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Native Trees of Maryland

Initially created to help students catalog the trees located in or near Piscataway National Forest, Fort Washington, Oxon Hill Park, and Mallows Bay.

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Smooth Alder 1
Alnus serrulata
white ash 2
Fraxinus americana
river birch 3
Betula nigra
American beech 4
Fagus grandifolia
green ash 5
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Pumpkin Ash 6
Fraxinus profunda
Black Gum 7
Eucalyptus ovata
butternut 8
Juglans cinerea
Black Cherry 9
Prunus serotina
American Chestnut 10
Castanea dentata
Alleghany Chinkapin 11
Castanea pumila
American elm 12
Ulmus americana
white fringetree 13
Chionanthus virginicus
Slippery Elm 14
Ulmus rubra
flowering dogwood 15
Cornus florida
northern hackberry 16
Celtis occidentalis
cock-spur hawthorn 17
Crataegus crus-galli
Bitternut Hickory 18
Carya cordiformis
sand hickory 19
Carya pallida
pignut hickory 20
Carya glabra
shagbark hickory 21
Carya ovata
Mockernut Hickory 22
Carya tomentosa
American holly
Ilex opaca
American hornbeam 23
Carpinus caroliniana
honey locust 24
Gleditsia triacanthos
Sweetbay magnolia 25
Magnolia virginiana
black sugar maple 8
Acer nigrum
red maple 26
Acer rubrum
silver maple 27
Acer saccharinum
Black Oak 28
Quercus velutina
blackjack oak 25
Quercus marilandica
sugar maple 3
Acer saccharum
Red Mulberry 8
Morus rubra
northern red oak 29
Quercus rubra
overcup oak 30
Quercus lyrata
chestnut oak 25
Quercus montana
pin oak 31
Quercus palustris
Scarlet Oak 32
Quercus coccinea
post oak 25
Quercus stellata
Southern Red Oak 3
Quercus falcata
swamp chestnut oak 33
Quercus michauxii
white oak 16
Quercus alba
Pawpaws 34
Asimina
willow oak 3
Quercus phellos
American persimmon 35
Diospyros virginiana
Eastern Redbud 36
Cercis canadensis
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Common serviceberry 25
Amelanchier arborea
Canadian serviceberry 25
Amelanchier canadensis
Smooth Sumac 20
Rhus glabra
sourwood 37
Oxydendrum arboreum
staghorn sumac 38
Rhus typhina
winged sumac 39
Rhus copallina
sweetgums 27
Liquidambar
witchhazel 40
Hamamelis virginiana
Black Walnut 32
Juglans nigra
tulip tree 41
Liriodendron tulipifera
American sycamore 42
Platanus occidentalis
black willow 8
Salix nigra

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