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Early Fall Woody Plants

This page was created for students in the University of Richmond Landscape Design Program. The images are for educational purposes and not intended for commercial use. (Last update: October 2009)

• Acer ginnala LGBG 02s samara fruits
• Acer ginnala MAD-ARB 01s leaves
• Acer ginnala (as Acer tataricum ssp ginnala) 'Flame' LGBG 04s leaves and flowers
• Acer ginnala (as Acer tataricum ssp ginnala) 'Flame' LGBG 03s leaves and samara fruits
• Acer griseum bark LG 02s bark
• Acer griseum LG 02s tree form
• Acer griseum LG 01s leaves
• Acer griseum LGBG 01s leaves fall color
• Acer griseum LGBG 02s samara fruits
• Acer japonicum USNA 01s habit, fall color
• Acer japonicum 'Vitifolia' Tower-Hill 02s leaves
• Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' LGBG 01s leaves fall color
• Acer japonicum 'Vitifolia' Tower-Hill 01s samara fruits
• Acer negundo PNWR_03 compound leaf and samara fruits
• Acer negundo UR 01s - habit
• Acer palmatum W-MA 01s tree form
• Acer palmatum NBG 01s leaves
• Acer palmatum LGBG 01s leaves early fall color
• Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' LGBG 01s small tree
• Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' USNA 01s habit, fall color
• Acer palmatum 'Waterfall' USNA 01s habit, fall color
• Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' BG 01s leaves
• Acer palmatum LGBG 03s leaves and flowers
• Acer palmatum 'Kilarney' LGBG 01s leaves and samara fruit
• Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' NBG 01s branching pattern
• Acer platanoides W-MA 01s tree form - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Acer platanoides W-MA 02s leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Acer platanoides W-MA 03s flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Acer platanoides W-MA 05s flower close-up - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Acer platanoides W-MA 08s leaf and fruits - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Acer rubrum UR 01s staminate flowers
• Acer rubrum UR 02s pistillate flowers
• Acer rubrum W-MA 01s samara fruit
• Acer rubrum UR 04s - habit, fall color
• Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley,' 'Brandywine,' 'Somerset' USNA 01s - habit, fall color
• Acer saccharinum APPOMATTOX-CH-NP 01s tree
• Acer saccharinum W-MA 02s samara fruits and young leaves
• Acer saccharinum W-MA 05s mature leaves and fruits
• Acer saccharum W-MA 06s tree form early spring
• Acer saccharum W-MA 01s tree form full leaf
• Acer saccharum UR 01s leaves
• Acer saccharum bark W-MA 01s bark
• Acer saccharum 'Bonfire' MAD-ARB 01s leaves and samara fruits
• Acer saccharum W-MA 05s staminate flowers and young leaves
• Acer saccharum W-MA 03s staminate flowers close-up
• Acer saccharum W-MA 07s mature and very mature specimens
• Acer saccharum ETSU 02s habit, fall color
• Akebia quinata LGBG 03s pistillate flowers and leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Akebia quinata LGBG 02s pistillate flowers, young staminate flowers and leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Akebia quinata W-MA 09s staminate flower left, pistillate flower right - close-up - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Akebia quinata W-MA 05s segment of vine with flowers and leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Akebia quinata LGBG 05s mature leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata UR 01s leaves and flowers - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata LGBG 08s leaf and flowers - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata UR 02s leaves and fall fruits - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata LGBG 02s leaves and fruits - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata LGBG 05s lfruits - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Aralia spinosa LGBG 01s small tree
• Aralia spinosa LGBG 02s compound leaves
• Aralia spinosa LGBG 05s habit, in flower
• Aralia spinosa LGBG 06s flowers
• Aralia spinosa UR_01s fruits
• Aralia spinosa UR_03s leaf and fruits
• Aronia arbutifolia NBG 03s leaves and old fruits
• Aronia arbutifolia NBG 01s leaves, young fruits, old fruits
• Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' USNA 01s fruits, close-up
• Berberis x julianae UR 05s - flowering stem
• Berberis x julianae 'Spring Glory' LGBG 02s branch with young growth
• Berberis x julianae 'Spring Glory' LGBG 03s flowers and leaves
• Berberis x julianae 'Spring Glory' LGBG 04s shrub habit, flowering
• Berberis x julianae 'Spring Glory' LGBG 01s leaves
• Berberis thunbergii W-MA 06s shrub form - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Crimson Pygmy' LGBG 01s - habit
• Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Crimson Velvet' LGBG 05s - leaves, fruits, close-up
• Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana' Van-Dusen-Bot-Gard 04s -habit
• Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana' Van-Dusen-Bot-Gard 03s - leaves
• Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea 'Rose Glow' LGBG 01s shrub form - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea 'Helmond' LGBG 01s shrub form - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Berberis thunbergii W-MA 01s leaves and flowers - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Berberis thunbergii W-MA 04s flowers close-up - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Callicarpa americana CityPoint 03 fruiting arching branches
• Callicarpa americana CityPoint 01s leaves and fruits
• Callicarpa americana CityPoint 02s fruits close-up
• Callicarpa dichotoma LG 02s leaves and flowers
• Callicarpa dichotoma LG 03s shrub habit
• Callicarpa dichotoma LGBG 01s - leaves and fruits
• Callicarpa dichotoma NBG 01s - leaves and fruits
• Camellia sasanqua Mynelle_01s flower
• Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' NBG 02s flowers and leaves
• Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' NBG 03s shrub habit
• Camellia sasanqua 'Polar Ice' LGBG 01s - flower
• Camellia sasanqua NBG 01s - fruits and leaves
• Carya glabra LGBG_01s leaf and fruits (nuts)
• Carya ovata Tower Hill 02s spring bud-break, prophylls, young leaves, and staminate catkins
• Carya sp. UR 01s leaves of sapling tree
• Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Inoveris' LG 01s habit
• Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet' TOWER-HILL 01s - foliage
• Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' TOWER-HILL02s - habit
• Caryopteris sp. TGIV-PT-UT 01s flowering branch
• Celastrus orbiculatus W-MA 02s twining vine habit and leaves - CAUTION - extremely invasive
• Celastrus orbiculatus W-MA 05s leaves and fruits - CAUTION - extremely invasive
• Celastrus orbiculatus W-MA 03s leaves and fruits - CAUTION - extremely invasive
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum W-MA 01s habit
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum 01s fruits and leaves
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum 03s leaves (and partially hidden fruits)
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendula' LGBG 01s
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendula' BLITHEWOLD 01s habit
• Chionanthus retusus LGBG 01s leaves and flowers
• Chionanthus retusus LGBG 03s flowers
• Chionanthus retusus LGBG 06s leaves and fruits
• Chionanthus retusus USNA 01s bark and main stems
• Clematis terniflora LG 01s habit on trellis - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C. paniculata LGBG 01s scrambling vine with flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C. paniculata UR 03s climbing vine with flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C. paniculata UR 04s branchs with flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C. paniculata CityPoint 02s vine with flowers and leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C.paniculata CityPoint 03s flower cluster close-up - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Clematis terniflora = C. paniculata 2s flower close-up - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Cotoneaster apiculata LGBG 03s shrub in fruit
• Cotoneaster apiculata LGBG 04s fruiting branch
• Cotoneaster apiculata LGBG 01s fruits
• Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty' NBG 03s leaves and flowers
• Cotoneaster franchettii LGBG 02s leaf and fruits
• Cotoneaster horizontalis UBC 01s habit
• Cotoneaster horizontalis UBC 02s leaves and fruits
• Cotoneaster sp. Smithcol 01s flowers and leaves
• Crataegus phaenopyrum UR_01s leaves and young (not fully red) fruits
• Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' LGBG 02s flowers
• Crataegus_viridis_'Winter_King'_LGBG_04s.JPG habit (flowering)
• Elaeagnus pungens LGBG 01s flowers and leaves - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Elaeagnus pungens 02s flowers and leaves - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Elaeagnus pungens LGBG 05s leaves and fruits - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Elaeagnus pungens 'Variegata' Towerhill 01s variegated leaves - CAUTION: extremely invasive
• Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' LGBG 01s - variegated leaves
• Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' LGBG 01s variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Euonymus fortunei MILLSAPS 03s dehisced fruits with red-arillate seeds - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Euonymus fortunei MILLSAPS 04s fruits - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow' LGBG 01s variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow' LGBG 05s habit - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Euonymus fortunei UR 03s leaf and dehisced fruit with red-arillate seeds - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Franklinia alatamaha - LGBG 12s flower
• Hamamelis virginiana TowerHill 01s leaves
• Hamamelis virginiana UR 05s flowers close-up
• Hamamelis virginiana UR 02s flowers and leaves
• Itea virginica LGBG 03s habit, early fall color
• Itea virginica NBG 01s small shrub
• Itea virginica LGBG 01s flowering racemes
• Itea virginica 611QU 02s flowers close-up
• Itea virginica 'Sarah Eve' NBG 01s flowers close-up
• Itea virginica LGBG 04s early autumn leaf color
• Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' NBG 02s shrub habit
• Larix kaempferi 'Blue Dwarf' UBC 01s habit
• Larix kaempferi 'Blue Dwarf' UBC 03s branchlets and needle leaves
• Liquidambar styraciflua UR 02s leaves, fall color
• Liquidambar styraciflua UR 04s leaves, fall color
• Liquidambar styraciflua UR 05s tree habit, fall color
• Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' LGBG 02s leaves
• Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' LGBG 01s habit, young tree
• Liriodendron tulipifera W-MA 02s tree habit
• Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiata' NBG 01s habit
• Liriodendron tulipifera LGBG 01s leaves and fruit cluster
• Liriodendron tulipifera greenbeltpk may75 01s close-up flower
• Liriodendron tulipifera greenbeltpk may 75 02s close-up flower
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides Smithcol 02s tree habit
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides USNA 13s habit, fall color
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides LG 01s tree base
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides LGBG 05s needle leaves, close-up, abaxial surface
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides UR 03s needles, fall color
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides UR 05s pollen-bearing strobili ("pollen cones")
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides LGBG 02s leaves and nearly mature cones
• Nyssa sylvatica USNA 01s habit, fall color
• Nyssa sylvatica Smithcol 01s leaves
• Nyssa sylvatica Smithcol 02s flowers and leaves
• Nyssa sylvatica 611QU 02s fall color leaves and fruits
• Nyssa sylvatica UR 03s habit, fall color (orange-red)
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia 01s climbing vine habit
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia UBC 01s habit, covering wall
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia UBC 02s habit, covering wall
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia PNWR_05s leaves and flowers
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia PNWR_04s leaves and flowers
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia PNWR_01s leaves (fall color) and fruits
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia PNWR_03s leaves (fall color) and fruits
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata W-MA 01s climbing vine habit, on factory wall
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata UBC 01s climbing vine habit, on university building
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata W-MA 03s leaves
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata U-WISC-MAD 01s immature leaves and sticky tendrils
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata U-WISC-MAD 02s stick tendrils close-up
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata LGBG 01s flowers
• Pyracantha koidzumi 'Victory' LGBG 02s fruits and leaves
• Pyracantha koidzumi 'Victory LGBG 03s early fall fruits
• Pyracantha koidzumi 'Victory' LGBG_06s shrub habit
• Pyracantha 'Navaho' USNA 02s leaves and fruits
• Pyracantha 'Navaho' USNA 03s shrub habit
• Pyracantha 'teton' LGBG 02 close-up of fruits
• Pyracantha 'Teton' LGBG 03 shrub habit
• Pyracantha 'Teton' LGBG 04 fruiting branch
• Rhus aromatica U-WISC-MAD 01s branch with leaves
• Rhus aromatica U-WISC-MAD 02s buds and young stems
• Rhus aromatica RED-BUTTE-UT 01s fruits and leaves
• Rhus aromatica LGBG 01s fall color
• Rhus typhina BARABOO 01s leaves and flowers
• Rhus typhina BARABOO 02s flowers
• Rhus typhina 'Dissecta' CAL-ST-CHICO 01s plant
• Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' TGIV-PT-UT 01s finely dissected leaves
• Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 03s habit, mass planting bordering sidewalk
• Sassafras albidum LGBG 01s leaves
• Sassafras albidum UR 01s leaves, fall color
• Sassafras albidum JOHNSON-CITY-TN 02s leaves, fall color
• Sassafras albidum LGBG 01s flowers
• Stephanandra chinensis LGBG 01s leaves and flower panicle
• Stephanandra chinensis LGBG 03s leaves and flower panicle
• Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' LGBG 02s shrub, habit
• Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' TOWER-HILL 03s habit, flowering specimen
• Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' LGBG 01s leaves and red stems
• Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' LGBG 04s leaves and stems
• Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' TOWER-HILL 02s leaves and flowers
• Taxodium distichum LGBG 04s tree habit, fall color
• Taxodium distichum LGBG 10s habit, fall color (the tree in the middle is Pond Cypress, Taxodium ascendens)
• Taxodium distichum LGBG 05s tree
• Taxodium distichum LGBG 01s cones
• Taxodium distichum LGBG 03s knee
• Taxodium distichum USNA 03s knees among fallen branchlets
• Taxodium distichum PNWR 04s buttressed base of trunk, knees
• Tilia cordata ETSU 01s habit
• Tilia tomentosa 'Barbant' UBC 01s leaves and flowers
• Tilia tomentosa 'Green Mountain' LGBG 01s close-up of fruit with papery bract
• Tilia tomentosa 'Green Mountain' LGBG 02s tree, habit
• Tilia tomentosa 'Green Mountain' LGBG 03s close-up of flowers with leafy bract
• Viburnum dilatatum LGBG 05s small shrub, habit, flowering
• Viburnum dilatatum LGBG 02s flowering cyme and leaves
• Viburnum dilatatum LGBG 07s leaves and fruits
• Viburnum dilatatum LGBG 08s leaves and fruits
• Viburnum dilatatum 'Erie' USNA 01s leaves and fruits
• Viburnum dilatatum 'Oneida' VATECH 03s large shrub, flowering
• Viburnum dilatatum 'Oneida' VATECH 02s flowering cymes and leaves
• Viburnum nudum NBG 02s fruits
• Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' LGBG 01s shrub
• Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' LGBG 02s leaves
• Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' NBG 01s leaves and flowers
• Viburnum prunifolium LGBG 02s leaves and flowers
• Viburnum prunifolium LGBG 03s shrub habit (flowering)
• Vibrunum prunifolium APPOMATTOX 02s leaves early fall
• Viburnum prunifolium APPOMATTOX 01s leaves early fall
• Viburnum prunifolium PT-ROCKS-VA 02s leaves, fall color
• Viburnum setigerum LGBG 07s leaves and flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Viburnum setigerum LGBG 01s leaves and fruits - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Viburnum sieboldii BLITHWOLD 03s habit, in flower
• Viburnum sieboldii TOWER-HILL 03s habit, in flower
• Viburnum sieboldii TOWER-HILL 02s flowers

Locations where photos were taken (codes embedded in photo file names):

• Appomattox County, VA
• Appomattox Courthouse National Historic Park, Appomattox, VA
• Baraboo, Wisconsin
• Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum, Bristol, RI
• Brookside Gardens, Wheaton Regional Park, Wheaton, MD
• California State University, Chico, CA
• City Point, Hopewell, VA
• East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
• Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt, MD
• Johnson City, TN
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
• Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, PA
• Madison Arboretum (Univ of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum), Madison, WI
• Millsaps College, Jackson, MI
• Mynelle Gardens, Jackson, MI
• Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
• Point of Rocks Park, Chesterfield Co, VA
• Presquile National Wildlife Refuge, Hopewell, VA
• Red Butte Botanical Garden, Salt Lake City, UT
• Smith College, Northampton, MA
• Thanksgiving Point, UT
• Tower Hill Botanical Garden, West Boylston, MA
• United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC
• Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• Whitinsville, MA
• 611 Qu (a private residence in Chesterfield Co, VA)