Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society

Thomas Jefferson
1767-1821
Virginia
Morus alba White Mulberry 1771
Morus nigra Black Mulberry 1816
Morus rubra Red Mulberry 1791
Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae Balsam of Peru 1791
Olea europea Olive 1774
Picea abies Norway Spruce ("Norway fir") 1798
Picea glauca White Spruce ("Large silver fir”) 1791
Picea mariana Black Spruce ("Newfoundland fir”) 1783
Pinus rigida Pitch Pine 1807
Pinus strobus White Pine ("Weymouth Pine") 1804
Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine 1798
Platanus acerifolia London Plane 1812
Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 1790
Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar ("Tacamahac") 1791
Populus deltoides Cottonwood ("Cotton tree") 1805
Populus x gileadensis Balm of Gilead 1794
Populus nigra var. italica Lombardy Poplar 1793
Populus tremula European Poplar ("Monticello aspen") 1789
Populus tremuloides Aspen 1778
Prunus avium Sweet Cherry 1808
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry ("dwarf cherry") 1771
Prunus persica Flowering Peach 1783
Prunus virginiana Wild Black Cherry ("Choak cherry”) 1790
Quercus coccifera Kermes Oak ("Prickly Kermes") 1807
Quercus ilicifolia Bear Oak ("Dwarf oak”) 1806
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1794
Quercus robur English Oak 1812
Quercus suber Cork Oak 1790
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust ("Common locust”) 1771
Robinia viscosa Red Locust 1808
Salix alba var. vitellina Yellow Willow 1790
Salix babylonica Weeping Willow 1794
Sassafras albidum Sassafras 1783
Sorbus aucuparia European Mountain Ash 1790
Taxus baccata English Yew 1808
Thuja occidentalis Arborvitae 1783
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