MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

TREES

Beech tree (left), southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, May 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

NATIVE TREES

• Ash, White (Fraxinus americana)
• Beech, American (Fagus grandifolia)
• Birch, River (Betula nigra)
• Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
• Cedar, Red (Juniperus virginiana)
• Cherry, Black (Prunus serotina)
• Chestnut, American (Castanea dentata)
• Dogwood, Flowering (Cornus florida)
• Elm, American (White Elm) (Ulmus americana)
• Fringe (Chionanthus virginicus)
• Gum, Black (Sour Gum) (Nyssa sylvatica)
• Gum, Sweet (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Red Cedars near Mountain, Maryland (Harford County), July 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
• Hemlock, Eastern (Tsuga canadensis)
• Hickory, Pignut (Carya glabra)
• Hickory, Shagbark (Carya ovata)
• Holly, American (Ilex opaca)
• Locust, Honey (Gleditsia triacanthos)
• Maple, Black (Acer nigrum)
• Maple, Silver (Acer saccharinum)
• Maple, Sugar (Acer saccharum)
• Mulberry, Red (Morus rubra)
• Oak, Pin (Quercus palustris)
• Oak, Red (Quercus rubera)
• Oak, Scarlet (Quercus coccinea)
• Oak, White (Quercus alba)
• Oak, Willow (Quercus phellos)
• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
• Pine, White (Pinus strobus)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
• Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
• Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• Walnut, Black (Juglans nigra)
• Walnut, White (Butternut) (Juglans cinerea)
• Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Loblolly Pine trunk, Laurel, Maryland, 1998. Photo by Diane P. Frese.

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