Tulip Poplar

Flowering Dogwood

Metro Board of Parks and Recreation Warner Park Nature Center

7311 Highway 100 Nashville, Tennessee 37221

615.352.6299 wpnc@nashville.gov

www.nashville.gov/parks/wpnc

List compiled by Sandy Bivens and Deb Beazley 1978

Brochure and photographs by Deb Beazley Revised 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010

Taxonomy follows the Guide to the Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Tennessee, by Wofford and Chester, 2002

American Elm

T R E E S

With Shrubs And Woody Vines

OF WARNER PARKS

American Beech

Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Warner Parks

Collecting of any flora in Warner Parks is prohibited! Please help protect your natural area.

Gymnosperms Cypress - Cupressaceae 1) Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana N Pine - Pinaceae 2) Loblolly-pine Pinus taeda NAm Angiosperms Magnolia - Magnoliaceae 3) Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera N Custard-apple - Annonaceae 4) Pawpaw Asimina triloba N Laurel - Lauraceae 5) Sassafras Sassafras albidum N 6) Spicebush Lindera benzoin N Buttercup - Ranunculaceae 7) Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana N 8) Leather Flower, Vase Vine Clematis viorna N Barberry - Berberidaceae 9) Mahonia Mahonia aquifolium As** Moonseed - Menispermaceae 10) Moonseed Menispermum canadensis N 11) Snailseed, Coral Beads Cocculus carolinus N 12) Cupseed Calycocarpum lyonii N Sycamore - Platanaceae 13) American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis N Witch-Hazel - Hamamelidaceae 14) Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua N

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Sycamore

Sassafras

Species Reference to Native Range

N - Native NAm - North America As - Asia Eu - Europe

** Non-native invasive species targeted in the Warner Parks Invasive Plant Removal Program

Olive - Oleaceae 115) White Ash Fraxinus americana N 116) Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica N 117) Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata N 118) Privet Ligustrum vulgare Eu ** 119) Native Privet Forestiera ligustrina N Trumpet Creeper - Bignoniaceae 120) Paulownia, Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa As 121) Catalpa Catalpa speciosa NAm 122) Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans N 123) Cross-vine Bignonia capreolata N Madder - Rubiaceae 124) Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis N Honeysuckle - Caprifoliaceae 125) Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens N 126) Bush Honeysuckle Lonicera mackii As ** 127) Winter-flowering Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima As ** 128) Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica As ** 129) Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus N 130) Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium N 131) Southern Blackhaw Virburnum rufidulum N 132) Elderberry Sambucus canadensis N Grass - Poaceae 133) Giant Cane Arundinaria gigantea N

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Buttonbush

Coral Honeysuckle

Buckthorn - Rhamnaceae 93) Carolina Buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana N Grape - Vitaceae 94) Ampelopsis Ampelopsis cordata N 95) Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia N 96) Catbird Grape Vitis palmata N 97) Wild Grape Vitis vulpina N 98) Summer Grape Vitis aestivalis N Bladdernut - Staphleaceae 99) Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia N Horse-chestnut - Hippocastanaceae 100) Yellow Buckeye Aesculus flava N Maple - Aceraceae 101) Sugar Maple Acer saccharum N 102) Silver Maple Acer saccharinum N 103) Box Elder Acer negundo N 104) Black Maple Acer nigrum N Cashew - Anacardiaceae 105) Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina N 106) Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra N 107) Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica N 108) Winged Sumac Rhus copallinum N 109) Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans N Quassia (Ailanthus) - Simaroubaceae 110) Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima As ** Rue - Rutaceae 111) Hop-tree Ptelea trifoliata N 112) Trifoliate Orange Poncirus trifoliata As Ginseng - Araliaceae 113) Hercules' Club Aralia spinosa N 114) English Ivy Hedera helix Eu **

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Tree-of-heaven

Bladdernut

Elm - Ulmaceae 15) American Elm Ulmus americana N 16) September Elm Ulmus serotina N 17) Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra N 18) Winged Elm Ulmus alata N 19) Northern Hackberry Celtis occidentalis N 20) Southern Hackberry, Sugarberry Celtis laevigata N Mulberry - Moraceae 21) Red Mulberry Morus rubra N 22) Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera As 23) Osage Orange Maclura pomifera NAm Walnut - Juglandaceae 24) Black Walnut Juglans nigra N 25) Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis N 26) Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa N 27) Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata N 28) Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa N 29) Red Pignut, Sweet Hickory Carya glabra N Beech - Fagaceae 30) American Beech Fagus grandifolia N 31) American Chestnut Castanea dentata N Red Oak Group 32) Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra N 33) Willow Oak Quercus phellos N 34) Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii N 35) Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria N 36) Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica N 37) Black Oak Quercus velutina N 38) Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea N 39) Pin Oak Quercus palustris White Oak Group 40) White Oak Quercus alba N 41) Post Oak Quercus stellata N 42) Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii N 43) Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus (montana) N 44) Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa N

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Red Mulberry

Birch - Betulaceae 45) American Hornbeam, Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana N 46) Hop-hornbeam, Ironwood Ostrya virginica N St. John's-wort - Clusiaceae 47) Golden St. John's-wort Hypericum frondosum N Linden - Tiliaceae 48) American Basswood Tilia americana N Willow - Salicaceae 49) Black Willow Salix nigra N 50) Cottonwood Populus deltoides N Heath - Ericaceae 51) Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum N 52) Farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum N 53) Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium pallidum N 54) Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum N Sapodilla - Sapotaceae 55) Southern Buckthorn, Buckthorn Bumelia Sideroxylon (Bumelia) lycioides N Ebony - Ebenaceae 56) Common Persimmon Diospyros virginiana N Hydrangea - Hydrangeaceae 57) Scentless Mock Orange Philadelphus pubescens N 58) Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens N Rose - Rosaceae 59) Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis 60) Southern Blackberry Rubus argutus 61) Prairie Rose Rosa setigera N 62) Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora As ** 63) Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina N 64) American Plum Prunus americana N 65) Mahaleb-cherry Prunus mahaleb Eu 66) Common Pear Pyrus communis Eu, As

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Persimmon

American Hornbeam

Rose - Rosaceae 67) Callery (Bradford) Pear Pyrus calleryana** As 68) Dotted Hawthorn Crataegus collina, (punctata) N 69) Little Hip Hawthorn Crataegus spathulata 70) Barberry Hawthorn Crataegus berberifolia N 71) Harbison's Hawthorn Crataegus harbisonii N 72) Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli N 73) Frosted Hawthorn Crataegus pruinosa N 74) Pear Hawthorn Crataegus calpodendron N 75) Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis N 76) Jetbead Rhodotypos scandens As Bean - Fabaceae 77) Kentucky Coffee-tree Gymnocladus dioica N 78) Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos N 79) Black Locust Robinia psuedoacacia N 80) Redbud Cercis canadensis N 81) Yellow-wood Cladrastis lutea N 82) Mimosa Albizia julibrissan As Dogwood - Cornaceae 83) Roughleaf Dogwood Cornus drummondii N 84) Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida N 85) Black Gum, Sour Gum Nyssa sylvatica N Mistletoe - Viscaceae 86) American Mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum (serotinum) N Staff-tree - Celastraceae 87) Running Euonymus Euonymus obovatus NAm ** 88) Wintercreeper Euonymus fortunei As 89) Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush Euonymus alatus As ** 90) Wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus N 91) Hearts-a-bustin' With Love Euonymus americanus N Holly - Aquifoliaceae 92) American Holly Ilex opaca N

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Redbud