Common Hardwood Trees In Florida

Roystonea elata florida royal palm salix eriocephala heat leaved willow salix floridana florida willow savia bahamensis bahama maidenbush schaefferia frutescens florida boxwood sideroxylon alachuense clark s buckthorn.
Common hardwood trees in florida. Pond cypress seagrape black cherry eastern redbud florida mahogany fringetree and black mangrove. Mockernut hickory is very common and abundant southward through virginia north carolina and florida but grows from massachusetts south to northern florida west to kansas and texas and up to iowa. Florida thatch palm manila palm washingtonia palm hardwoods trees with opposite compound leaves elderberry caribbean trumpettree carolina ash torchwood lignum vitae trees with alternate compound leaves poisonwood. Used commonly to make baseball bats and flooring this hardy tree has taken monumental hits lately from the asian emerald ash borer.
Common throughout the florida keys and on or near saltwater shorelines and sand dunes pine rocklands and coastal hammocks. Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. Uppermost layer of branches in a forest. If you re looking for small trees consider the redbud.
Area that is often higher than the surrounding land with humus rich soil and hardwood trees including oaks sweetgums hickories and palms. The tree grows largest. Poisonwood is an evergreen shrub or medium sized tree 25 35 feet or taller has a short trunk with drooping branches and a spreading rounded crown. The florida forest service is also grateful to the houghton mifflin company for its permission to use the following drawings from the native trees of florida by west and arnold.
Though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside. With white dense wood the white ash is the most common daily wood of the hardwood trees. The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch. For more examples of plants and their characteristics visit the florida plant identification learning module commonly called florida plant id.
Poisonwood may grow as a shrub or tree. Florida has several attractive hardy species of differing sizes.