Below is a list of the most common trees found along our boardwalk and grassland trail.
Conifer Trees
- Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Spruce Pine (Pinus galbra)
- Red Cedar (Juniperis virginiana)
Flowering Trees
- Swamp Cottonwood (Populus heterophylla)
- Water Hickory (Carya alba)
- Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
- Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata)
- Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quarcus michauxii)
- Water Oak (Quercus nigra)
- Laurel Oak (Quercus laurifolia)
- Hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
- Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
- American Elm (Ulmus americana)
- Water Elm (Planera aquatica)
- Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
- Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipfera)
- Sweet Bay (Mangolia virginiana)
- Bull Bay (Magnolia grandiflora)
- Red Bay (Persea borbonia)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus marshalli)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- Water Locust (Gleditisia aquatica)
- American Holly (Ilex opaca)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
- Swamp Blackgum (Nyssa biflora)
- Tupelo Gum (Nyssa aquatica)
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Persimmon (Diospyros viriginiana)
- Horse Sugar (Symplocos tintoria)
- Water Ash (Fraxinus caroliniana)
- Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda)
- White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
Shrubs
- River Cane (Arundinaria gigantea)
- Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)
- Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera)
- Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum)
- Virginia Willow (Itea virginica)
- Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- Blackberry (Rubus betulifolius)
- Possum Haw (Ilex decidua)
- Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)
- Hercules Club (Aralia spinosa)
- Swamp Dogwood (Cornus stricta)
- Hairy-leaved Dogwood (Cornus asperifolia)
- Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
- Fetter-bush (Lyonia lucida)
- Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboretum)
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)
- American Snowbell (Styrax americana)
- Button Bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- Black Haw (Viburnum obvatum)
- Elderberry (Viburnum dentatum)
- Sea-myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia)
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