Tree Species Found Within the Clemson Experimental Forest

Pinaceae

Eastern white pine - Pinus strobus
Longleaf pine - Pinus palustris
Slash pine - Pinus elliottii
Loblolly pine - Pinus taeda
Table Mountain pine - Pinus pungens
Shortleaf pine - Pinus echinata
Virginia pine - Pinus virginiana
Eastern hemlock - Tsuga canadensis

Fagaceae
American beech - Fagus grandifolia
American chestnut - Castanea dentata
Allegheny chinkapin - Castanea pumila
White oak - Quercus alba
Post oak - Quercus stellata
Swamp chesnut oak - Quercus michauxii
Chesnut oak - Quercus prinus
Northern red oak - Quercus rubra
Black oak - Quercus velutina
Scarlet oak - Quercus coccinea
Southern red oak - Quercus falcata
Chinkapin oak - Quercus muehlenbergii
Water oak - Quercus nigra
Willow oak - Quercus phellos
Blackjack oak - Quercus marilandica

Ulmaceae
Slippery elm - Ulmus rubra
American elm - Ulmus americana
Winged elm - Ulmus alata
Sugarberry - Celtis laevigata

Moraceae
Red mulberry - Morus rubra

Magnoliaceae
Yellow-poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera
Cucumber magnolia - Magnolia acuminata

Annonaceae
Pawpaw - Aimina triloba

Lauraceae
Sassafras - Sassafras albidum

Hamamelidaceae
Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua

Platanaceae
Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

Rosaceae
Common pear - Pyrus communis
Common apple - Malus pumila
Southern crabapple - Malus angustifolia

Hawthorn - Crataegus flabellata
Crataegus flava

Cockspur hawthorn - Crataegus crus-galli
Washington hawthorn - Crataegus phaenopyrum
Downy serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea
Peach - Prunus persica
Chickasaw plum - Prunus angustifolia
American plum - Prunus americana
Black cherry - Prunus serotina

Oleaceae
White ash - Fraxinus americana
Green ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
American fringe-tree - Chionanthus virginicus
Chinese privet - Ligustrum sinense
Waxleaf privet - Ligustrum lucidum

Scrophulariaceae

Princess tree - Paulownia tomentosa

Bignoniaceae
Southern catawba tree - Catalpa bignonioides

Salicaceae
Black willow - Salix nigra
Eastern cottonwood - Populus deltoides
European white poplar - Populus alba

Juglandaceae
Black walnut - Juglans nigra
Pecan - Carya illinoensis
Bitternut hickory - Carya cordiformis
Sand hickory - Carya pallida
Mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
Pignut hickory - Carya glabra
Red hickory - Carya ovalis Simaroubaceae
Tree-of-heaven - Ailanthus altissima

Meliaceae
Chinaberry - Melia azedarach Anacardiaceae
Winged sumac - Rhus copallina
Smooth sumac - Rhus glabra

Aquifoliaceae
American holly - Ilex opaca

Stapyleaceae
Bladdernut - Staphylea trifolia

Aceraceae
Boxelder - Acer negundo
Red maple - Acer rubrum
Silver maple - Acer saccharinum
Chalk maple - Acer leucoderme

Rhamnaceae
Carolina buckthorn - Rhamnus caroliniana

Tiliaceae
White basswood - Tilia americana varia heterophylla

Araliaceae
Devil's walking-stick - Aralia spinosa

Nyssaceae
Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica

Cornaceae
Flowering dogwood - Cornus florida
Alternate-leaf dogwood - Cornus alternifolia

Fabaceae
Mimosa - Albizzia julibrissin
Eastern redbud - Cercis canadensis
Honey locust - Gleditsia triacanthos
Black locust - Robinia pseudo-acacia

Rutaceae
Hardy-orange - Poncirus trifoliata

Ericaceae
Mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia
Sourwood - Oxydendrum arboreum
Sparkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum
Rosebay rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum
Pink azalea - Rhododendron nudiflorum

Ebenaceae
Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana

Symplocaceae
Horse-sugar - Symplocos tinctoria

Styracaceae
Carolina silverbell - Halesia tetraptera

Caprifoliaceae
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
Rusty blackhaw - Viburnum rufidulum

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