Tennessee Hardwood Trees

Red oak southern red oak southern red oak is one of tennessee s most common trees.

Tennessee hardwood trees. Basswood genus tilia. Cottonwood genus populus. Some river and creek bottoms were choked with canebrakes. While some areas contained natural barrens or grass lands the land that was forested showed an amazing variety of trees and bushes.

If you would like to know the common name scientific name or characteristics of a tree at the arboretum but you only know the shape of the leaf perhaps this guide will. For this guide we have chosen some of the trees commonly found on the trails at the arboretum. Softwood trees are conifers evergreens have needles or scale like foliage and are not deciduous. Trees likely to be found growing on well drained land ash beech black cherry black oak black walnut blackgum.

The bark is very rough but thin less than thick. Tree families in tennessee are. Hickory genus carya. Many more exist that are seldom used.

Many native trees are already used in tennessee home landscapes. Check the following guides to find the trees most likely to be encountered on any given site in tennessee. Black cherry genus prunus. Oaks maples dogwood yellow poplar and oth ers are common.

Trees that require close examination s. Oaks maples birches and fruit trees are examples of hardwood trees. Most of the hardwood plantings 3 400 acres will be tailored to provide environmental benefits. It usually has a round well pruned trunk with a slight swell at the base and good form up to strong well spaced limbs at the top.

Welcome to the university of tennessee arboretum tree identification guide. The blend of the soil s minerals and nutrients the amount of rainfall and the stable rotation of seasons assist in gradual growth and contribute to a superior quality of lumber. Most important being streamside buffers and wildlife habitat. It s the natural conditions of middle tennessee that grow these hardwoods to set the standards for strength and beauty.

Birch genus betula. A to z list by scientific name pine pincaceae pine pinus spruce picea larches tamaracks larix hemlocks tsuga douglas firs and true firs pseudotsuga and abies. Ash genus fraxinus. Common north american hardwood list.

Black walnut butternut genus juglans. Hackberry genus celtis. Softwoods are gymnosperms meaning they do not have flowers and use cones for seed reproduction. Beech genus fagus.

Examples of softwoods include pines spruces firs and hemlocks. The value to landowners of these pine plantings 11 000 acres when mature is conservatively estimated to be over 22 million in current dollars.