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Common Name:
Loblolly Pine, Old Field Pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus taeda 016-01-004 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, maritime forests, sandy rises in bottomland forests, pine flatwoods, roadsides, pine plantations, disturbed areas, especially in acid soil, much more abundant and widespread than formerly, and occurring farther inland than as a native
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine, Jersey Pine, Possum Pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pinus virginiana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus virginiana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus virginiana 016-01-010 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, especially on slopes and ridges, also common in certain areas as a weedy successional tree on nearly any kind of site, such as rocky, sandy, or clayey successional old fields or blowdowns
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Eastern Hemlock, Canada Hemlock, Spruce Pine, Hemlock Spruce
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Tsuga canadensis FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tsuga canadensis FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tsuga canadensis 016-03-001 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats in the mountains, most typically and abundantly in moist sites in ravines or coves along streams, but likely to be found in all but the driest habitats between 300 and 1500 m (even occurring in peaty bogs, where it has a sickly yellow color and short life expectancy); in the western Piedmont of NC limited to progressively rarer microhabitats (primarily north-facing river bluffs), reaching its eastward limit in NC at a disjunct stand at Hemlock Bluff State Natural Area, Wake County (but uncommon in the Piedmont of VA and even present, though rare, in the Coastal Plain of VA)
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Red Cedar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Juniperus virginiana FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juniperus virginiana 018-03-002 FAMILY: Cupressaceae
Habitat: Bluffs, glades, upland forests and woodlands, pastures, old fields, roadsides, and fencerows, primarily upland, occurring most abundantly on (but by no means restricted to) circumneutral soils (including shrink-swell clays) derived from mafic or calcareous rocks
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phyllostachys aurea FAMILY: Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phyllostachys aurea 029-02-001 FAMILY: Poaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, roadsides, pastures, old fields, persisting and spreading from plantings
Common in GA (uncommon in NC Mountains, Carolina Piedmont, & Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in SC Mountains)
Non-native: China & Japan
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Common Name:
Black Willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Salix nigra FAMILY: Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Salix nigra FAMILY: Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Salix nigra 051-01-007 FAMILY: Salicaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, sandbars, bottomland forests, floodplain pools, tidal swamps, impoundments, ditches, other moist areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black Walnut
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Juglans nigra FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juglans nigra FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juglans nigra 053-01-001 FAMILY: Juglandaceae
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests of floodplains and slopes, calcareous hammocks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Butternut, White Walnut
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Juglans cinerea FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juglans cinerea FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juglans cinerea 053-01-002 FAMILY: Juglandaceae
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pecan
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carya illinoinensis FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carya illinoinensis FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carya illinoensis 053-02-002 FAMILY: Juglandaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps, margins of fields, pastures, often along larger rivers; eastwards (out of native range) introduced and persistent around dwellings and in pecan orchards, escaped to suburban woodlands, rural forest edges and floodplains, also commonly cultivated
Commonly cultivated, commonly escaped or persistent
Native: south central US
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Common Name:
Sand Hickory, Pale Hickory
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carya pallida FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carya pallida FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carya pallida 053-02-008 FAMILY: Juglandaceae
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky forests and woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Carya tomentosa FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Carya tomentosa FAMILY: Juglandaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Carya tomentosa 053-02-009 FAMILY: Juglandaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tag Alder, Hazel Alder, Smooth Alder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Alnus serrulata FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Alnus serrulata FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Alnus serrulata 054-01-002 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, bogs, wet thickets
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
River Birch, Red Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula nigra FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula nigra FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula nigra 054-03-005 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, floodplains, sandbars, disturbed uplands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Beech
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fagus grandifolia + FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fagus grandifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fagus grandifolia 055-01-001 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Oak
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Quercus alba FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus alba FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus alba 055-03-001 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Habitat: Mesic to xeric forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Post Oak
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Quercus stellata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus stellata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus stellata 055-03-002 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands, especially in clay or rocky soils and in communities at least formerly exposed to fire
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black Oak
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Quercus velutina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus velutina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus velutina 055-03-020 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands, especially in fairly xeric and sandy soils
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Quercus falcata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus falcata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus falcata var. falcata 055-03-022a FAMILY: Fagaceae
Habitat: Upland forests, usually xeric or submesic, but occasionally in mesic situations
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water Oak, Paddle Oak
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Quercus nigra FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus nigra FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus nigra 055-03-025 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on levees or second terraces where flooded infrequently and for short periods, less commonly on mesic slopes, but also now widely distributed and common as a "weed tree" in upland situations
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Elm, White Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus americana var. americana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ulmus americana FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus americana 056-01-002 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bottomland forests, moist slopes, especially on relatively or strongly nutrient-rich substrates
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Elm
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ulmus alata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ulmus alata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ulmus alata 056-01-003 FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, dry and mesic forests and woodlands, bottomlands, old fields, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small's Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis smallii FAMILY: Cannabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Celtis laevigata FAMILY: Ulmaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis laevigata 056-03-001? FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Glades, woodlands, forests
Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Georgia Hackberry, Dwarf Hackberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celtis pumila FAMILY: Cannabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celtis pumila FAMILY: Ulmaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celtis occidentalis var. georgiana 056-03-002b FAMILY: Ulmaceae
Habitat: Xeric to mesic glades, outcrops, barrens, woodlands, exposed bluffs, stream banks, and disturbed areas, often over calcareous substrate
Common to uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Paper Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Broussonetia papyrifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Broussonetia papyrifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Broussonetia papyrifera 057-01-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Habitat: Urban lots, disturbed areas, roadsides
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Morus alba FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Morus alba FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Morus alba 057-02-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, vacant lots, roadsides, moist forests
Uncommon (rare in Mountains of GA & NC)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Red Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Morus rubra FAMILY: Moraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Morus rubra var. rubra FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Morus rubra 057-02-002 FAMILY: Moraceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, mesic slopes, disturbed areas, suburban woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tulip-tree, Yellow Poplar, Whitewood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liriodendron tulipifera FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liriodendron tulipifera 080-01-001 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, cove forests in the Mountains to at least 1500m in elevation, bottomland forests and swamps
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Magnolia, Bull Bay
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Magnolia grandiflora FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Magnolia grandiflora FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Magnolia grandiflora 080-02-002 FAMILY: Magnoliaceae
Habitat: Maritime forests, mesic Coastal Plain bluffs and flats, bottomlands, now also widely naturalized, spreading from cultivation into wet to mesic (and even dry) forests
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Piedmont
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Common Name:
Sassafras
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sassafras albidum FAMILY: Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sassafras albidum FAMILY: Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sassafras albidum 084-02-001 FAMILY: Lauraceae
Habitat: A wide variety of forests, old fields, disturbed areas, fencerows
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweetgum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Liquidambar styraciflua FAMILY: Altingiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liquidambar styraciflua FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liquidambar styraciflua 095-01-001 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, floodplains, moist forests, depressional wetlands, pond and lake margins, old fields, disturbed areas, nearly ubiquitous in the modern southeastern United States landscape
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Witch-hazel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hamamelis virginiana FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hamamelis virginiana 095-02-001 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Moist to dryish forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Sycamore, Planetree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis FAMILY: Platanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Platanus occidentalis FAMILY: Platanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Platanus occidentalis 096-01-001 FAMILY: Platanaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks and alluvial forests, streambanks, sometimes weedy on rocky roadcuts
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bradford Pear, Callery Pear
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pyrus calleryana FAMILY: Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pyrus calleryana FAMILY: Rosaceae
Habitat: Commonly planted and persistent, now an aggressive naturalizer in fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas across most of our region
Common in Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Taiwanese Redtip
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Photinia serratifolia FAMILY: Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Photinia serratifolia FAMILY: Rosaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands; uncommonly cultivated and rarely naturalizing
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Downy Serviceberry, Sarvisberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Amelanchier arborea FAMILY: Rosaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Amelanchier arborea var. arborea FAMILY: Rosaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amelanchier arborea var. arborea 097-21-001a & 001c FAMILY: Rosaceae
Habitat: Dry to moist forests, seepage and depression wetlands
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Peach
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prunus persica FAMILY: Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prunus persica FAMILY: Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prunus persica 097-22-001 FAMILY: Rosaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, trash-heaps, old fields, fencerows, disturbed thickets; commonly cultivated and commonly escaped or persistent
Commonly cultivated, commonly escaped or persistent
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Black Cherry, Eastern Wild Black Cherry, Bird Cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Prunus serotina var. serotina FAMILY: Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prunus serotina var. serotina FAMILY: Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prunus serotina var. serotina 097-22-011a FAMILY: Rosaceae
Habitat: Rich coves, bottomlands, northern hardwood forests, and in a wide variety of lower elevation habitats from dry to mesic, and weedy in fencerows
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Albizia julibrissin FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Albizia julibrissin FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Albizia julibrissin 098-01-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlots, escaped and persistent in forests and woodlands
Common
Non-native: warm-temperate and subtropical Asia
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Common Name:
Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cercis canadensis var. canadensis FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cercis canadensis var. canadensis FAMILY: Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cercis canadensis 098-04-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Honey Locust
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gleditsia triacanthos FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gleditsia triacanthos FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gleditsia triacanthos 098-06-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, forests (generally bottomland), fencerows, often planted as a street tree
Common in Carolina Piedmont & SC Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to parts of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Kentucky Yellowwood, Gopherwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cladrastis kentukea FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cladrastis kentukea FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cladrastis lutea 098-08-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Mountain forests, Piedmont bluffs, especially on calcareous or mafic rocks (introduced only in the Piedmont of NC)
Rare or waif(s)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black Locust
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Robinia pseudoacacia FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Robinia pseudoacacia FAMILY: Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Robinia pseudo-acacia 098-32-001 FAMILY: Fabaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, disturbed areas, roadcuts
Common
Native to the Mountains of the Carolinas & Georgia, and to the GA Piedmont
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Common Name:
Ailanthus, Tree-of-heaven, Stink-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ailanthus altissima FAMILY: Simaroubaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ailanthus altissima FAMILY: Simaroubaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ailanthus altissima 104-01-001 FAMILY: Simaroubaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, forests, disturbed areas, including cities, especially in moist, fertile soils
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: east Asia
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Chinaberry, Pride-of-India
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Melia azedarach FAMILY: Meliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Melia azedarach FAMILY: Meliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Melia azedarach 105-01-001 FAMILY: Meliaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, abandoned rural yards and fields; commonly cultivated in our area (mainly in the Coastal Plain) and commonly escaped
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in NC Mountains)
Non-native: southeast Asia
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Common Name:
Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Dwarf Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhus copallinum + FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus copallinum + FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus copallina 110-01-007 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, and also (depending on variety) in sandhills or rocky glades or maritime thickets
Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on variety & region
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Sumac, Common Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhus glabra FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus glabra FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus glabra 110-01-008 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, clearings, roadsides, woodlands
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Holly, Christmas Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex opaca FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex opaca var. opaca FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex opaca 112-01-001 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of forests, ranging from xeric to wetland
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chinese Holly, Burford Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Escaped into forests in (primarily) suburban and urban areas, but certain to become more ubiquitous and increasingly in natural areas
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Eastern Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple, River Maple
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Acer negundo var. negundo FAMILY: Sapindaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Acer negundo var. negundo FAMILY: Aceraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Acer negundo 115-01-001 FAMILY: Aceraceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, swamps, bottomlands, also upslope on calcareous substrates
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Red Maple
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Acer rubrum var. rubrum FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Acer rubrum var. rubrum FAMILY: Aceraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Acer rubrum 115-01-004 FAMILY: Aceraceae
Habitat: Upland deciduous forests, up to at least 1500m elevation, moist bottomlands and slopes
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Silver Maple, Soft Maple
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Acer saccharinum FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Acer saccharinum FAMILY: Aceraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Acer saccharinum 115-01-005 FAMILY: Aceraceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, riverbanks, and disturbed areas
Uncommon (south of NC, more often an escape from cultivation than a native)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sugar Maple, Hard Maple, Sugar-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Acer saccharum var. saccharum FAMILY: Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Acer saccharum var. saccharum FAMILY: Aceraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum 115-01-006a FAMILY: Aceraceae
Habitat: Cove forests, other rich forests, especially over mafic and calcareous rocks, on calcareous soils common and typical in dry-mesic forests and dry woodlands as well, less typically extending to high elevation northern hardwood forests where sometimes in acidic situations (as in Highlands County, VA), in parts of the Piedmont perhaps more common as an introduction by ornamental planting than as a native, at least south of VA
Common (rare in Piedmont south of VA, where perhaps only introduced)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Devil's Walkingstick, Hercules-club, Prickly Aralia, Prickly-ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aralia spinosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia spinosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aralia spinosa 139-03-001 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Habitat: Disturbed pocosins and bottomlands, disturbed areas, moist to dry forests and woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sour Gum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa sylvatica FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa sylvatica FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica 141-01-001a FAMILY: Nyssaceae
Habitat: Dry or mesic upland forests, less commonly in bottomlands, pine savannas, or upland depressions, where occasionally inundated briefly
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flowering Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Benthamidia florida FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus florida FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus florida 142-01-001 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests and woodlands, especially over acidic substrates
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Swamp Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida foemina FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus foemina FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus stricta 142-01-005 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Swamps, streambanks, marshes, alluvial forests
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sourwood, Sorrel-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oxydendrum arboreum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oxydendrum arboreum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oxydendrum arboreum 145-13-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mesic to xeric deciduous forests, especially dry-mesic to xeric oak-hickory and oak-pine forests, and also often in sandhill/pocosin ecotones
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Persimmon, Possumwood, Simmon
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Diospyros virginiana FAMILY: Ebenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Diospyros virginiana FAMILY: Ebenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Diospyros virginiana 150-01-001 FAMILY: Ebenaceae
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, prairies, disturbed places, floodplain and mesic forests, fencerows, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Silverbell
Weakley's Flora: (4/7/08) Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera FAMILY: Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera FAMILY: Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Halesia carolina 152-01-001 FAMILY: Styracaceae
Look for it on moist slopes, in coves, creekbanks, bottomlands
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Ash, American Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus americana FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus americana FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus americana var. americana 153-01-002a FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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