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