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Glossary
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Alnus serrulata
Hazel Alder
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Smooth Alder
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Tag Alder
Ampelaster carolinianus
Climbing Aster
Ampelopsis arborea
Buckvine
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Cow Itch
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Pepper Vine
Andropogon glomeratus
Bush Beard Grass
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Bushy Bluestem
Aralia spinosa
Devil's Walkingstick
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Devil's Walking Stick
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Hercules' Club
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Hercules's Club
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Hercules's-Club
1 Cultivar
Aristida stricta
Pineland Threeawn
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Wiregrass
Celtis laevigata
Southern Hackberry
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Sugarberry
,
Sugar Hackberry
Cornus 'NCCH1' PP26,542
Little Ruby™ Dogwood
Desmodium
Beggars Lice
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Hitch Hikers
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Tick's Clover
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Tick-trefoil
Fraxinus americana
White Ash
5 Cultivars
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash
2 Cultivars
Juniperus virginiana
Eastern Red Cedar
4 Cultivars
Magnolia acuminata
Cucumber Tree
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Cucumbertree Magnolia
1 Cultivar
Magnolia grandiflora
Large Tree Magnolia
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Southern Magnolia
8 Cultivars
Magnolia virginiana
Swamp Magnolia
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Sweet Bay
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Sweetbay Magnolia
3 Cultivars
Mitchella repens
Partridge Berry
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Twinberry
Phytolacca americana
Poke
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Pokeweed
1 Cultivar
Prunus serotina
Black Cherry
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Wild Cherry
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Wild Rum Cherry
1 Cultivar
Quercus alba
White Oak
Quercus coccinea
Black Oak
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Red Oak
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Scarlet Oak
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Spanish Oak
Quercus falcata
Southern Red Oak
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Water Oak
Quercus michauxii
Cow Oak
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Michaux Oak
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Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Quercus shumardii
Shumard Oak
Quercus stellata
Post Oak
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Blue Wood Aster
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Heart-leaved Aster
Tsuga canadensis
Canadian Hemlock
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Eastern Hemlock
4 Cultivars
Ulmus alata
Cork Elm
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Small Leaf Elm
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Wahoo
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Winged Elm
Ulmus americana
American Elm
3 Cultivars
