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American Beech
- The American beech is a shade-tolerant species, favoring shade more than other trees, commonly found in forests in the final stage of succession.
- It is a deciduous tree growing to 20–35 m (66–115 ft) tall, with smooth, silver-gray bark.
- The leaves are dark green, simple and sparsely-toothed with small teeth that terminate each vein, 6–12 cm (2.4–4.7 in) long (rarely 15 centimetres (5.9 in)), with a short petiole.
Carpet Moss
- Carpet moss reproduces both sexually and asexually
- In the spring the carpet moss is golden green, and turns dark green as it gets older
- The edges of the leaves have long, narrow cells which grow in pairs and make the margins look serrated.
Guelder Rose
- Also known as viburnum opulus
- V. opulus is a deciduous shrub growing to 4–5 m (13–16 ft) tall.
- The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins
- The leaf buds are green, with valvate bud scales.
Lady Fern
- Also known as athyrium filix-feming
- Commonly split into two species, A. angustum (narrow lady fern) and A. asplenioides (southern lady fern). The southern lady fern has a broader frond, especially at the base.
- The deciduous fronds are light yellow-green, 20-90 cm long and 5-25 cm broad. Sori appear as dots on the underside of the frond, 1-6 per pinnule.
- It is said to be feminine because of its elegant and graceful appearance.
Carya Ovata
- It is a large, deciduous tree, growing well over 100 feet tall, and will live over 350 years
- The tallest measured Shagbark, located in Savage Gulf, TN, is over 150 feet tall. Mature shagbarks are easy to recognize because, as their name implies, they have shaggy bark
- The leaves are 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long, pinnate, with five (rarely three or seven) leaflets, the terminal three leaflets much larger than the basal pair
- The fruit is a drupe 2.5 to 4.0 cm (1.0 to 1.6 in) long, an edible nut with a hard, bony shell, contained in a thick, green four-sectioned husk which turns dark and splits off at maturity in the fall
Tilia x Euopea
- Generally known as the common lime (British Isles) or common linden (North America)
- Is a naturally occurring hybrid between Tilia cordata (small-leaved lime) and Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved lime)
- Is a large deciduous tree up to 15–50 m (49–164 ft) tall with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft) radius
- The leaves are intermediate between the parents, 6–15 cm (2–6 in) long and 6–12 cm (2–5 in) broad, thinly hairy below with tufts of denser hairs in the leaf vein axils