Observations by angelmachine

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Robinia pseudoacacia
Location - Along Greenway beside Lytle creek near NW Broad St
Description - Dark reddish brown bark is deeply fissured, two spines at the base of leaf, many oval leaflets, legume fruit.
Associated Species - Acer negundo, Catalpa bignonoides,
Date - 15 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 46

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Smilax bona-nox
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades along right side of main trail
Description - Woody vine covered in prickles, dark green evergreen leaves with white blotches, distinctively lobed leaves a heart shape with narrow tip
Associated Species - Carya ovata, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 45

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Quercus muehlenbergii
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades natural area on right side of trail beside open field
Description - Simple leaves with shallowly lobed or coarsely toothed margin tapering to base, shiny green surface, small acorn enclosed halfway in thin cup
Associated Species - Carya ovata, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 43

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Quercus alba
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades natural area on right side of trail beside open field
Description - Simple shallowly lobed leaves, acorns around 1 in in shallow cups, shallowly fissured gray bark
Associated Species - Carya ovata, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 42

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Carya ovata
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades natural area on right side of trail beside open field
Description - Alternate, pinnately compound leaves with 5 leaflets, shaggy gray bark, nut with thick husk split into 4 sections
Associated Species - Carya tomentosa, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 41

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Carya tomentosa
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades natural area on right side of trail beside open field
Description - Alternate, pinnately compound leaves with 7 leaflets, pubescent twigs and yellow hairy buds, nut with four ribs and yellowish hairs
Associated Species - Carya ovata, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 40

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Salix nigra
Location - Greenway, near bridge of NW Broad St, beside Lytle Creek, behind restaurant
Description - deciduous tree with long thin branches, dark brown fissured bark, long narrow light green leaves with serrated margin, beside water
Associated Species - Acer negundo, Cornus florida, Gleditsia triacanthos, Catalpa bignonioides
Date - 15 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 39

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Rhus glabra
Location - Along fenceline of undeveloped lot on N Tennessee across from mobile home park
Description - Alternate compound leaves with many long glabrous serrated leaflets, reddish stems, milky sap, and a cluster of hairy berries
Associated Species - Campsis radicans, Juniperus virginiana, Platanus occidentalis
Date - 9 Sep 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 38

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Cercis canadensis
Location - Old Fort Park off Overall st, near Lytle Creek trail
Description - simple opposite dark green deciduous heart-shaped leaves with entire margin, dark smooth bark with lighter lenticels, many dark brown legumes
Associated Species - Rhus typhina, Rhus glabra, Toxicodendron radicans, Platanus occidentalis,
Date - 9 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 29

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Ulmus alata
Location - Growing out of a large pile of rubble in an empty previously developed lot behind Family Video at the corner of N Tennessee Blvd and E Northfield Blvd
Description - Small tree with small thing toothed oblong leaves, corky wings on branches
Associated Species - Rhus glabra, Platanus occidentalis
Date - 9 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 36

State - Tennessee
County - Bradley
Identification - Carya glabra
Location - Mature forested area on Cleveland State Community College campus
Description - pear-shaped nut with "snout", gray bark not shaggy, pinnately compound leaves with five leaflets, terminal leaflets longer than lower pair
Associated species - Quercus falcata, Pinus strobus, Pinus virginiana, Acer saccharum
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collector number - 35

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Toxicodendron radicans
Location - Barfield Crescent Park, on trail behind nature center
Description - Climbing vine with rhizomes, compound leaves with three leaflets, coarsely toothed, shiny dark green on top and lighter on bottom, glabrous, milky sap, grayish-white clusters of berry-like drupes
Associated species - Sassafras albidum, Diospyros virginiana, Quercus alba, Carya ovata
Date - 9 Sep 2014
Collector name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 34

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Campsis radicans
Location - Along fence beside N Tennessee Blvd beside private lot, across from mobile home park
Description - deciduous woody vine with bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers on terminal chyme, dark green opposite ovate pinnate leaves
Associated Species - Toxicodendron radicans, Platanus occidentalis, Rhus glabra
Date of Collection - 9 Sep 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 33

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Prunus serotina
Location - Old Fort Park behind Old Fort, near Lytle Creek, off Old Fort St
Description - Young tree with smooth, reddish-brown and gray horizontal lenticels, strong aromatic almond odor from cut branches, leaves elliptical to lanceolate, upper surface shiny and glabrous, finely-toothed margin
Associated Species - Juniperus virginiana, Acer negundo, Gleditsia triacanthos, Toxicodendron radicans
Date of Collection - 17 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 32

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Sassafras albidum
Location - Old Fort Park in wooded area between tennis courts and the Old Fort, off Old Fort St
Description - green, yellow, orange leaves, simple, variable shape (ovate, "mitten", and trilobed), fragrant when crushed, bright yellow-green or blue-green twigs
Associated Species - Diospyros virginiana, Juniperus virginiana, Toxicodendron radicans
Date of Collection - 20 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 31

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Bignonia capreolata
Location - Old Fort Park between tennis courts and the Old Fort, next to Old Fort St
Description - vine with tendrils climbing a tree trunk, long dark green compound leaves with two lanceolate leaflets

Associated Species - Sassafras albidum, Diospyros virginiana, Juniperus virginiana, Toxicodendron radicans, Carya ovata
Date of Collection - 20 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 30

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Liquidambar styraciflua
Location - Old Fort Park beside tennis courts on Old Fort St
Description - Dark green simple alternate leaves, palmately lobed in star shape with toothed margin, gray furrowed bark, fruit a spiny ball of capsules,
Associated Species - Quercus falcata, Sassafras albidum, Diospyros virginiana, Platanus occidentalus
Date of Collection - 20 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 28

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Rhus typhina
Location - Old Fort Park beside the parking area off Overall St near Lytle Creek
Description - Tall shrub with pinnately compound leaves, leaflet margins serrate, rachis pubescent, velvety hairy twigs, clusters of dark red drupes
Associated Species - Acer negundo, Toxicodendron radicans, Catalpa bignonioides, Platanus occidentalis
Date of Collection - 20 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 27

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Quercus stellata
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glade Natural Area, on right side of main trail
Description - dark green leathery leaves with lobes in cruciform shape, tomentose on underside, gray deeply fissured bark
Associated Species - Rhus copallina, Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Toxicodendron radicans
Date of Collection - 17 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 26

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Quercus marilandica
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glade Natural Area, on right side of main trail
Description - Broad glossy leaves with bell shape and three shallow lobes, pubescent underside, small acorn
Associated Species - Rhus copallina, Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Toxicodendron radicans
Date of Collection - 17 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 25

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Rhus copallina
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades Natural Area in the center of the main cleared field.
Description - bright red compound leaves with winged leaf axis, dull red pubescent fruit clusters, milky sap, in a thicket with other plants of the same species.
Associated species - Sassafras albidum, Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date of Collection - 17 Oct 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection Number - 24

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Rhus aromatica
Location - along trail within Flat Rock Cedar Glades
Description - compound trifoliate leaves rounded teeth, citrus odor when crushed, reddish stems
Associated species - Carya tomentosa, Quercus marilandica, Rhus copallina, Juniperus virginiana
Date - 17 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 23

State - Tennessee
County - Bradley
Identification - Pinus virginiana
Location - Forested area behind Cleveland State Community College
Description - 2 short twisted dark green needles per fascicle, short ovoid cone, orange-brown bark in scaly plates
Associated species - Carya glabra, Pinus taedia, Carya tomentosa, Liriodendron tulipifera
Date - 19 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 22

State - Tennessee
County - Bradley
Identification - Pinus taeda
Location - Forested area behind Cleveland State Community College
Description - Long needles in fascicles of 3, long cone covered in sharp spines, gray-brown bark
Associated species - Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Pinus virginiana, Liriodendron tulipifera
Date - 19 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 21

State - Tennessee
County - Bradley
Identification - Quercus falcata
Location - Forested area beside Cleveland State Community College
Description - Dark shiny green simple leaves with three sharply pointed bristle-tipped lobes, reddish hairs along leaf veins beneath, small acorn, brown-gray bark
Associated species - Carya glabra, Pinus taedia, Pinus virginiana, Liriodendron tulipifera
Date - 19 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 20

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Juglans nigra
Location - Undeveloped lot beside Stones River off of Greenway, near W College St
Description - Long pinnately compound leaves with 15 or more leaflets, round nuts with fleshy green-brown husk and strong odor, dark deeply furrowed bark
Associated species - Toxicodendron radicans, Acer negundo, Morus rubra, Catalpa bignonioides
Date - 15 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 19

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Pinus strobus
Location - Undeveloped lot at corner of E Northfield Blvd and N Tennessee Blvd beside apartments
Description - long blue-green needles in fascicles of 5 with white stripe, long slender cone covered in white pine sap
Associated species - Toxicodendron radicans, Cornus drummondii, Berchemia scandens, Smilax bona-nox
Date - 7 October 2014
Collector - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 18