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Friday, August 22, 2025

Summer Dendrology

 Dendrology is the study of woody plants and trees identification and taxonomy, and a really big part of the foundational knowledge for field researchers, naturalists, hunters and fishermen, canoeists and kayakers, and especially those who are all of the above.

Here is a list of trees someone might find on the lower South Branch of the Potomac and surrounding areas in Hampshire County (WV) or Allegany County (MD).

Visit our source for these data (hyperlinked) by visiting Virginia Tech's Dr. Dendrology pages at 
https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/factsheets.cfm

 = nonnative, planted and a wildland component, commonly "escapes" cultivation
 = a North American native, may naturalize outside its native range

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