Trees and Shrubs

Trees and Shrubs of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name

Scientific name

Notes

Boxelder

Acer negundo

 

Red maple

Acer rubrum

 

Silver maple

Acer saccharinum

Native, outside of natural range

Tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Non-native, highly invasive

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Non-native, moderately invasive

Speckled alder

Alnus rosa

Native, rare in Virginia

Smooth alder

Alnus serrulata

 

Common serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

 

Running serviceberry

Amelanchier stolonifera

 

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

 

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

Non-native, moderately invasive

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Non-native

American hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

 

Mockernut hickory

Carya alba

 

Pignut hickory

Carya glabra

 

Red hickory

Carya ovalis

 

Shagbark hickory

Carya ovata

 

American chestnut

Castanea dentata

Native, rare in Virginia

New Jersey tea

Ceanothus americanus

 

Common hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

 

Eastern redbud

Cercis canadensis

 

White fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

 

Mountain sweetpepperbush

Clethra acuminata

 

Silky dogwood

Cornus amomum

 

Flowering dogwood

Cornus florida

 

American hazelnut

Corylus americana

 

Common persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

 

Autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

Non-native, highly invasive

Strawberry bush

Euonymus americana

 

American beech

Fagus grandifolia

 

White ash

Fraxinus americana

 

Green ash

Fraxinus pennsylvania

 

Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Native, outside of natural range

American witchhazel

Hamamelis virginiana

 

American holly

Ilex opaca

 

Common winterberry

Ilex verticillata

 

Black walnut

Juglans nigra

 

Eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

 

Mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

 

Border privet

Ligustrum obtusifolium

Non-native, moderately invasive

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Non-native, moderately invasive

Northern spicebush

Lindera benzoin

 

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

 

Tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

 

Sweet crabapple

Malus coronaria

Non-native

White mulberry

Morus alba

 

Red mulberry

Morus rubra

 

Blackgum

Nyssa sylvatica

 

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

 

Princesstree

Paulownia tomentosa

Non-native, moderately invasive

Shortleaf pine

Pinus echinata

 

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

 

Virginia pine

Pinus virginiana

 

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

 

American plum

Prunus americana

 

Black cherry

Prunus serotina

 

White oak

Quercus alba

 

Scarlet oak

Quercus coccinea

 

Southern red oak

Quercus falcata

 

Blackjack oak

Quercus marilandica

 

Willow oak

Quercus phellos

 

Chestnut oak

Quercus prinus

 

Northern red oak

Quercus rubra

 

Post oak

Quercus stellata

 

Black oak

Quercus velutina

 

Pink azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

 

Winged sumac

Rhus copallinum

 

Smooth sumac

Rhus glabra

 

Bristly locust

Robinia hispida

 

Black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Native, outside of natural range

Carolina rose

Rosa carolina

 

Smallflower sweetbrier

Rosa micrantha

Non-native

Multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

Non-native, highly invasive

Swamp rose

Rosa palustris

 

Common blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis

 

Sawtooth blackberry

Rubus argutus

 

Northern dewberry

Rubus flagellaris

 

Black raspberry

Rubus occidentalis

 

Pennsylvania blackberry

Rubus pensylvanicus

 

Common elderberry

Sambucus nigra

 

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

 

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

 

Winged elm

Ulmus alata

 

American elm

Ulmus americana

 

Slippery elm

Ulmus rubra

 

Black highbush blueberry

Vaccinium fuscatum

 

Blue Ridge blueberry

Vaccinium  pallidum

 

Deerberry

Vaccinium stamineum

 

Mapleleaf viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

 

Southern arrowwood

Viburnum dentatum

 

Blackhaw

Viburnum prunifolium

 


 

Did You Know?

Lee and Grant (from Keith Rocco's painting, "The Surrender.")

Lee and Grant met again only once after leaving Appomattox, when Grant was in the White House.  President Grant invited him to visit and Lee did so in 1869.