Native Trees and Shrubs of Delaware


List Prepared by W.A.McAvoy, Delaware Natural Heritage Endangered Species Program
Species Found by Jim Meek at the Hermitage are highlighted

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# SCIENTIFIC NAME SYNONYM COMMON NAME LIFE FORM
1 Crataegus coccinea Crataegus pedicellata scarlet hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
2 Crataegus crus-galli Crataegus canbyi cockspur hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
3 Crataegus disperma spreading hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
4 Crataegus intricata Crataegus foetida Copenhagen hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
5 Crataegus iracunda Crataegus stolonifera stolon-bearing hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
6 Crataegus macrosperma big-fruit hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
7 Crataegus pennsylvanica Crataegus tatnalliana Pennsylvania hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
8 Crataegus pruinosa waxy-fruit hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
9 Crataegus punctata dotted hawthorn Arborescent Shrub (deciduous)
10 Castanea pumila Allegheny chinquapin Shrub (deciduous)
11 Cornus alternifolia alternate-leaf dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
12 Cornus amomum silky dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
13 Cornus florida flowering dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
14 Cornus racemosa "Cornus foemina subsp. racemosa" gray dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
15 Cornus stolonifera Cornus sericea red-osier dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
16 Cornus stricta Cornus foemina marsh dogwood Shrub (deciduous)
17 Corylus americana American hazelnut Shrub (deciduous)
18 Corylus cornuta beaked hazelnut Shrub (deciduous)
19 Crataegus uniflora dwarf hawthorn Shrub (deciduous)
20 Ilex laevigata smooth winterberry holly Shrub (deciduous)
21 Ilex verticillata winterberry holly Shrub (deciduous)
22 Itea virginica Virginia willow Shrub (deciduous)
23 Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina Northern maleberry Shrub (deciduous)
24 Prunus americana American plum Shrub (deciduous)
25 Prunus maritima beach plum Shrub (deciduous)
26 Quercus ilicifolia scrub oak Shrub (deciduous)
27 Quercus prinoides dwarf chinquapin oak Shrub (deciduous)
28 Ilex glabra ink-berry holly Shrub (evergreen)
29 Iva frutescens subsp. frutescens Southern marsh elder Shrub (tardily deciduous)
30 Iva frutescens subsp. oraria Northern marsh elder Shrub (tardily deciduous)
31 Taxodium distichum bald cypress Tree (deciduous, leaves needle-like)
32 Acer negundo var. negundo box elder Tree (deciduous)
33 Acer rubrum var. rubrum red maple Tree (deciduous)
34 Acer rubrum var. trilobum red maple Tree (deciduous)
35 Acer saccharinum silver maple Tree (deciduous)
36 Acer saccharum var. saccharum sugar maple Tree (deciduous)
37 Betula lenta sweet birch Tree (deciduous)
38 Betula nigra river birch Tree (deciduous)
39 Betula populifolia gray birch Tree (deciduous)
40 Carpinus caroliniana ironwood Tree (deciduous)
41 Carya alba Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory Tree (deciduous)
42 Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory Tree (deciduous)
43 Carya glabra Carya glabra var. hirsuta pignut hickory Tree (deciduous)
44 Carya ovalis small-fruited hickory Tree (deciduous)
45 Carya ovata shagbark hickory Tree (deciduous)
46 Carya pallida sand hickory Tree (deciduous)
47 Castanea dentata American chestnut Tree (deciduous)
48 Celtis occidentalis common hackberry Tree (deciduous)
49 Chionanthus virginicus fringetree Tree (deciduous)
50 Crataegus viridis green hawthorn Tree (deciduous)
51 Diospyros virginiana persimmon Tree (deciduous)
52 Fagus grandifolia American beech Tree (deciduous)
53 Fraxinus americana white ash Tree (deciduous)
54 Fraxinus nigra black ash Tree (deciduous)
55 Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash Tree (deciduous)
56 Fraxinus profunda pumpkin ash Tree (deciduous)
57 Juglans cinerea butternut Tree (deciduous)
58 Juglans nigra black walnut Tree (deciduous)
59 Liquidambar styraciflua sweet-gum Tree (deciduous)
60 Liriodendron tulipifera tuliptree Tree (deciduous)
61 Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana Northern sweetbay magnolia Tree (deciduous)
62 Malus angustifolia Pyrus angustifolia Southern crabapple Tree (deciduous)
63 Malus coronaria Pyrus coronaria sweet crabapple Tree (deciduous)
64 Morus rubra red mulberry Tree (deciduous)
65 Nyssa biflora swamp blackgum Tree (deciduous)
66 Nyssa sylvatica blackgum Tree (deciduous)
67 Ostrya virginiana Eastern hop-hornbeam Tree (deciduous)
68 Platanus occidentalis sycamore Tree (deciduous)
69 Populus grandidentata large-tooth cottonwood Tree (deciduous)
70 Populus heterophylla swamp cottonwood Tree (deciduous)
71 Quercus alba white oak Tree (deciduous)
72 Quercus bicolor swamp white oak Tree (deciduous)
73 Quercus coccinea scarlet oak Tree (deciduous)
74 Quercus falcata Southern red oak Tree (deciduous)
75 Quercus lyrata overcup oak Tree (deciduous)
76 Quercus marilandica var. marilandica blackjack oak Tree (deciduous)
77 Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oak Tree (deciduous)
78 Quercus muehlenbergii yellow oak Tree (deciduous)
79 Quercus nigra water oak Tree (deciduous)
80 Quercus palustris pin oak Tree (deciduous)
81 Quercus phellos willow oak Tree (deciduous)
82 Quercus prinus Quercus montana chestnut oak Tree (deciduous)
83 Quercus rubra Northern red oak Tree (deciduous)
84 Quercus stellata post oak Tree (deciduous)
85 Quercus velutina black oak Tree (deciduous)
86 Quercus xbeadlei hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
87 Quercus xfernowii hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
88 Quercus xfilialis hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
89 Quercus xgiffordii hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
90 Quercus xheterophylla hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
91 Quercus xrudkinii hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
92 Quercus xsaulii hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
93 Quercus xsubfalcata hybrid oak Tree (deciduous)
94 Salix nigra black willow Tree (deciduous)
95 Sassafras albidum sassafras Tree (deciduous)
96 Tilia americana var. americana American basswood Tree (deciduous)
97 Ulmus americana var. americana American elm Tree (deciduous)
98 Ulmus rubra slippery elm Tree (deciduous)
99 Ilex opaca American holly Tree (evergreen, broad-leaf)
100 Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar Tree (evergreen, leaves needle-like)
101 Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Eastern red-cedar Tree (evergreen, leaves needle-like)
102 Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock Tree (evergreen, leaves needle-like)
103 Pinus echinata shortleaf pine Tree (evergreen, needle-leaf)
104 Pinus rigida pitch pine Tree (evergreen, needle-leaf)
105 Pinus serotina pond pine Tree (evergreen, needle-leaf)
106 Pinus taeda loblolly pine Tree (evergreen, needle-leaf)
107 Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Tree (evergreen, needle-leaf)
108 Symplocos tinctoria sweetleaf Tree (tardily deciduous)


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