Tree Descriptions

The University of Georgia Extension Publication Native Plants for Georgia Part 1: Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines, where you will find the most comprehensive information, provided the content for this page.

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Medium & Large Trees

Tree identification .pdf document can be used to identify tree by image, description, characteristics of GA trees.

• American Beech / Fagus grandifolia

• American Holly / Ilex opaca

• American Yellowwood / Cladrastis kentukea

• Bald Cypress / Taxodium distichum

• Black Gum or Tupelo / Nyssa sylvatica

• Black Walnut / Juglans nigra

• Chestnut Oak / Quercus prinus

• Eastern Hemlock / Tsuga canadensis

• Eastern Red Cedar / Juniperus virginiana

• Green Ash / Fraxinus pennsylvanica

• Hickory Species / Carya

• Laurel Oak / Quercus hemisphaerica

• Live Oak / Quercus virginiana

• Loblolly Pine / Pinus taeda

• Longleaf Pine / Pinus palustris

• Northern Red Oak / Quercus rubra

• Palmetto Palm or Cabbage Palm / Sabal palmetto

• Post Oak / Quercus stellata

• Red Maple / Acer rubrum

• River Birch / Betula nigra

• Scarlet Oak / Quercus coccinea

• Shortleaf Pine / Pinus echinata

• Shumard Oak / Quercus shumardii

• Slash Pine / Pinus elliottii

• Southern Magnolia / Magnolia grandiflora

• Southern Red Oak / Quercus falcata

• Spruce Pine / Pinus glabra

• Sugar Maple / Acer saccharum

• Sugarberry / Celtis laevigata

• Swamp Chestnut Oak or Basket Oak / Quercus michauxii

• Sweetgum / Liquidambar styraciflua

• Sycamore / Platanus occidentalis

• Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar / Liriodendron tulipifera

• Virginia Pine / Pinus virginiana

• Water Oak / Quercus nigra

• Willow Oak / Quercus phellos

• White Ash / Fraxinus americana

• White Oak / Quercus alba

• White Pine / Pinus strobus

• Yellow Buckeye / Aesculus flava