Tennessee Hardwood Trees

Most of the hardwood plantings 3 400 acres will be tailored to provide environmental benefits.

Tennessee hardwood trees.

For this guide we have chosen some of the trees commonly found on the trails at the arboretum. Welcome to the university of tennessee arboretum tree identification guide. 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. 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.

Check the following guides to find the trees most likely to be encountered on any given site in tennessee. While some areas contained natural barrens or grass lands the land that was forested showed an amazing variety of trees and bushes. Elm genus ulmus. Basswood genus tilia.

Common north american hardwood list. Beech genus fagus. The value to landowners of these pine plantings 11 000 acres when mature is conservatively estimated to be over 22 million in current dollars. Trees likely to be found growing on well drained land ash beech black cherry black oak black walnut blackgum.

Ash genus fraxinus. 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. 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. Black walnut butternut genus juglans.

It s the natural conditions of middle tennessee that grow these hardwoods to set the standards for strength and beauty. Softwood trees are conifers evergreens have needles or scale like foliage and are not deciduous. Much of middle tennessee was covered with a great virgin hardwood forest when it was first settled. Trees that require close examination s.

Softwoods are gymnosperms meaning they do not have flowers and use cones for seed reproduction. Examples of softwoods include pines spruces firs and hemlocks. Oaks maples dogwood yellow poplar and oth ers are common. Red oak southern red oak southern red oak is one of tennessee s most common trees.

Hackberry genus celtis. Birch genus betula. Black cherry genus prunus. The bark is very rough but thin less than thick.

Many more exist that are seldom used. Most important being streamside buffers and wildlife habitat. Tree families in tennessee are. Hickory genus carya.

Trees are most likely to be encountered in different parts of tennessee and on given sites can help speed up proper identification. Cottonwood genus populus.