense stands (or glades) to the exclusion of other trees. Old-growth and extensive stands are now uncommon.Īcidic swamps of the Coastal Plain, generally in peaty soils or other poorly drained areas. Unfortunately, the wood is highly desirable, so this species was extensively logged in the past. ![]() Blooms March/April fruits October/November.Įvergreen scale-like needles are flattened. Small inconspicuous cones male cone is 2 mm long and female cone is spherical, 6 mm diameter, with a crumpled appearance. Medium sized evergreen tree to 28 m in height.įlattened, scale-like leaves, 1-3 millimeters (mm) long and green on both sides. Uncommon in the mountains and the Coastal Plain outside brownwater floodplains. Leaves often covered with small galls.īottomland forests, natural levees, nearby upland forests, poorly drained clay. Look for corky bumpy bark and long serrated leaves that are yellowish green beneath. Flowers April/May fruits August to October. ![]() Leaves glossy dark green above and yellowish green below.Įdible fruits fleshy drupes with a large seed inside, deep reddish-purple when ripe. Simple, alternate, lance-shaped leaves with uneven bases, prominent veins, and a length 3 times the width. Medium to large tree, 25 to 30 m tall, with smooth gray back that has corky warts. Leaves of Carpinus caroliniana (ironwood) similar to Ostrya virginiana (hop hornbeam), but ironwood leaves are smooth, in contrast to the pubescent leaves of hop hornbeam. Flowers March/April fruits September/October.ĭistinctive 'muscular' branches and trunk.įloodplain forests and bottomlands throughout NC. Fruits are small nuts, subtended by a leafy 3-lobed bract in drooping clusters, about 10 cm long. Leaf veins pronounced (particularly on leaf undersides) with straight veins running to the leaf edges.įlowers in catkins: male catkin 3-4 cm long and female catkin about 2 cm long. Margins doubly serrated and leaves paler green and smooth on undersides. Small, deciduous understory tree with smooth, gray bark, up to 10 m.Īlternate, ovate leaves, 3-15 cm long. Leaves simliar to ironwood and hop hornbeam, but bark is distinctive. Found statewide, but chiefly Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Younger trees have rusty colored bark, while older bark is less colorful and darker.įloodplains, river and stream banks in moist soil. ![]() Peeling bark and triangular leaves distinctive. Male flowers drooping catkins and female flowers in a cone-like catkin. Leaves contain 7-9 straight veins on each side of leaf. Very widespread in habitat.Īcer saccharum (sugar maple) has similar, but untoothed, lobed leavesĭeciduous, medium sized tree up to 25 m, with curly peeling papery bark.Īlternate, doubly serrated, triangular or ovate leaves, 4-8 cm long. Low woods, uplands, floodplains, swamps, stream banks, across NC. Showy clusters of reddish flowers in early spring. Fruit is double samara, with each half about 3 cm long. Red flowers, January to March, before leafing out. Leaves 6-14 cm long can be as wide as long. Opposite, lobed with teeth and with 3-5 main points. Medium deciduous tree, sometimes reaching large stature. Look for more than 3 leaflets, distinctive green twigs, and opposite branching. Sometimes confused with Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy). Flowers March/April fruits May to October.įloodplains, stream banks, low woods of brownwater streams, throughout NC. Leaflets mostly ovate and toothed, and 5-10 cm long and 6 cm wide.įruits are paired light yellow samaras, 3 cm long. Opposite, pinnately compound with an odd number (3-9) of leaflets, although 3 and 5 leaflets most common. Small to medium deciduous tree, reaching 25 m. The search bar can be used to isolate certain groups or species. The table is organized by plant structure: trees, shrubs, ferns, monocot herbaceous, dicot herbaceous, vines, aquatics. This project was funded by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency and matching funds from the NC Division of Water Resources. Descriptions were written by Karen Kendig, Kristie Gianopulos, and Milo Pyne. Purchase economy printed version on Amazonīelow is a searchable table listing each of the 200+ species in the new book, with tips on identification. ![]()
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