Trees, Shrubs and Vines Found at ThunderCroft
Trees
Acer saccharinum, "Silver Maple"
Aesculus flava, "Yellow Buckeye"
Ailanthus altissima, "Tree of Heaven" (invasive species, indigenous to Asia)
Betula alleghaniensis, "Yellow Birch"
Betula cordifolia, "Mountain Paper Birch"
Castanea dentata, "American Chestnut"
Carya cordiformis, "Bitternut Hickory"
Carya glabra, "Pignut Hickory"
Carya ovata, "Shagbark Hickory"
Carya tomentosa, "Mockernut Hickory"
Cornus florida, "Flowering Dogwood"
Carpinus caroliniana, "Ironwood" or "American Hornbeam"
Fraxinus americana, "White Ash"
Juniperus virginiana, "Eastern Red Cedar"
Liquidambar styraciflua, "Sweet Gum"
Liriodendron tulipifera, "Yellow Popular"
Magnolia acuminata, "Cucumber Tree"
Nyssa sylvatica, "Black Tupelo"
Oxydendrum arboreum, "Sourwood"
Pinus virginiana, "Virginia Pine"
Pinus echinata, "Short Leafed Pine"
Pinus pungens, "Table Mountain Pine"
Platanus occidentalis, "Sycamore"
Populus deltoides,"Eastern Cottonwood"
Prunus padus, "Hackleberry Tree"
Quercus prinus, "Chestnut Oak"
Quercus velutina, "Eastern Black Oak"
Quercus coccinea, "Scarlet Oak"
Quercus ilicifolia, "Bear Oak"
Quercus muehlenbergii, "Chinkapin Oak"
Quercus shumardii, "Shumard Oak"
Sassafras albidum, "Sassafrass"
Tsuga caroliniana, "Carolina Hemlock"
Ulmus americana, "American Elm"
Shrubs
Amelanchier spp., "Serviceberry"
Aronia X prunifolia, "Black Chokeberry"
Buckleya distichophylla, "Pirate Bush"
Callicarpa americana, "Beautyberry"
Cephalanthus occidentalis, "Buttonbush"
Elaegnus umbellata, "Autumn Olive" (invasive species, indigenous to Asia)
Gaylussacia baccata, "Black Huckleberry"
Gleditsia triacanthus, "Honeylocust"
Kalmia latifolia, "Mountain Laurel"
Ilex collina, "Appalachain Holly"
Ilex montana, "Mountain Holly"
Lindera benzoin, "Spicebush"
Rhododendron maximum, "Great Rhododendron"
Rhododendron catawbiense, "Catawba Rhododendron"
Rhododendron calendulaceum, "Flame Azalea"
Rubus phoenicolasius, "Wineberry"
Rhamnus cathartica, "Buckthorn Bush"
Rhus sp. "Suman"
Sambucus, "Elderberry"
Vaccinium erythrocarpum, "Bearberry" or "Mountain Blueberry"
Vibernum lantanoides, "Hobblebush"
Vines