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Currently about 2,100 native and 1,300 non-native plant species are known in Pennsylvania. [1] According Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the known species make up 37% of Pennsylvania's total wild plant flora. [1] [clarification needed] More non-native species present in Pennsylvania are identified every year.
Common Name; Acer platanoides: Norway maple Ailanthus altissima: tree of heaven Alliaria petiolata: garlic mustard Aralia elata: Japanese Angelica tree Berberis thunbergii: Japanese barberry Euonymus alatus: Winged Spindle Lonicera japonica: Japanese honeysuckle Phragmites: Reynoutria japonica: Japanese knotweed Rhamnus cathartica: Buckthorn ...
This category contains the native flora of Pennsylvania as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: Pinus palustris: 1949 clarified 1997 [1]: Alaska: Sitka spruce: Picea sitchensis
Crataegus pennsylvanica, known as the Pennsylvania thorn, [2] is a species of hawthorn native to Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, [2] that grows to about 8 m in height. [2] The mature trees have few thorns. [2]
Oxydendrum arboreum, / ˌ ɒ k s ɪ ˈ d ɛ n d r ə m ɑːr ˈ b ɔːr i ə m / [2] the sourwood or sorrel tree, is the sole species in the genus Oxydendrum, in the family Ericaceae.It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains.
The wood is being used for a variety of things, including being made into pens by a local craftsmen and Native-Americans all over the country. The Sacred Oak is currently the biggest tree in Berks County and is on the Pennsylvania Forestry Association's Champion Trees of Pennsylvania website.
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.