-Campsis radicans

-Bignoniaceae

-Trumpet Creeper

-Capsule

-"rooting"

-Some skin rash from leaves or cut stems

-Pollinated by hummingbirds

-Elaeagnus pungens

-Elaeagnaceae

-Silverberry

-Drupe

-"prickly"

-Native to Japan

-Landscaping

-Gleditsia triacanthos

-Leguminaceae

-Honey Locust

-Legume

-"three-thorn"

-Native to eastern N.A., not NC

-Planted by settlers for sugary legumes, used in beer

-Lanscaping

-Hamamelis virginiana

-Hamamelidaceae

-Witch-hazel

-Capsule

-"of Virginia"

-Inner bark and leaves boiled for salve to use on wounds

-Hedera helix

-Araliaceae

-English Ivy

-Drupe

-"twining"

-Native to Europe

-Planted for ground cover

-Ilex vomitoria

-Aquifoliaceae

-Yaupon

-Drupe

-"causing vomiting"

-Leaves brewed for tea (low concentration"

-Used by N.Amer. in tea to induce vomiting for ceremonies

-Landscaping

-Magnolia grandiflora

-Magnoliaceae

-Southern Magnolia

-Aggregate of follicles

-"large-flowered"

-Naturalized to lower Piedmont

-Landscaping

-Picea pungens

-Pinaceae

-Colorado Blue Spruce

-Flat cone

-"prickly"

-Landscaping

-Pinus strobus

-Pinaceae

-White Pine

-Flat cone

-"cone"

-Formerly used in ship masts, naval stores

-Xmas trees

-Used for shelving, molding, window sashes, and window frames

-Prunus caroliniana

-Rosaceae

-Carolina Laurel Cherry

-Drupe

-"of Carolina"

-Landscaping

-Fruit eaten by songbirds

-Pueraria montana

-Leguminaceae

-Kudzu

-Legume

-"of the mountain"

-Erosion control

-Fodder for livestock and whitetail browse

-Escape for fawns

-Quercus acutissima

-Fagaceae

-Sawtooth Oak

-Nut

-"deeply cut"

-Native to Asia

-Landscaping

-Quercus texana

-Fagaceae

-Texas Red Oak

-Nut

-"of Texas"

-Native to Gulf Coast, naturalized in NC

-Quercus palustris

-Fagaceae

-Pin Oak

-Nut

-"of the swamp"

-Native, landscaping

-Quercus virginiana

-Fagaceae

-Live Oak

-Nut

-"of Virginia"

-First species managed for timber in US

-Used for framework of sailing ships

-Shade tree in southern cities

-Taxodium distichum

-Cupressaceae

-Baldcypress

-Peltate cone

-"spreading"

-Wood very valuable, decay resistant

-Used for siding, shingles, shakes, bird houses, and mulch

-Flood tolerant

-Pinus lambertiana

-Pinaceae

-Sugar Pine

-Flat cone

-"named for Aylmer Lambert"

-Largest of all pines

-Formerly used as chewing gunm

-Organ pipes

-Pinus monticola

-Pinaceae

-Western White Pine

-Flat cone

-"of the mountain"

-Shelving, molding, window sashes, and frames

-Decimated by White Pine Blister Rust