Native Trees of Georgia

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Native Trees of Georgia

• Created by the
• Emanuel County Institute

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Loblolly PinePinus taeda

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves 6 to 9 inches long
• Bark on young trees dark in color and deeply
  furrowed
• Perhaps the fastest growing southern pine

• USES
• Used in construction
• Interior and exterior finish
• Used for pulp

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Characteristics of Loblolly Pines
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Black Cherry Prunus serotina ehrh

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 2 to 6 inches long
• 1 to ½ inches wide
• Ovals to oblong and pointed at each end
• Margins finely toothed

• USES
• Furniture
• Musical Instruments
• Tool handles
• Gun stocks

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Characteristics of Black Cherry

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American HollyLlex opaca ait

• DESCRIPTION
• Evergreen
• 2 to 4 inches long
• Epilintic, think, spine teeth
• Bark is white or pale gray, smooth on young
  trunks

• USES
• Cabinet work
• Wood-turning
• Engravers Blocks
• Inlaying
• Christmas Decorations

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Characteristics of American Holly
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Water OakQuercus nigra

• DESCRIPTION
• Deciduous leaves in winter usually 21/2 inches
  long
• 11/2 inches wide with narrowed base
• 3 lobed
• Stands 70-80 feet high
• 2-3 feet in diameter

• USES
• One of the main red oak lumber species
• Used as an ornamental tree

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Characteristics of Water Oak
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Flowering DogwoodCornus florida

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 3 - 6 inches long and 11/2 2 inches wide
• Margins toothed
• Tick bright green and hairy on the upper surface
• Whitish and hairy below

• USES
• Shuttle blocks
• Pulleys blocks
• Pulleys Mullet
• Heads of bobbin
• Heads of golf clubs
• Heads of handles

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Characteristics of Flowering Dogwood
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Willow OakQuercus phellos

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 11/2 5 ½ inches long
• 1/3 to 1 inch wide narrow and pointed at both
  ends
• Light green smooth and skinny above
• Dull, paler and usually smooth below

• USES
• Planted widely as a shade tree

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Characteristics of Willow Oak
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Sweet Bay Magnolia virginiana

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in the spring of the second
  season
• 4 to 6 inches long 11/2 to 3 inches wide
• Smooth bright green shinning and smooth on the
  upper surface pale
• Nearly white and hairy below

• USES
• Wood of little or no commercial value

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Characteristics of Sweet Bay
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Yellow Poplar Lirodendown tulipifern

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 5 6 inches long and wide
• Mostly 4 lobed with a rounded base dark green
  smooth and skinny on the upper surface
• Pale and smooth below

• USES
• Furniture
• Musical instruments
• Molding in houses and office building
• To make picture frames

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Characteristics of Yellow Poplar
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Chestnut OakQuercus prinus

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 4 to 9 inches long, 1 ½ to 3 inches wide
• Bark grayish brown to darker

• USES
• Fence posts
• Railroad ties
• Fuel

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Characteristics of Chestnut Oak
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Eastern White PinePinus strobus

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves or needles 3 to 5 inches long
• It matures often at 80 or more feet in height
  with a straight trunk
• Trunk is 2-3 feet in diameter

• USES
• General Construction
• Interior finish
• Patterns
• Caskets
• Clocks
• Cabinet making

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Characteristics of Eastern White Pine
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Swamp Chestnut Quercus michauxxi

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 4-9 inches long, 2 ¾ to 4 ¼ inches wide
• Bark silvery white or ashy gray and scaly

• USES
• Agricultural implements
• Wheels
• Fence Posts
• Baskets
• Fuel

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Characteristics of Swamp Chestnut
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BlackgumNyssa sylvatica marsh

• DESCRIPTION
• Leaves deciduous in autumn
• 2 to 5 inches long, ½ to 3 inches wide
• Bark light brown, often tinged with red deeply
  furrowed

• USES
• Boxes boards
• Furniture
• Interior Trim
• Cross ties
• Pulp

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Characteristics of Blackgum