Loblolly pine
Water oak
Pinus taeda
Pinaceae
(Pine Family)
Quercus nigra
Fagaceae (Beech
Family)
Basket oak
Southern red oak
Quercus michauxii
Fagaceae
(Beech Family)
Quercus falcata
Fagaceae (Beech
Family)
Laurel oak
Bald cypress
Quercus laurifolia
Fagaceae (Beech
Family)
Taxodium distichum
Cupressaceae
(Cypress Family)
Trees of the
Big Thicket
National Preserve
Visitor Center
Kountze, TX
Use the map with the field
guide to find 12 species of
trees around the Visitor
Center property!
Red maple
Southern magnolia
Acer rubrum
Aceraceae
(Maple Family)
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnoliaceae
(Magnolia Family)
Flowering dogwood
American sycamore
Cornus florida
Cornaceae
(Dogwood Family)
Platanus occidentalis
Platanaceae
(Plane-tree Family)
American holly
American sweetgum
Ilex opaca
Aquifoliaceae
(Holly family)
Liquidambar styracifula
Hamamelidaceae
(Witch-hazel Family)
