This list includes Sewanee's native and naturalized woody plants. Introduced species that have not naturalized are excluded.
A * by the plant indicates that it is not native to Sewanee.
Acer negundo L.-- Boxelder |
Acer rubrum L.-- Red Maple |
Acer saccharum Marsh.-- Sugar Maple |
Aesculus flava Ait.-- Yellow Buckeye |
Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle --Tree-of-Heaven* |
Albizia julibrissin Durz. -- Mimosa* |
Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern.-- Serviceberry |
Aralia spinosa L.-- Hercules' Club, Devils-walkingstick |
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal -- Pawpaw |
Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell.-- Mockernut Hickory |
Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch -- Bitternut Hickory |
Carya glabra var. glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet -- Pignut
Hickory |
Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch -- Shagbark Hickory |
Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn.-- Pale
Hickory |
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.-- American Chestnut (root sprouts) |
Celtis occidentalis L.-- Hackberry |
Cercis canadensis L.-- Eastern Redbud |
Cladrastis kentukea (Dum.-Cours.) Rudd -- Yellowwood |
Cornus alternifolia L.f.-- Alternate-leaf Dogwood |
Cornus florida L.-- Flowering Dogwood |
Corylus americana Walt. -- Hazelnut |
Diospyros virginiana L. -- Persimmon |
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. -- American Beech |
Fraxinus americana L.-- White Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.-- Green Ash |
Gleditsia triacanthos L.-- Honeylocust |
Ilex opaca Ait.-- American Holly |
Juglans nigra L.-- Black Walnut |
Juniperus virginiana L.-- Eastern Redcedar |
Liquidambar styraciflua L.-- Sweetgum |
Liriodendron tulipifera L.-- Tulip-poplar, Yellow-poplar |
Magnolia acuminata (L.) L.-- Cucumber Magnolia |
Magnolia macrophylla Michx.-- Bigleaf Magnolia |
Morus alba L.-- White Mulberry* |
Morus rubra L. -- Red Mulberry |
Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.-- Blackgum |
Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch -- Hophornbeam |
Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. -- Sourwood |
Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb &
Zucc ex Steud -- Princess-tree* |
Pinus echinata P. Mill. -- Shortleaf Pine |
Pinus strobus L. -- Eastern White Pine* |
Pinus taeda L. -- Loblolly Pine* |
Pinus virginiana P. Mill.-- Virginia Pine |
Platanus occidentalis L.-- Sycamore |
Prunus serotina Ehrh.-- Black Cherry |
Quercus alba L.-- White Oak |
Quercus coccinea Muenchh.-- Scarlet Oak |
Quercus falcata Michx.-- Southern Red Oak |
Quercus marilandica Muenchh.-- Blackjack Oak |
Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm.-- Chinkapin Oak |
Quercus pagoda Raf.-- Cherrybark Oak |
Quercus prinus L.-- Chestnut Oak |
Quercus rubra L.-- Northern Red Oak |
Quercus stellata Wangenh.-- Post Oak |
Quercus velutina Lam.-- Black Oak |
Robinia pseudoacacia L.-- Black Locust |
Salix nigra Marsh.-- Black Willow |
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees -- Sassafras |
Tilia americana var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loud.--
White Basswood |
Ulmus alata Michx. -- Winged Elm |
Ulmus americana L. -- American Elm |
Ulmus rubra Muhl. -- Slippery Elm |
References
Puckette, Stephen E. 1996. Comparative Description of the Native Trees of the Sewanee Area. The University of the South Press.
Taxonomy follows Kartesz, John T. 1994. A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Timber Press, OR.
The Biodiversity on the Mountain series is produced by the Department of Biology of the University of the South. This checklist was prepared by Mary Priestley, with contributions from Karen Kuers of the Department of Forestry and Geology.