Tennessee Smart Yards Native Plants
A comprehensive database of Tennessee native plants
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 | Acer barbatum (A. saccharum ssp. floridanum; A. floridanum) | Southern Sugar Maple, Rock Maple, Florida Maple |
 | Acer leucoderme (A. saccharum ssp. leucoderme) | Chalk Maple, Chalkbark Maple, Whitebark Maple |
 | Acer nigrum (A. saccharum ssp. nigrum) | Black Maple, Black Sugar Maple |
 | Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple, Moosewood |
 | Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Swamp Maple |
 | Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple |
 | Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (A. saccharum) | Sugar Maple, Rock Maple, Hard Maple |
 | Aesculus flava (A. octandra) | Yellow Buckeye |
 | Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye |
 | Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye |
 | Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry |
 | Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry |
 | Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry |
 | Aralia spinosa | Devil’s Walkingstick, Hercules Club Prickly Ash, Angelica Tree |
 | Asimina triloba | Pawpaw, Dog Banana |
 | Betula alleghaniensis (B. lutea) | Yellow Birch |
 | Betula lenta | Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch |
 | Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch |
 | Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Musclewood, Blue Beech, Ironwood |
 | Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, Swamp Hickory |
 | Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory |
 | Carya illinoinensis | Pecan, Hardy Pecan |
 | Carya laciniosa | Shellbark Hickory, Big Leaf Shagbark, Big Shagbark Hickory, Bottom Shellbark, King Nut Hickory |
 | Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory |
 | Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory, White Hickory, Big Bud Hickory |
 | Castanea dentata | American Chestnut |
 | Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean |
 | Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa, Hardy Catalpa, Cigar Tree |
 | Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry, Common Hackberry |
 | Celtis tenuifolia (C. georgiana) | Dwarf Hackberry, Small Sugar Hackberry |
 | Cercis canadensis | Redbud, Eastern Redbud |
 | Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree, Grancy Gray Beard, Old-man’s-beard, Fringe Tree |
 | Cladrastis kentukea (C. lutea) | Yellowwood, American Yellowwood |
 | Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood |
 | Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond’s Dogwood |
 | Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood |
 | Cotinus obovatus ( C. americanus) | American Smoketree, Chittamwood |
 | Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn |
 | Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn |
 | Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn |
 | Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn |
 | Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn |
 | Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon, Possumwood, Eastern Persimmon |
 | Euonymus atropurpureus | Eastern Wahoo, Burningbush |
 | Fagus grandifolia | American Beech |
 | Frangula caroliniana (Rhamnus caroliniana) | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Indian Cherry |
 | Fraxinus americana | White Ash |
 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash |
 | Fraxinus quadrangulata | Blue Ash |
 | Gleditsia triacanthos | Common Honeylocust, Honey Locust, Sweet Locust |
 | Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree |
 | Halesia tetraptera (H. carolina) | Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell |
 | Hamamelis virginiana | American Witchhazel |
 | Ilex decidua | Possumhaw |
 | Ilex opaca | American Holly |
 | Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Holly |
 | Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut |
 | Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red-cedar, Redcedar |
 | Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum, Redgum, Starleaf-gum |
 | Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia |
 | Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree |
 | Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia, Bull Bay, Evergreen Magnolia |
 | Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia |
 | Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Magnolia, Umbrella-Tree |
 | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia, Laurel Magnolia, Swamp Magnolia |
 | Malus angustifolia (Pyrus angustifolia) | Southern Crabapple, Southern Crab Apple |
 | Morus rubra | Red Mulberry |
 | Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo, Cotton Gum, Tupelo Gum |
 | Nyssa sylvatica | Black Tupelo, Black Gum, Sour Gum |
 | Ostrya virginiana | American Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Eastern Hophornbeam |
 | Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily-of-the-Valley Tree |
 | Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce Pine |
 | Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine, Northern Pitch Pine |
 | Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine |
 | Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Old Field Pine, Bull Pine, Rosemary Pine |
 | Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine, Spruce Pine, Poverty Pine, Jersey Pine |
 | Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore, American Planetree, Buttonwood |
 | Prunus americana | American Red Plum, Wild Plum, American Plum |
 | Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum, Sand Plum, Mountain Cherry, Sand Hill Plum |
 | Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum, Bigtree Plum, Inch Plum |
 | Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry, Fire Cherry, Bird Cherry, Wild Red Cherry |
 | Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Cherry |
 | Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry |
 | Ptelea trifoliata | Common Hoptree, Wafer-ash |
 | Quercus alba | White Oak |
 | Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak |
 | Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak |
 | Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak |
 | Quercus imbricaria | Shingle Oak, Laurel Oak |
 | Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak, Swamp White Oak, Water White Oak |
 | Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak |
 | Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak |
 | Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak, Basket Oak |
 | Quercus montana | Chestnut Oak, Mountain Chestnut Oak, Rock Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak |
 | Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Rock Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak |
 | Quercus nigra | Water Oak, Possum Oak |
 | Quercus pagoda (Q. falcata var. pagodifolia) | Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak, Southern Red Oak |
 | Quercus palustris | Pin Oak, Swamp Oak |
 | Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Peach Oak |
 | Quercus rubra (Q. borealis) | Red Oak, Northern Red Oak |
 | Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak, Shumard’s Oak, Swamp Red Oak, Southern Red Oak |
 | Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak |
 | Quercus veluntina | Black Oak |
 | Rhododendron maximum | Rosebay Rhododendron, White Laurel, Great Laurel |
 | Rhus copallinum (R. copallina) | Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac |
 | Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac |
 | Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac |
 | Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust, Common Locust, Yellow Locust, False Acacia |
 | Sassafras albidum | Sassafras |
 | Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress |
 | Tilia americana var. americana | American Basswood, American Linden, White Basswood |
 | Tilia americana var. heterophylla (T. heterophylla) | White Basswood, Linden, White Linden, Silver-leaved Linden |
 | Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock, Canada Hemlock |
 | Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm |
 | Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Southern Blackhaw, Downy Viburnum |
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