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-Acer rubrum
-Aceraceae
-Red Maple
-Samara
-"red"
-Fruit matures in spring; eaten by songbirds, porcupines, fox
-White-tail browse foliage |
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-Aesculus syltvatica
-Hippocastaneceae
-Painted Buckeye
-Capsule
-"of the forest"
-Used for wood carving
-Pollinated by hummingbirds, poisonous to humans
-Seed used for eyes in taxidermy, eaten by squirrels |
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-Aralia spinosa
-Araliaceae
-Devil's Walking Stick
-Purple drupe
-"spiny"
-Fruit posionous to humans
-Leaves formerly boiled and eaten |
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-Asimina parviflora
-Annonaceae
-Dwarf Pawpaw
-Berry
-"small flowered"
-Turkey, oppusum, squirrel, raccoon eat fruit |
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-Diospyros virginiana
-Ebenaceae
-Persimmon
-Berry
-"of Virginia"
-Dioecious
-Opposum, raccoon, red fox, white-tail eat fruit
-Golf club heads |
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-Lespedeza bicolor
-Fabaceae
-Bush Clover
-Legume
-"two colored"
-Quail food
-White-tail browse foliage
-Native to Japan; invasive |
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-Oxydendrum arboreum
-Ericaceae
-Sourwood
-Capsule
-"tree-like"
-BEE TREE
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-Pinus rigida
-Pinaceae
-Pitch Pine
-Flat cone
-"stiff"
-Only produces seeds
-Formerly used in New England for tar |
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-Pinus taeda
-Pinaceae
-Loblolly Pine
-Flat cone
-"torch wood"
-Pulp, lumber, plywood
-Sold as southern pine
-Seeds eaten by songbirds, squirrels, game birds, chipmunks |
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-Pinus virginiana
-Pinaceae
-Virginia Pine
-Flat cone
-"of Virginia"
-Not preferred, but used for lumber and pulp
-Christmas trees |
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-Prunus serotina
-Rosaceae
-Black Cherry
-Purple drupe
-"late"
-Used in cabinets, furniture
-Eaten by grouse, songbirds, black bear
-Wilted posionous to livestock |
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-Quercus alba
-Fagaceae
-White Oak
-Nut
-"white"
-Acorn eaten by woodduck, grouse, quail, turkey, woodpecker, black bear, raccoon, squirrel, chipmunk, white-tail
-used for flooring, furniture, cabinets, barrels(liquids) |
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-Quercus falcata
-Fagaceae
-Southern Red Oak
-Nut
-"sickle-shaped"
-Fence posts, barrels (solids)
-Acorns less valuable to wildlife |
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-Quercus stellata
-Fagaceae
-Post Oak
-Nut
-"starred"
-Fence posts
-White-tail brows, acorn eaten by small birds/mammals |
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-Rhus copallina
-Anacardiaceae
-Winged Sumac
-Red drupe
-Dioecious
-Fruit eaten by grouse, turkey, robins, rabbits, in winter
-White-tail browse foliage |
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-Toxicodendron radicans
-Anacardiaceae
-Poison-Ivy
-Green/white drupe
-"rooting"
-Fruit eaten by songbirds in winter
-Skin rashes from leaves |
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-Viburnum rufidulum
-Adoxiaceae
-Rusty Blackhaw
-Blue drupe
-"reddish"
-Fruit eaten by songbirds in winter
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-Pinus contorta
-Pinaceae
-Lodgepole Pine
-flate cone
-"twisted"
-Lumber sold as yellow pine |
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