Tennessee Hardwood Trees

Beech genus fagus.

Tennessee hardwood trees.

Trees are most likely to be encountered in different parts of tennessee and on given sites can help speed up proper identification. Examples of softwoods include pines spruces firs and hemlocks. Softwood trees are conifers evergreens have needles or scale like foliage and are not deciduous. 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 cherry genus prunus. Oaks maples dogwood yellow poplar and oth ers are common. Tree families in tennessee are. Hickory genus carya.

Much of middle tennessee was covered with a great virgin hardwood forest when it was first settled. Oaks maples birches and fruit trees are examples of hardwood trees. While some areas contained natural barrens or grass lands the land that was forested showed an amazing variety of trees and bushes. It s the natural conditions of middle tennessee that grow these hardwoods to set the standards for strength and beauty.

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

Ash genus fraxinus. Some river and creek bottoms were choked with canebrakes. Many more exist that are seldom used. Most important being streamside buffers and wildlife habitat.

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. Red oak southern red oak southern red oak is one of tennessee s most common trees. Welcome to the university of tennessee arboretum tree identification guide. Elm genus ulmus.

Check the following guides to find the trees most likely to be encountered on any given site in tennessee. 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. Black walnut butternut genus juglans. Basswood genus tilia.

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. Hackberry genus celtis. Trees that require close examination s. Most of the hardwood plantings 3 400 acres will be tailored to provide environmental benefits.

Cottonwood genus populus. Birch genus betula.