South Carolina Native Tree Identifier

PALMETTOS

NEEDLE LEAF – Conifer

  • Bald Cypress
  • Eastern Hemlock
  • Loblolly Pine
  • Longleaf Pine
  • Pond Pine
  • Shortleaf Pine
  • Slash Pine

SCALE LEAF – Conifer

  • Eastern Redcedar

UNTOOTHED SIMPLE LEAF

  • Black Tupelo
  • Eastern Redbud
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Laurel Oak
  • Live Oak – Evergreen
  • Southern Magnolia
  • Sweetbay
  • Willow Oak

TOOTHED SIMPLE LEAF

  • American Beech
  • American Holly
  • American Hornbeam
  • Black Cherry
  • Red Mulberry
  • River Birch
  • Sourwood
  • Southern Bayberry or Wax Myrtle
  • Swamp Chestnut Oak
  • Yellow Hawthorn
  • Winged Elm

LOBED SIMPLE LEAF

  • Blackjack Oak
  • Pin Oak
  • Post Oak
  • Red Maple
  • Sassafras
  • Southern Red Oak
  • Sweetgum
  • Sycamore
  • Turkey Oak
  • Water Oak
  • White Oak
  • Yellow-Poplar

COMPOUND LEAF

  • Boxelder
  • Honeylocust
  • Mockernut Hickory
  • Pecan
  • Red Buckeye
  • Shagbark Hickory

https://www.state.sc.us/forest/reftree.htm