Tennessee Hardwood Trees

Black cherry genus prunus.

Tennessee hardwood trees. Black walnut butternut genus juglans. Basswood genus tilia. Hickory genus carya. Much of middle tennessee was covered with a great virgin hardwood forest when it was first settled.

Check the following guides to find the trees most likely to be encountered on any given site in tennessee. Birch genus betula. If you would like to know the common name scientific name or characteristics of a tree at the arboretum but you only know the shape of the leaf perhaps this guide will. Oaks maples dogwood yellow poplar and oth ers are common.

Cottonwood genus populus. The value to landowners of these pine plantings 11 000 acres when mature is conservatively estimated to be over 22 million in current dollars. Common north american hardwood list. Welcome to the university of tennessee arboretum tree identification guide.

Red oak southern red oak southern red oak is one of tennessee s most common trees. Many more exist that are seldom used. The blend of the soil s minerals and nutrients the amount of rainfall and the stable rotation of seasons assist in gradual growth and contribute to a superior quality of lumber. The bark is very rough but thin less than thick.

Trees likely to be found growing on well drained land ash beech black cherry black oak black walnut blackgum. Some river and creek bottoms were choked with canebrakes. Most important being streamside buffers and wildlife habitat. Oaks maples birches and fruit trees are examples of hardwood trees.

Ash genus fraxinus. It usually has a round well pruned trunk with a slight swell at the base and good form up to strong well spaced limbs at the top. Trees that require close examination s. Softwood trees are conifers evergreens have needles or scale like foliage and are not deciduous.

Hackberry genus celtis. Most of the hardwood plantings 3 400 acres will be tailored to provide environmental benefits. Beech genus fagus. Many native trees are already used in tennessee home landscapes.

Examples of softwoods include pines spruces firs and hemlocks. A to z list by scientific name pine pincaceae pine pinus spruce picea larches tamaracks larix hemlocks tsuga douglas firs and true firs pseudotsuga and abies. Elm genus ulmus. Tree families in tennessee are.

Softwoods are gymnosperms meaning they do not have flowers and use cones for seed reproduction. While some areas contained natural barrens or grass lands the land that was forested showed an amazing variety of trees and bushes.