Mockernut Hickory

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa, formerly Carya alba), also widely known as the White Hickory or Big-bud Hickory, is a grand, slow-growing hardwood tree native to the upland deciduous forests of the eastern United States. Celebrated for its exceptionally heavy,...

Pignut Hickory

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra), also known as the Sweet Pignut or Broom Hickory, is a stately, valuable hardwood tree in the walnut family Juglandaceae, native to the upland deciduous forests of eastern North America. Renowned for its exceptionally strong,...

Wood Thrush

Birds > Perching Birds

The Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), honored as the official bird of Washington, D.C., and immortalized by naturalists such as Henry David Thoreau, is universally celebrated as the premier flutist of the North American woodland. Renowned for its haunting, ethereal,...

Scarlet Tanager

Birds > Perching Birds

The Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) is one of the most breathtakingly radiant neotropical migratory songbirds inhabiting the high deciduous canopies of eastern North America. In breeding plumage, the adult male presents an arresting spectacle: an incandescent,...

Sugar Maple

Plants > Sapindaceae & Sapindales

The Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), officially honored as the state tree of four US states and immortalized as the central cultural emblem on the national flag of Canada, is a magnificent, long-lived deciduous hardwood tree belonging to the soapberry family Sapindaceae...