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Trees and Shrubs of South Mountain Reservation

This guide describes the trees and shrubs observed in South Mountain Reservation, Essex County, NJ.

American beech 1
Fagus grandifolia
american witch-hazel 2
Hamamelis virginiana
American Sweetgum 3
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tulip Tree 4
Liriodendron tulipifera
sassafras 5
Sassafras albidum
black cherry 6
Prunus serotina
Black Locust 7
Robinia pseudoacacia
Honey Locust 8
Gleditsia triacanthos
American elm 9
Ulmus americana
slippery elm 10
Ulmus rubra
mountain laurel 11
Kalmia latifolia
great rhododendron 12
Rhododendron maximum
red maple 13
Acer rubrum
sugar maple 14
Acer saccharum
Norway maple 1
Acer platanoides
silver maple 15
Acer saccharinum
boxelder 16
Acer negundo
Japanese maple 17
Acer palmatum
Amur Maple 18
Acer ginnala
northern red oak 19
Quercus rubra
pin oak 20
Quercus palustris
scarlet oak 21
Quercus coccinea
white oak 22
Quercus alba
chestnut oak 23
Quercus montana
post oak 24
Quercus stellata
willow oak 25
Quercus phellos
Sweet Birch 26
Betula lenta
river birch 27
Betula nigra
yellow birch 28
Betula alleghaniensis
gray birch 29
Betula populifolia
Sweet Pepperbush 30
Clethra alnifolia
Christmas berry 31
Photinia villosa
black chokeberry 32
Aronia melanocarpa
Black Tupelo 33
Nyssa sylvatica
apple 34
Malus domestica
apple 35
Malus pumila
American hog-peanut 36
Amphicarpaea bracteata
black huckleberry 37
Gaylussacia baccata
Northern highbush blueberry 38
Vaccinium corymbosum
Blue Ridge blueberry 39
Vaccinium pallidum
deerberry 40
Vaccinium stamineum
Kentucky coffeetree 41
Gymnocladus dioicus
alder buckthorn 42
Frangula alnus
jetbead 43
Rhodotypos scandens
autumn olive 44
Elaeagnus umbellata
Osage-orange 45
Maclura pomifera
shagbark hickory 46
Carya ovata
pignut hickory 47
Carya glabra
mockernut 48
Carya tomentosa
green ash 49
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
white ash 50
Fraxinus americana
silky dogwood 51
Cornus amomum
flowering dogwood 52
Cornus florida
eastern redcedar 53
Juniperus virginiana
Atlantic white cedar 54
Chamaecyparis thyoides
eastern hemlock 55
Tsuga canadensis
eastern white pine 56
Pinus strobus
red pine 57
Pinus resinosa
Norway spruce 58
Picea abies
fetterbush 59
Eubotrys racemosa
winged euonymus 60
Euonymus alatus
fortune's spindle 61
Euonymus fortunei
fragrant sumac 62
Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac 63
Rhus glabra
Amur Corktree 64
Phellodendron amurense
tree-of-heaven 65
Ailanthus altissima
floating primrose-willow 66
Ludwigia peploides
grey alder 67
Alnus incana
American hornbeam 68
Carpinus caroliniana
American hophornbeam 69
Ostrya virginiana
eastern black walnut 23
Juglans nigra
northern catalpa 70
Catalpa speciosa
Amur honeysuckle 71
Lonicera maackii
mapleleaf viburnum 72
Viburnum acerifolium
southern arrowwood 73
Viburnum dentatum
linden viburnum 74
Viburnum dilatatum
Siebold's Viburnum 75
Viburnum sieboldii
Blackhaw 76
Viburnum prunifolium
tea viburnum 77
Viburnum setigerum
basswood 68
Tilia americana
bigtooth aspen 78
Populus grandidentata
American sycamore 79
Platanus occidentalis
gallberry 80
Ilex glabra
American holly 81
Ilex opaca
Japanese holly 26
Ilex crenata
winterberry holly 82
Ilex verticillata
American bladdernut 83
Staphylea trifolia
Chinese witch-hazel 84
Hamamelis mollis
Japanese angelica tree 85
Aralia elata

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