Leaf: Alternate, simple, entire margins, occasionally with shallow lobes, widest near the middle, 3 to 5 inches long, 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide, thick and persistent, shiny above, pale and smooth below.
Quercus laurifolia
Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii(S)Two needles, sometimes 3
SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
Common Persimmon
Diospryros virginiana
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus floridaVeins go straight up
Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
Dark and glossy on upper-sideUnderside is paler green
Veins form a kind of Y
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud
Leaves look like a HEART shape
American Beech.
Fagus grandifoliaThink of tire treads on a beach
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Dark green tops, brown underside
Longleaf Pine
Pinus palustris
(L) Always 3 needles
Yellow PoplarLiriodendron tulipifera
Square at the top, looks like a TULIP!
Eastern HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Leaves 3 – 5 inches, much larger than Hornbeam
Water HickoryCarya aquatica
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Waxmyrtle
Myrica cerifera
Live Oak
Quercus virginianaDark green tops, light green underside.Mature leaves “CUP.”
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
American Holly
Illex opaca
Turkey Oak
Quercus laevis
Don’t confuse this with Shumard Oak. The Turkey Oak has deeper lobes than the Shumard Oak.
Loblolly Bay
Gordonia lasianthus
American Hornbeam
Carpinus carolinianaLeave ½” to 1”, very small
American ElmUlmus americana
White Oak
Quercus alba Don’t confuse with Post Oak. The White Oak has more lobes.