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Pollen cones ellipsoid-cylindric, 10-20mm, red-brown or yellow, per Flora of North America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tsuga canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sabina virginiana
Pollen cones about 1/8" long, terminal, numerous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys aurea
Catkins appear in early spring as leaves emerge, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Staminate flowers in catkins 3-5" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hicoria pecan
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hicoria pallida
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Carya tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hicoria alba
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Male catkins longer than female catkins, pendent, each one stalked, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
Staminate catkins elongate and drooping, pistillate cylindrical and upright, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Staminate flowers in spherical drooping heads on slender peduncles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Male flowers in hanging catkins, female flowers inconspicuous, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus stellata var. stellata
Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus falcata var. triloba
Staminate flowers in clustered, drooping catkins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins, each flower with 3-12 stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ulmus americana
Flowers, in pendulous racemes, appear before leaf emergence in Feb-March, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Celtis smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Celtis laevigata var. smallii
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Celtis tenuifolia var. georgiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Celtis georgiana
Pistillate flowers in axils of emerging leaves toward twig tips, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Papyrius papyriferus
Male flowers in catkins similar to those of Morus, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
Flowers in stalked, axillary, pendulous catkins, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
Staminate flowers loosely arranged in spikes, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
The flower's many stamens and pistils are spirally arranged, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Flowers 7-8" across on stout hairy stalks, very fragrant, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Perianth segments 6, each 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Sweetgum trees don't begin to flower until at least 20 years old, per Teaching the Trees by Joan Maloof.
Four yellow, thread-like, twisted petals about 1" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan species of Platanus (Platanaceae) (Nixon & Poole, 2003)
Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Platanus occidentalis
Pistillate heads rusty to dark red, staminate heads yellowish-green, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Large clusters of brilliantly white flowers with maroon-tipped anthers, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
Each flower 1/3" wide, with an odor quite offensive , per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Amelanchier arborea var. alabamensis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amelanchier alabamensis
Flowers appear before the leaves, borne in showy racemes near twig ends, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Sepals spreading, 3.5-5mm, abaxial surface hairy. Petals dark pink, 10-17mm, per Flora of North America.
Flowers in racemes 3-6" long, terminally or in leaf axils of new shoots, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Albizzia julibrissin
Pompom-like flowers are bright pink with white bases, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cercis canadensis
Flowers are borne on old wood, and appear in spring before the leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Flowers greenish-yellow, 1/4" long, clustered in compact racemes, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
A drooping 4-12" inflorescence of showy, fragrant flowers, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Fragrant white flowers appear after leaves & dangle in racemes 4-6" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Petals densely pubescent near the base. (Staminate flowers have 10 stamens.), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Flowers 3/4", fragrant, in clusters from nodes or leaf axils on new growth, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
Dense showy panicle, to 12" tall, of very small yellowish flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Flowers similar to Winged Sumac except the panicles are usually larger, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ilex opaca
Female flowers have ovaries and sterile stamens.
Flowers in axillary clusters on branches of the previous year, per Weakley's Flora.
Pistillate flowers in long-stalked pendulous racemes, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Perianth usually red, 1-3mm long. Anthers 1.5-2mm long, filaments erect, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Saccharodendron barbatum
Many-flowered terminal panicles, 3-4' long, appear in late summer, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Staminate flowers borne in clusters at the ends of stalks, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Benthamidia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cynoxylon floridum
Most laymen erroneously think that the showy white bracts are petals, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Svida stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Swida stricta
Flowers borne in a flat 1-2.5" cluster, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Prized Sourwood honey is derived from these small urn-shaped flowers, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.