Trees of the Duke FACE site, Orange Co., NC

In the mapping project completed in 1998, I identified 26 tree species (defined here as having a diameter at 1.5m of > 2.5 cm) in the 6 FACE rings in Duke Forest. [More about the FACE site]. Here's a summary table to give you some idea of the trees in a typical young Loblolly Pine plantation in central NC:
68	Acer rubrum	Red Maple
41	Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam, Ironwood
2	Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory
21	Carya tomentosa	Mockernut Hickory
68	Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud
87	Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood
3	Crataegus flabellata	Fanleaf Hawthorn
3	Diospyros virginiana	Common Persimmon
63	Fraxinus americana	White Ash
23	Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Redcedar
344	Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum
34	Liriodendron tulipifera	Tuliptree, Tulip-Poplar, Yellow-Poplar
1	Morus rubra	Red Mulberry
5	Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum, Black Tupelo
693	Pinus taeda	Loblolly Pine
9	Pinus virginiana	Virginia Pine
49	Prunus serotina	Black Cherry
22	Quercus alba	White Oak
6	Quercus phellos	Willow Oak
1	Quercus stellata	Post Oak
17	Quercus velutina	Black Oak
8	Rhus copallinum	Shining Sumac, Winged Sumac
1	Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac
116	Ulmus alata	Winged Elm
16	Ulmus rubra	Slippery Elm
1	Viburnum prunifolium	Blackhaw

Revised 10/27/05 cwcook@duke.edu

All photographs and text Š2005 by Will Cook unless otherwise indicated.