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FOR339 Week 9
Jones Lake
18
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 3
11/05/2014

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-Clethra alnifolia

-Clethraceae

-Swamp Pepperbush

-Capsule

-"leaves like Alnus"

-Nectar used in making honey

-Landscaping

-N.Amer. boiled and eaten as spinach

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-Ilex glabra

-Aquifoliaceae

-Inkberry

-Drupe

-"smooth"

-Fruit causes humans to vomit

-Fruit eaten by songbirds and black bear

-Foliage eaten by whitetail deer in winter

-Nectar for honey, landscaping

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Definition

-Pinus palustris

-Pinaceae

-Longleaf Pine

-Flat cone

-"of the swamp"

-Sold at heart pine, formerly for naval stores

-Leaves used as mulch

-Landscaping

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Definition

-Quercus laevis

-Fagaceae

-Turkey Oak

-Nut

-"smooth"

-Low commercial value, fuelwood

-Leaves turn red

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Definition

-Quercus margaretta

-Fagaceae

-Dwarf Post Oak

-Nut

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-Cyrilla racemiflora

-Cirillaceae

-Titi

-Drupe-like

-"raceme-flowered"

-Honey bee larvae poisoned by honey from this plant

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Definition

-Kalmia carolina

-Ericaceae

-Sheep-kill

-Capsule

-"of Carolina"

-Foliage and twigs poisonous to humans and livestock

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-Magnolia virginiana

-Magnoliaceae

-Sweetbay

-Follicle

-"of Virginia"

-Sold as magnolia and yellow-poplar

-Landscaping

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Definition

-Persea palustris

-Lauraceae

-Swampbay

-Drupe

-"of the swamp"

-Glabrous leaves used in cooking for bay leaves

-Dying from Laurel Wilt

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Definition

-Pinus serotina

-Pinaceae

-Pond Pine

-Flat cone

-"late"

-Wetlands

-Sprouts from stumps and scorched stems and branches

-Low quality timber

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Definition

-Taxodium distichum var. imbricatum

-Cupressaceae

-Pondcypress

-Flat cone

-"two-ranked"

-Wetland species

-Black water swamps

-Used in siding, shingles, and shakes

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Definition

-Chamaecyparis thyoides

-Cupressaceae

-Atlantic White Cedar

-Peltate cone

-"similar to Thuja"

-Wetland species

-Decay resistant wood, boat building

-Hessel's hairstreak, rare butterfly

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-Gordonia lasianthus

-Theaceae

-Loblollybay

-Capsule

-Winter browse by whitetailed deer

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Definition

-Ilex coriacea

-Aquifoliaceae

-Gallberry

-Drupe

-"leathery"

-Fruit irritates human stomach and causes vomitting

-Fruit eat by songbirds and black bear

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Definition

-Lyonia lucida

-Ericaceae

-Fetterbush

-Capsule

-"shining"

 

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Definition

-Nyssa biflora

-Cornaceae

-Swamp Blackgum

-Drupe

-"2-flowered"

-Wetland species

-Pulpwood and plywood

-Fruit eaten by songbirds, woodpeckers, and black bear

-Necar for honey

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Definition

-Vaccinium crassifolium

-Ericaceae

-Creeping Blueberry

-Berry

-"leaves like crassula"

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Definition

-Quercus hemisphaerica

-Fagaceae

-Sand Laurel Oak

-Nut

-"hemispherical"

-Lanscaping

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