Photo Gallery:
North American Trees and Forests
Tallulah Gorge - Tallulah Falls, GA
FDR - Forestry Legacy, Pine Mountain, GA
FDR - Little White House, Pine Mountain, GA
Appalachian Ginseng - Somewhere in Western NC
Appalachian Ginseng - "roots of gold" - Western NC
Appalachian Ginseng - A legal dig in Western NC
Yellow birch - Ranger's Cabin, Biltmore Forest, NC
Ginkgo biloba - Moses Cone's Ginkgo, Blue Ridge Parkway
Catalpa - Moore House, Yorktown, VA
Pine-hardwood forest type - Natchez Trace, MS
Eastern redbud - Elvis' Birthplace, Tupelo, MS
Eastern hemlock in a yellow-poplar cove - Nantahala NF, NC
Western hemlock, firs and pines - Crater Lake, OR
Western juniper and pine - Cibola NF, NM
American mountain-ash - Grandfather Mountain, NC
Common persimmon - "pucker up"
Post oak - "Cross Timbers"
Yellow buckeye - "poisonous seed"
American beech - "mattress stuffing" at Buck's Pocket, AL
American basswood - "humming tree"
American sycamore - The Capitol Tree in Montgomery AL
American sycamore - "contrast"
Eastern cottonwood - Mud Island, TN
Sassafras - "cure-all"
Nantahala NF, NC
Baldcypress - "fruit"
Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, AL
Baldcypress - "knees"
Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, AL
Yellow poplar - "flower and bough"
Longleaf pine - "grass stage", Conecuh NF, AL"
Longleaf pine - "witness tree", Conecuh NF, AL
Ponderosa pine - "vanilla tree", Lincoln NF, NM>
Carolina hemlock - Biltmore School Campus, Pisgah NF
Black walnut - "poison husk", Barker Creek, NC
Eastern white pine - "pendulata", Birmingham Botanical Gardens, AL
White oak - "shade tree"
Spruce-fir forest type - "sub-alpine forest", Lincoln NF, NM
Englemann spruce - "cones" (U.S. Forest Service photo)
Eastern hemlock - "sprays"
River Birch - Birmingham Botanical Gardens, AL
Tupelo gum - "honey tree"
Black cherry - "insect food", Auburn University campus, AL
Black locust - "mountain progeny", Dillard, GA
Osage orange - "green brain", Montgomery, AL
Swamp chestnut oak - "basket tree", Montgomery, AL
Southern balsam fir - Mt. Mitchell, NC
River birch - "city slicker", Birmingham Botanical Gardens, AL
Eastern red cedar - Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, AL
Sweetbay - "semievergreen tree", west central Georgia
Royal paulownia - Atlanta Botanical Gardens, GA
(c) All photos by Steve Nix and licensed to About.com, Inc.
