Key to Numbered Sites along Hickory Hollow Trail

This list is available at the brochure box at the trailside kiosk

1. Scarlet Oak. 4� ahead and to the left. Quercus coccinea. Known for it�s brilliant autumn
color, the acorns of this oak have concentric rings.
2. Virginia Pine. 3� to the left. Pinus virginiana. Hardy pine used for pulpwood. Two short
needles in each cluster
3. Old sawmill site. About 100 feet from trail is a sawdust pile left from lumbering operation
here in the early 1960�s.
4. Red Maple. 3� ahead. Acer rubrum. Red flowers in February, also known as Swamp maple, as it tolerates wet soils.
5. American Hornbeam. 2� ahead. Carpinus caroliniana. Short trunk fluted like muscles. Sometimes called ironwood because of the toughness of its wood.
6. Ground cedar. Lycopodium obscurum. The cedar-like green plant covering the ground is in the club-moss family.
7. Southern Red Oak. 5� to the right. Quercus falcata. Sometimes called Spanish oak. Tapering wedge shaped leaves, acorns small in shallow scaley cups.
8. Flowering Dogwood. 2� ahead and to the left. Cornus florida. Familiar white 4 petals in spring. Produces red fruit for the wildlife in the fall.
9. Loblolly Pine. 3� ahead. Pinus taeda. Principal commercial southern pine.
10. Tulip Poplar. 4� to the left. Liriodendron tulipifera. One of the tallest and most beautiful eastern hardwoods. Squarish leaves distinctive. Greenish yellow flowers high in trees resemble tulips.
11. White Oak. 8� ahead. Quercus alba. Best known oak, has leaves with rounded lobes. Large, pointed acorns were eaten by Indians.
12. Black Oak. 5� to the right. Quercus velutina. Common tree, with dark bark, and spiny leaves. It�s bark was formerly a source of tannin, medicine, and a yellow dye for cloth.
13. Persimmon. 5� ahead and to the left. Diospyros virginiana. Notice the deeply blocked bark. Produces a small, round orange fruit which hangs on the tree after frost. Name comes from Algonquian word pasimenan,which meant �dried fruit�, for the use the Indians made of this native sweet.
14. Northern Red Oak. 6� ahead. Quercus rubra. Large tree with dark bark. Large rounded acorns in a shallow cup. Used for flooring, furniture, railroad cross-ties, and fenceposts.
15. Borrow Pit. During timbering operations, dirt was �borrowed� from some locations to fill in low spots in the logging road. Christmas fern Adiantum adorns the left rim of the pit. Easy to remember for its leaflets look like little Christmas stockings. It is green year round and has been used for decorating at Christmas.
16. Eastern Redcedar. 3� ahead. Juniperus virginiana. Sharp needlelike-scales. Produces aromatic wood used for fenceposts, cedar chests, cabinet work, and carvings. Red heartwood is resistant to rot and termites.
17. Cockspur Hawthorn. Crataegus crus-galli Large curved spines identify this small tree. Crabapple-like red fruits provide food for birds.
18. Black Cherry. 4� ahead. Prunus serotina. Largest wild cherry, with cracked and scaling bark. Clusters of small white flowers produce tart black fruit which is relished by birds. Black growths on old trees is called blackknot and is caused by a fungus.
19. Sweet Gum. 2� ahead. Liquidambar styraciflua. Tall straight tree with corky ridges on the branches. Star shaped leaves look like maples leaves, but are alternate not opposite. Fruit a spiky �gum ball� Wood used for cabinetwork, plywood, pulpwood, and boxes.
20. Sycamore. 3� to the right. Platanus occidentalis. A shade tree that grows to a larger trunk diameter than any other native hardwood. Bark on mature trees mottled with brown green and
white.
 


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