THE TREES OF
LAUREL HILL PLANTATION
about 12 miles south of Natchez, Mississippi
ASH FAMILY- Green Ash...................Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- White Ash...................Fraxinus americana
BIRCH FAMILY- American Hornbeam...........Carpinus caroliniana
- Eastern Hophornbeam.........Ostrya virginiana
BUCKTHORN FAMILY- Carolina Buckthorn..........Rhamnus caroliniana
CASHEW FAMILY- Shining Sumac...............Rhus copallina
CEDAR FAMILY- Eastern Redcedar............Juniperus virginiana
CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY- Pawpaw......................Asimina triloba
DOGWOOD FAMILY- Flowering Dogwood...........Cornus florida
- Roughleaf Dogwood...........Cornus drummondii
EBONY FAMILY- Persimmon...................Diospyros virginiana
ELM FAMILY- American Elm................Ulmus americana
- Slippery Elm................Ulmus rubra
- Winged Elm..................Ulmus alata
- Sugarberry..................Celtis laevigata
GENSING FAMILY- Devils-Walkingstick.........Aralia spinosa
HEATH FAMILY- Sourwood....................Oxydendrum arboreum
- Sparkleberry................Vaccinium arboreum
HOLLY FAMILY- American Holly..............Ilex opaca
- Dahoon......................Ilex cassine
- Possumhaw...................Ilex decidua
LAUREL FAMILY- Sassafras...................Sassafras albidum
LEGUME FAMILY- Black Locust................Robina pseudoacacia
- Honeylocust.................Gleditsia triacanthos
- Redbud......................Cercis canadensis
MAGNOLIA FAMILY- Cucumbertree................Magnolia acuminata
- Southern Magnolia...........Magnolia grandiflora
- Tulip Poplar................Liriodendron tulipifera
MAHOGANY FAMILY- Chinaberry..................Melia azedarach
MAPLE FAMILY- Boxelder....................Acer negundo
- Florida Maple...............Acer barbatum
- Red Maple...................Acer rubrum
- Silver Maple................Acer saccharinum
MULBERRY FAMILY- Red Mulberry................Morus rubra
OAK FAMILY- Black Oak...................Quercus velutina
- Cherrybark Oak..............Quercus falcata pagodaefolia
- Chinkapin Oak...............Quercus muehlenbergii
- Post Oak....................Quercus stellata
- Shumard Oak.................Quercus shumardii
- Southern Red Oak............Quercus falcata
- Swamp Chestnut Oak..........Quercus michauxii
- Water Oak...................Quercus nigra
- White Oak...................Quercus alba
PINE FAMILY- Loblolly Pine...............Pinus taeda
REDWOOD FAMILY- Baldcypress.................Taxodium distichum
ROSE FAMILY- Littlehip Hawthorn..........Crataegus spathulata
- Parsley Hawthorn............Crataegus marshallii
- Black Cherry................Prunus serotina
- Carolina Laurelcherry.......Prunus caroliniana
RUE FAMILY- Hercules-Club...............Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
SAPODILLA FAMILY- Gum Bumelia.................Bumelia lanuginosa
SOAPBERRY FAMILY- Soapberry...................Sapindus cf.marginatus
SYCAMORE FAMILY- Sycamore....................Platanus occidentalis
TUPELO FAMILY- Black Gum...................Nyssa sylvatica
WALNUT FAMILY- Black Walnut................Juglans nigra
- Bitternut Hickory...........Carya cordiformis
- Pignut Hickory..............Carya glabra
- Pecan.......................Carya illinoenis
WAXMYRTLE FAMILY- Southern Bayberry...........Myrica cerifera
WILLOW FAMILY- Eastern Cottonwood..........Populus deltoides
WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY- Sweetgum....................Liquidambar styraciflua