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Magnolia virginiana • Evergreen tree • Dark, glossy oval leaves with blue-gray on undersides • Fragrant white flowers 2 - 3 inches in diameter • Maximum height of 60 feet • Trunk diameter up to 20...
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• Quercus pumila • Grows in clusters running along the ground • More bush than tree
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Pinus serotina Also known as Swamp Pine Similar to Pitch Pine, but more southern Height to 80 feet Flexible needles Trunk sprouts often present Nearly-round, 2 - 3 inch cones Crown branches tend to be...
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Pinus palustris Beautiful starlight southern tree valued for turpentine and timber Height 60 - 70 feet Likes sandy areas Very long dark green needles grouped in 3's 8 - 18 inch needles clustered...
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Quercus marilandica Low to medium-sized tree Height 40 - 50 feet 4 - 8 inch thick, leathery and shallow-lobed leaves Brown leaves scaly or hairy underneath Twigs angled, hairy Dark trunk broken into...
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• Kalmia angustifolia • Evergreen shrub • Leaves to 2.5 inches long • Height 3 feet • Rosy red to crimson flowers in loose clusters • Foliage poisonous if eaten in large amounts by livestock •...
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Clethra alnifolia • Member White Alder Family • Tall, many-branched, leafy shrub • Height 90 - 300 cm (3 - 10 feet) • Upright clusters of white fragrant flowers • Sharply toothed, wedge-shaped leaves...
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• Rhododendron atlanticum • Coastal Plain deciduous shrub • Grows 90 - 120 cm (3 - 4 feet) tall in dense colonies • Spreads by underground runners • Leaves wedge-shaped to elliptic • Twigs bristly and...
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• Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus • Very poisonous, large semi-aquatic relative of the copperhead and rattlesnake • Olive, brown, or black above; belly lighter color • Crossbands with dark borders •...
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• Agkistrodon contortrix • Moderately large, stout-bodied poisonous snake • Chestnut brown hourglass-shaped crossbands with light centers on body pattern • Green-yellow tail tips in juveniles • Pit...