-Acer negundo

-Aceraceae

-Boxelder

-Samara

-Pallet lumber

-Arundinaria gigantea

-Poaceae

-River Cane

-Caryopsis

-"very large"

-Only native bamboo genus

-Arrow shafts, blow guns, baskets, musical instruments

-Cattle forage, escape cover for wildlife

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-Asimina triloba

-Annonaceae

-Pawpaw

-Greenish yellow berry

-"three-lobed"

-Skin of fruit sometimes causes rash

-Turkeys, small mammals, humans eat fruit

-Carya cordiformis

-Juglandaceae

-Bitternut Hickory

-Nut

-"heart shaped"

-Apocarya family (pecan)

-Wood ducks, turkey, squirrels, chipmunks eat fruit

-Tools handles, firewood

-Carya ovata

-Juglandaceae

-Shagbark Hickory

-Nut

-"egg-shaped"

-Eucarya Family (true hickory)

-Turkey, small mammals, humans eat fruit

-Crataegus sp.

-Rosaceae

-Hawthorn

-Yellow/orange/red pome

-Grouse, songbirds, bear, raccoon eat fruit

-Fagus grandifolia

-Fagaceae

-American Beech

-Nut

-"large-leaved"

-Raw nuts toxic to humans

-Waterfowl, small mammals and birds eat fruit

-Porcupine eats inner bark

-Bowls, spoons, cutting boards, brewing beer

-Beech bark disease in north

-Ilex decidua

-Aquifoliaceae

-Winterberry

-Orange-red drupe

-"deciduous"

-Dioecious

-Fruit irrating to human stomach

-Turkey, songbirds, raccoon eat fruit

-White-tail browse foliage

-Lindera benzoin

-Lauraceae

-Spicebush

-Red Drupe

-Dioecious

-Songbirds eat fruit

-Quercus lyrata

-Fagaceae

-Overcup Oak

-Nut

-"lyre-shaped"

-Low commercial value, ring shake

-Acorns germinate in spring

-Quercus michauxii

-Fagaceae

-Swamp Chestnut Oak

-Nut

-"named for F.A. Michaux, French botanist"

-Waterfowl, small mammals, small birds, bears, white-tail

   eat acorn

-Wetland restoration tree

-White-tail browse foliage

-Quercus pagoda

-Fagaceae

-Cherrybark Oak

-Nut

-"like pagoda"

-Highest quality red oak lumber

-Variety named pagodaefolia

-Quercus shumardii

-Fagaceae

-Shumard Oak

-Nut

-"named for B.F. Shumard, Texas state geologist"

-Landscaping

-Uses similar to red oaks

-Salix nigra

-Salicaceae

-Black Willow

-Capsule

-"black"

-Willow family

-Used for making charcoal in black powder

-Vibernum prunifolium

-Adoxiaceae

-Blackhaw

-Black drupe

-"leaves like Prunus"

-Songbirds, squirrel, chipmunk eat fruit

-White-tail browse foliage

-Ulmus americana

-Ulmaceae

-American Elm

-Samara

-"of America"

-Elm Family

-Fruit matures in spring

-Used in steam-bent furniture parts and wheel hubs

-Reduced by Dutch Elm Disease

-Sequoia semperveirens

-Cuprassaceae

-Redwood

-Peltate cone shape

-"evergreen"

-Decay resistant wood

-Used in siding, outdoor furniture, hot tubs

-Tallest known tree