Month: October 2020

BLACK TUPELO

4660 Princeton Rd. Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) Nyssa sylvatica, the black tupelo, tupelo, black gum or sour gum, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the coastal Northeastern United States and souther Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as Mexico. The common name, tupelo, is of Native…

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BLACK OAK

450 Avon Rd. Black Oak (Quercus velutina) Quercus velutina, the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group, native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is found in all the coastal states from Maine to Texas, inland as far as Michigan, Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and eastern…

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BLACK CHERRY

4724 Barfield Rd. Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, run cherry or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub. The species is widespread and common in North America and South America. Black cherry is closely related to the chokeberry (Prunus virginia); chokeberry, however, tends to be…

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AMERICAN ELM

4727 Princeton Rd. American Elm (Ulmus americana) Ulmus americana, known as American elm or, less commonly, as white elm or water elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America, naturally occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas. The American elm is an extremely…

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AMERICAN SWEETGUM

431 E. Erwin Dr. American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) American sweetgum (Lagerstroemia indica), is also known as American storax, hazel pine, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum. It is a deciduous tree native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America. Sweet gum is one…

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