User:Dcrjsr/gallery of Duke Forest plants

These Duke Forest pictures of trees, flowers, and mushrooms are taken in the Korstian Division, mostly within the area between Mt. Sinai Road and and Whitfield Road, and between Piney Mountain and the concrete bridge; central coordinates are 35°59'28"N 79°00'50"W. For identifications I use the tree, bush, and flower sections of Will Cook's (Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke) web site [1] and the National Audubon Society eastern section field guides to trees and to wildflowers.

• White oak: Quercus alba
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  White oak (Quercus alba) new leaves, Duke Forest
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  Up into white oak in spring, Duke Forest, Durham NC
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  Up into white oak in fall, Duke Forest, Durham NC
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  Large white oak at old house site
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  White oak (Quercus alba) bark, Duke Forest
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  Acorns on white oak branch (Quercus alba)
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  White oak (Quercus alba) prolific acorns
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  White oak (Quercus alba) acorns close
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  White oak, fallen leaves & acorns
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  White oak (Quercus alba) fallen leaves on brick

• Northern red oak: Quercus rubra
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  Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) striped bark
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  Acorn on northern red oak branch (Qercus rubra)
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  N red oak (Quercus rubra) acorns, Duke Forest
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  Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) fallen leaves

• American beech: Fagus grandifolia
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  Beech (Fagus grandifolia) leaves close
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  Fall beech leaves in sun
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  Winter beech branches (Fagus grandifolia)
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  Beech roots (Fagus grandifolia) on mossy bank

• Shagbark hickory: Carya ovata
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  Shagbark hickory trunk, Duke Forest, Durham NC
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  Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) two trunks
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  Shagbark hickory, spring leaf cluster
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  Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) thick nutshell

• Painted buckeye: Aesculus sylvatica
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  Painted buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) flowers & leaves

• Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera
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  Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) tulip, closeup
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  Liriodendron tulipifera flower, side view
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  Liriodendron tulipifera 3 tulips on branch
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  Liriodendron tulipifera, buds & leaves
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  Liriodendron tulipifera, columnar trunk
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  Liriodendron tulipifera, folded young leaves
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  Dry "tulip" & leaf (Liriodendron tulipifera)
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  Winter "tulips" on branch (Liriodendron tulipifera)
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  Tulip-poplar vs Sweet-gum winter branches

• Sweet gum: Liquidambar styraciflua
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  Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaves
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  Sweet gum, fall leaves close
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  Sweetgum seeds shed from gumballs onto leaves
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  Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) gumballs
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  Tulip-tree vs Sweet-gum winter branches

• Red maple: Acer rubrum
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  Red maple (Acer rubrum) young leaves
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  Red-gold maple branches, Duke Forest, Durham NC
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  Spreading red maple (Acer rubrum) in snow
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  Red maple flowers (Acer rubrum)
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  Red maple flowers (Acer rubrum) closeup
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  (Acer rubrum), 2-winged seed "keys"

• Dogwood: Cornus florida
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  Dogwood flowers against big oak, Duke Forest
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  Dogwood (Cornus florida) leaves
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  Dogwood (Cornus florida) fall leaves, Duke Forest
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  Dogwood (Cornus florida) fall leaves close

• Cercis canadensis: American redbud
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  Redbud (Cercis canadensis) tree in bloom
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  Cercis canadensis, flowers & branches

• Ilex opaca: American holly
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  American holly (Ilex opaca) flowering branch
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  Young American holly (Ilex opaca) in sunny opening

• Pinus taeda: Loblolly pine
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  Loblolly pine, crown of mature tree
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  Young loblolly (Pinus taeda) & new cones
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  Bark on loblolly pine trunk (Pinus taeda)
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  Loblolly pine, crown branches with cones
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  Young loblolly twig & 3-needle bundles
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  Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), young cones

• Wildflowers, by color
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  Fire pink (Silene virginica) flower
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  Trout lily on woods floor, pair of flowers
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  Trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
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  Trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
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  Trout lily with newly-opening flowers
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  Trout lily emerging, closeup
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  Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) with bee
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  Trout lily (E. americanum) fruits & leaves
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  Trout lily in stream-edge roots, Duke Forest
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  Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) flowers
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  Rattlesnake weed (H. venosum) plant
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  Hieracium venosum, flowers & buds
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  Rattlesnake weed (H. venosum) leaves
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  Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
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  Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), leaf rosette
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  Cress (Cardamine hirsuta)
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  Blackberry (Rubus argutus) 3 flowers
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  Blackberry (R. argutus) backlit flowering canes
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  Sarvis (Amelanchier arborea), flower close
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  Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
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  Sarvis (Amelanchier arborea) leaves
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  Wild raisin (Viburnum cassinoides) flowers
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  Wild raisin (Viburnum cassinoides) bush
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  Viburnum cassinoides, flowers close
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  Dogwood (Cornus florida) flowers close
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  Dogwood (Cornus florida) flower branchlet
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  Striped wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
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  Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
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  Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) close
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  Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) many
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  Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) pink anthers
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  American redbud (Cercis canadensis) close
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  Redbud (Cercis canadensis) flowers
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  Wisteria frutescens flower closeup
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  American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) flowers
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  Wisteria seeds in curled fuzzy pod halves
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  Wisteria frutescens, climbing on oak tree
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  Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea)
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  Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
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  Common violet (Viola sororia)
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  Bluets (Houstonia caerulea), Duke Forest
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  Bluets growing from a crack between bricks
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  Bluets (Houstonia caerulea), many
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  Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) by stream
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  Blue-eyed grass (S. angustifolium) close
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  Blue-eyed grass (S. angustifolium) in meadow
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  Common bugle (Ajuga reptans) stem & flowers

• Mushrooms
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  Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) Duke Forest NC
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  Red-and-yellow bolete (Boletus bicolor)
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  Somebody eats boletes, Duke Forest
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  Amanita cokeri, young specimen, Duke Forest
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  Amanita cokeri, Duke Forest
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  Pear-shaped puffballs (Lycoperdon pyriforme)
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  Lycoperdon pyriforme on fallen log, Duke Forest