Nyssa sylvatica - Sour Gum

also known as Tupelo or Black Gum

Nyssa sylvatica - Nyssa, named for Nyssa, a Greek water nymph; sylvatica, growing in forest or woods.







Horizontal branching habit is common and apparent in winter silhouette.

Davidia involucrata - Dove Tree, or Handkerchief Tree

Davidia involucrata: Davidia, named in honor of a French missionary in China, Abbe Armand David, who collected many plants; involucrata for having an involucre, or a ring of bracts surrounding several flowers.


Showy white flowers are actually bracts, or modified leaves.

Cordate (heart-shaped) leaves