Inventory of Biodiversity and Significant Habitats in the Paint Branch Watershed

By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001

1.1 Woody Plants

PINE FAMILY -Pinaceae

• White Pine Pinus strobus
  
• Pitch Pine P. rigida
  
• Loblolly Pine P. taeda
  
• Yellow Pine P. echinata
  
• Virginia Pine P. virginiana
  
• Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
  
• Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana

LILY FAMILY - Liliaceae

• Glaucous Greenbrier Smilax glauca
  
• Common Greenbrier S. rotundifolia

WILLOW FAMILY - Salicaceae

• Black Willow Salix nigra
  
• Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata
  
• Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides

WALNUT FAMILY - Juglandaceae

• Black Walnut Juglans nigra
  
• Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis
  
• Mockernut Hickory C. tomentosa
  
• Pignut Hickory C. glabra

BIRCH FAMILY - Betulaceae

• American Hazelnut Corylus americana
  
• Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
  
• River Birch Betula nigra
  
• Smooth Alder Alnus serrulata

BEECH FAMILY - Fagaceae

• American Beech Fagus grandifolia
  
• American Chestnut Castanea dentata
  
• Chinquapin C. pumila
  
• White Oak Quercus alba
  
• Post Oak Q. stellata Swamp
  
• White Oak Q. bicolor
  
• Chestnut Oak Q. prinus
  
• Red Oak Q. rubra
  
• Black Oak Q. velutina
  
• Pin Oak Q. palustris
  
• Scarlet Oak Q. coccinea
  
• Spanish Oak Q. falcata
  
• Black Jack Oak Q. marilandica
  
• Shingle Oak Q. imbricaria
  
• Willow Oak Q. phellos

ELM FAMILY - Ulmaceae

• Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra
  
• American Elm U. americana
  
• Hackberry Celtis occidentalis

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - Magnoliaceae

• Sweet Bay Magnolia virginiana
  
• Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

LAUREL FAMILY - Lauraceae

• Sassafras Sassafras albidum
  
• Spicebush Lindera benzoin

SAXIFRAGE FAMILY - Saxifragaceae

• Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens

WITCH HAZEL FAMILY - Hamamelidaceae

• Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana
  
• Sweet Gum Liquidamber styraciflua

PLANE-TREE FAMILY - Platanaceae

• Sycamore Platanus occidentalis

ROSE FAMILY - Rosaceae

• Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
  
• Juneberry Amelanchier arborea
  
• Southern Hawthorn Crataegus viridis
  
• Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus
  
• Northern Dewberry R. flagellaris
  
• Black Raspberry R. occidentalis
  
• Allegheny Blackberry R. allegheniensis
  
• Pasture Rose Rosa carolina
  
• Black Cherry Prunus serotina

LEGUME FAMILY - Leguminosae

• Redbud Cercis canadensis
  
• Black Locust Robinia pseudo-acacia

CASHEW FAMILY - Anacardiaceae

• Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra
  
• Winged sumac R. copallina
  
• Staghorn Sumac R. typhina
  
• Poison Sumac R. vernix
  
• Poison Ivy R. radicans

HOLLY FAMILY - Aquifoliaceae

• American Holly Ilex opaca
  
• Winterberry I. verticillata

STAFF-TREE FAMILY - Celastraceae

• Strawberry bush Euonymus americanus

MAPLE FAMILY - Aceraceae

• Red Maple Acer rubrum
  
• Silver Maple A. saccharinum
  
• Box Elder A. negundo

VINE FAMILY - Vitaceae

• Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
  
• Fox Grape Vitis labrusca
  
• Summer Grape V. aestivalis
  
• Winter Grape V. vulpina

LINDEN FAMILY - Tiliaceae

• Basswood Tilia americana

ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY - Hypericaceae

• St. Andrew's Cross Ascyrum hypericoides

ARALIA FAMILY - Araliaceae

• Devil's Walking Stick Aralia spinosa

DOGWOOD FAMILY - Cornaceae

• Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica
  
• Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
  
• Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum

WHITE ALDER FAMILY - Clethraceae

• Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia

HEATH FAMILY - Ericaceae Spotted

• Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata
  
• Pinxster Azalea Rhododendron nudiflorum
  
• Swamp Honeysuckle Azalea R. viscosum
  
• Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
  
• Maleberry Lyonia ligustrina
  
• Staggerbush Lyonia mariana
  
• Swamp Sweetbells Leucothoe racemosa
  
• Trailing Arbutus Epigaea repens
  
• Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata
  
• Dangleberry G. frondosa
  
• Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum
  
• Lowbush Blueberry V. vacillans
  
• Highbush Blueberry V. atrococcum

EBONY FAMILY - Ebenaceae

• Persimmon Diospyros virginiana

OLIVE FAMILY - Oleaceae

• White Ash Fraxinus americana
  
• Green Ash F. pennsylvanica
  
• Fringe-tree Chionanthus virginicus

BIGNONIA FAMILY - Bignoniaceae

• Trumpet-creeper Campsis radicans

MADDER FAMILY - Rubiaceae

• Partridge Berry Mitchella repens
  
• Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY - Caprifoliaceae

• Swamp-haw Viburnum Viburnum nudum
  
• Black-haw Viburnum V. prunifolium
  
• Arrowwood Viburnum V. dentatum
  
• Maple-leaved Viburnum V. acerifolium
  
• Elderberry Sambucus canadensis