American Chestnut
Family: Fagaceae
Scientific Name: Castanea dentata
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Chestnut Blight killed majority
Black Birch
Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Betula linta
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: stronger wintergreen smell than yellow birch
Butternut
Family: Juglandaceae
Scientific Name: Juglans cinerea
Composition/Arrangement: Pinnately Compound/Alternate
Notes: Terminal Leaflet, Butternut Cankor attacks it
Eastern Hemlock
Family: Pinaceae
Scientific Name: Tsuga canadensis
Composition/Arrangement: stomatiferous lines on the underside, needle-like foliage, blunt tips, flat, and peg are present.
Notes: Attacked by Wooly Adelgids
Fraser Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Scientific Name: Abies fraseri
Composition/Arrangement: flattened, needle like tip, upturned needles, prominent stomatiferous lines, blunt base, no pegs or petiole like structure
Notes: most likely beginning to fade to climate change
Fraser Magnolia
Family: Magnoliaceae
Scientific Name: Magnolia fraseri
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Auriculate Leaf Base
Great Rhododendron
Family: Ericaceae
Scientific Name: Rhododendron maximum
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Capsule Fruit, Likes Extreme Moisture
Mountain Maple
Family: Sapindaceae
Scientific Name: Acer Spicatum
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Opposite
Notes: Valvate Buds. Samara Fruit, Hard Maple
Mountain Pepperbush
Family: Clethraceae
Scientific Name: Clethra acuminafa
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: silver pubescent underside, cinnamon-colored bark,
Mountain-Ash
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Sorbus americana
Composition/Arrangement: Pinnately Compound/Alternate
Notes: Sticky and Purple Terminal Bud, Bright Red Pomme Fruits
Mountain-Laurel
Family: Ericaceae
Scientific Name: Kalmia latifolia
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Coriaceous Leaves
Northern Red Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Scientific Name: Quercus rubra
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Red oak, Hairless Bud/Twig, grey bark silver vertical streaks.
Pin Cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Prunus pensylvanica
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Drupe Fruit, Lanculate Leaves, Sun Species
Red Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Scientific Name: Picea rubens
Composition/Arrangement: Square Needles, Square Cross Section, no petiole-like structure, peg present, intact cones
Notes: loses low branches
Silky Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Scientific Name: Salix sericea
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: shorter, wider leaf, Silvery Pubescense on Underside and Twig
Striped Maple
Family: Sapindaceae
Scientific Name: Acer pensylvancicum
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Opposite
Notes: Hard Maple, Rugous Veins
Witch-Hazel
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Scientific Name: Hammamelis virginiana
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Ballistic Seed Dispersal, Crinate Margins, Bud stalked/naked
Yellow Birch
Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Betula alleghaniensis
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes: Shreddy Papery Bark/ Doubly Serrate
American Basswood
Family: Malvaceae
Scientific Name: Tilia americana var. americana
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Carolina Laurel Cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Prunus caroliniana
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Downy Serviceberry
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Amelanchier arborea
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Florida Maple
Family: Sapindaceae
Scientific Name: Acer barbatum
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Opposite
Notes:
Hazelnut
Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Corylus americana
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Japanese Zelkova
Family: Ulmaceae
Scientific Name: Zelkova Serrata
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Mimosa
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific Name: Albizia julibrissin
Composition/Arrangement: Bipinnately Compound/Alternate
Notes:
Osage-Orange
Family: Moraceae
Scientific Name: Maclura pomifera
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Pin Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Scientific Name: Quercus palustris
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Shining Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Scientific Name: Rhus copallina
Composition/Arrangement: Pinnately Compound/Alternate
Notes:
Tree Sparkleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Scientific Name: Vaccinium arboreum
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Yaupon
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Scientific Name: Ilex vomitoria
Composition/Arrangement: Simple/Alternate
Notes:
Yellow Buckeye
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Scientific Name: Aesculus flava
Composition/Arrangement: Palmately Compound/Alternate
Notes: