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Oak, Sawtooth
Quercus acutissima, the Sawtooth Oak, is an oak originally native to eastern Asia, in China, Korea and Japan. It is now also present in North America. It is closely related to the Turkey Oak, classified with it in Quercussect. Cerris, a section of the genus characterized by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, bristle-tipped leaf…
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Cypress, Montezuma
The Montezuma Cypress, also commonly referred to a the Mexican Baldcypress, typically reaches heights between 50 and 80 feet with spreads between 25 and 35 feet. Known for its massive trunk size, the biggest Montezuma Cypress recorded had a 15m diameter at the base of its trunk. The horizontally growing branches create a broad, upright…
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Mulberry, Red
Red Mulberry (M. rubra) is a deciduous tree, growing to 10-15 m tall, rarely 20 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. Morus rubra is a species of mulberry native to eastern North America, from Ontario and Vermont south to southern Florida and west to southeast South Dakota and central Texas. Although common…
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Oak, Graceful
Common names for the GRACEFUL OAK include Evergreen Oak, Slender Oak, Chisos Oak, among others. The most common for Quercus canbyi var graciliformis being the Canby oak or Sierra oak. Quercus canbyi is a semi-evergreen – evergreen tree, up to 40–50 feet (12–15 meters) tall in cultivation. Although, it can reach up to 80 feet…
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Oak, Blackjack
Quercus marilandica (Blackjack oak) is a small oak, one of the red oak group Quercus sect. Lobatae, but fairly isolated from the others. It is native to the southern and central United States. The Blackjack oak grows in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can thrive, usually on low…
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Oak, Blackjack
Quercus marilandica (Blackjack oak) is a small oak, one of the red oak group Quercus sect. Lobatae, but fairly isolated from the others. It is native to the southern and central United States. The Blackjack oak grows in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can thrive, usually on low…
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Maple, Chalk
Acer leucoderme (English: Chalk Maple; also Whitebark Maple), is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas. It lives in the understory in moist, rocky soils on river banks, ravines, woods, and cliffs. Although generally a rare tree, it is common in…
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Maple, Trident