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Table 1.11--Examples of soft and hard mast-producing species in the South (Halls 1977)

Group

Scientific name


Common name


Soft Mast: Pomes

Amelanchier spp.


Serviceberries


Crataegus spp.


Hawthorn


Pyrus malus


Common apple


Soft Mast: Drupes

Berchemia scandens


Alabama supplejack


Callicarpa Americana


American beautyberry


Celtis occidentalis


Hackberry


Cornus florida


Flowering dogwood


Gaylussacia spp.


Huckleberries


Gaylussacia dumosa


Dwarf huckleberry


Ilex spp.


Hollies


Ilex cassine


Dahoon


Ilex coriacea


Large gallberry


Ilex deciduas


Possumhaw


Ilex glabra


Gallberry


Ilex myrtifolia


Myrtle dahoon


Ilex opaca


American holly


Ilex vomitoria


Yaupon


Morus rubra


Red mulberry


Myrica cerifera


Southern bayberry


Myrcia pensylvanica


Northern bayberry


Nyssa aquatica


Water tupelo


Nyssa sylvatica


Black tupelo and Swamp tupelo


Persea borbonia


Redbay


Prunus serotina


Black cherry


Prunus spp.


Wild cherries and Plums


Rhus copallina


Shining sumac


Rhus glabra


Smooth sumac


Rhus radicans


Common poison ivy


Rhus typhina


Staghorn sumac


Rubus spp.


Blackberries


Sabal spp.


Palmetto


Sambucus canadensis


American elder


Sassafras albidum


Sassafras


Serenoa repens


Saw-palmetto


Viburnum spp.


Viburnum


Soft Mast: Berries

Diospyros virginiana


Common persimmon


Juniperus virginiana


Eastern redcedar


Lonicera japonica


Japanese honeysuckle


Similax spp.


Greenbriers


Vaccinium spp.


Blueberries


Vitis aestivalis


Muscadine grape


Vitis rotundifolia


Summer grape


Hard Mast: Nuts

Aesculus octandra


Yellow buckeye


Carpinus caroliniana


American hornbeam


Carya spp.


Hickories


Carya aquatica


Water hickory


Carya cordiformis


Bitternut


Carya glabra


Pignut


Carya ovata


Shagbark


Carya tomentosa


Mockernut


Castanea spp.


Chinkapin


Fagus grandifolia


American beech


Juglans cinera


Butternut (white walnut)


Juglans nigra


Black walnut


Ostrya virginiana


Eastern hophornbeam


Nyssa sylvatica


Black gum


Quercus spp.


Oaks


Quercus alba


White oak


Quercus chapmanii


Chapman oak


Quercus michauxii


Swamp Chestnut oak


Quercus prinus


Chestnut oak


Quercus stellata


Post oak


Quercus virginiana


Live oak


Quercus falcate


Southern red oak


Quercus ilicifolia


Bear oak


Quercus incana


Bluejack oak


Quercus laurifolia


Laurel oak


Quercus marilandica


Blackjack oak


Quercus nigra


Water oak


Quercus nuttalli


Nuttall oak


Quercus phellos


Willow oak


Quercus pumila


Running oak


Quercus rubra


Northern red oak


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