TREES OF BEATY PARK Red Maple (Acer rubrum) NAME: COMMON – Red Maple BOTANICAL – Acer rubrum FAMILY - Aceraceae (also listed as Sapindaceae) DERIVATION: Native to the eastern deciduous forest (Maine to Florida and west to Texas) GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Growth rate from 12” to 18” a year
TREES OF BEATY PARK Red Oak (Quercus falcata) NAME: COMMON – Red Oak BOTANICAL – Quercus falcata FAMILY - Fagaceae DERIVATION: Introduced 1904. Naturalized Virginia to Florida and further west to southern Illinois. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Young trees are typically pyramidal in form, but with age become rounded, 60-80’
TREES OF BEATY PARK Redbud (Cercis canadensis) NAME: COMMON – Redbud BOTANICAL – Cercis canadensis FAMILY - Fabacaea DERIVATION: Native to eastern North America except for coastal areas, it is found throughout the east and in northern Mexico and parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: A
TREES OF BEATY PARK Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) NAME: COMMON – Sassafras BOTANICAL – Sassafras albidum FAMILY - Lauraceae DERIVATION: Native Maine to Florida to Texas. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: A small deciduous tree of 30' to 60’ in height and width of 25-40’ with a pyramidal irregular shape that tends
TREES OF BEATY PARK Sourwood or Sorrel (Oxydendrum arboreum) NAME: COMMON – Sourwood or Sorrel BOTANICAL – Oxydendrum arboreum FAMILY - Ericaceae DERIVATION: Native to the eastern and southern United States, from Pennsylvania to northern Florida and west to Ohio and Louisiana. It can be found throughout North
TREES OF BEATY PARK Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) NAME: COMMON – Southern Magnolia BOTANICAL – Magnolia grandiflora FAMILY - Magnoliaceae DERIVATION: Native to the Deep South GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Evergreen, 60’- 90’ tall, 20’ - 40’ wide. Growth rate of 12”-24” per year. The root system is shallow and
TREES OF BEATY PARK Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) NAME: COMMON – Sugar Maple BOTANICAL – Acer saccharum FAMILY - Aceraceae (also listed as Sapindaceae) DERIVATION: Native to Eastern and Central North America, found from Georgia to Canada. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Sugar Maples may reach 50 to 120 feet tall
TREES OF BEATY PARK Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) NAME: COMMON – Sweetgum BOTANICAL – Liquidambar styraciflua FAMILY - Hamamelidaceae DERIVATION: Naturalized deciduous trees range from the East Coast to Florida to the Midwest. Introduced 1681. The name comes from the aromatic gum that is exuded from wounds to the
TREES OF BEATY PARK Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) NAME: COMMON – Tulip Poplar BOTANICAL – Liriodendron tulipifera FAMILY - Magnoliaceae DERIVATION: One of the largest native trees in North America, found throughout the Southeast, southern Ontario and central US. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Mature height from 90 to 120 feet,
TREES OF BEATY PARK White Oak (Quercus alba) NAME: COMMON – White Oak BOTANICAL – Quercus alba FAMILY - Fagaceae DERIVATION: Introduced 1724. Naturalized Maine to Florida and further West. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS: Young trees are typically pyramidal, but with age become rounded, 50-80’ tall and wide with wide-spreading
