Fire Effects on Tree Species
Southeastern tree species included in the Fire Effects Information System and the Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science (ESFS). For information on a particular species, either access the link provided to FEIS or use the search tool provided in ESFS.
Species | Common Name | FEIS | ESFS |
| Acer negundo | boxelder | ACENEG | |
| Acer pensylvanicum | striped maple | ACEPEN | |
| Acer rubrum | red maple | ACERUB | |
| Acer saccharum | sugar maple | ACESAC | |
| Acer saccharinum | silver maple | ACESAH | |
| Amelanchier arborea | downy serviceberry | AMEARB | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devils walking stick | ARASPI | |
| Betula alleghaniensis | yellow birch | BETALL | |
| Betula nigra | river birch | BETNIG | |
| Betula papyrifera | paper birch | BETPAP | |
| Betula populifolia | gray birch | BETPOP | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam | CARCAR | |
| Carya cordiformis | bitternut hickory | CARCOR | * |
| Carya glabra | pignut hickory | CARGLA | * |
| Carya illinoensis | pecan | CARILL | |
| Carya ovata | shagbark hickory | CAROVA | |
| Carya tomentosa | mockernut hickory | CARTOM | |
| Castanea pumila | Allegheny chinkapin | CASPUM | |
| Celtis laevigata | sugarberry | CELLAE | |
| Celtis occidentalis | hackberry | CELOCC | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | buttonbush | CEPOCC | |
| Cercis canadensis | eastern redbud | CERCAN | |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic white-cedar | CHATHY | |
| Cornus florida | flowering dogwood | CORFLO | |
| Cornus racemosa | gray dogwood | CORRAC | |
| Diospyros virginiana | common persimmon | DIOVIR | |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | autumn-olive | ELAUMB | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | FAGGRA | |
| Fraxinus americana | white ash | FRAAME | |
| Fraxinus nigra | black ash | FRANIG | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash | FRAPEN | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | honey-locust | GLETRI | |
| Gordonia lasianthus | loblolly-bay | GORLAS | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | witch-hazel | HAMVIR | |
| Ilex ambigua | Carolina holly | ILEAMB | |
| Ilex decidua | deciduous holly | ILEDEC | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly | ILEOPA | |
| Juglans nigra | black walnut | JUGNIG | |
| Juniperus virginiana | eastern redcedar | JUNVIR | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | sweetgum | LIQSTY | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | yellow-poplar | LIRTUL | |
| Maclura pomifera | osage-orange | MACPOM | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | southern magnolia | MAGGRA | |
| Magnolia virginiana | sweetbay | MAGVIR | |
| Morus rubra | red mulberry | MORRUB | |
| Myrica cerifera | southern bayberry | MYRCER | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | black tupelo | NYSSYL | |
| Ostrya virginiana | eastern hophornbeam | OSTVIR | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | sourwood | OXYARB | |
| Persea borbonia | redbay | PERBOR | |
| Picea rubens | red spruce | PICRUB | |
| Pinus banksiana | jack pine | PINBAN | |
| Pinus clausa | sand pine | PINCLA | * |
| Pinus echinata | shortleaf pine | PINECH | * |
| Pinus elliottii | slash pine | PINELL | * |
| Pinus glabra | spruce pine | PINGLA | * |
| Pinus palustris | longleaf pine | PINPAL | * |
| Pinus pungens | Table Mountain pine | PINPUN | * |
| Pinus rigida | pitch pine | PINRIG | * |
| Pinus serotina | pond pine | PINSER | * |
| Pinus strobus | eastern white pine | PINSTR | * |
| Pinus taeda | loblolly pine | PINTAE | * |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine | PINVIR | * |
| Platanus occidentalis | sycamore | PLAOCC | |
| Populus deltoides | eastern cottonwood | POPDEL | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | honey mesquite | PROGLA | |
| Prunus americana | American plum | PRUAME | |
| Prunus pensylvanica | pin cherry | PRUPEN | |
| Prunus serotina | black cherry | PRUSER | |
| Prunus virginiana | chokecherry | PRUVIR | |
| Quercus alba | white oak | QUEALB | |
| Quercus bicolor | swamp white oak | QUEBIC | |
| Quercus coccinea | scarlet oak | QUECOC | |
| Quercus falcata | southern red oak | QUEFAL | * |
| Quercus incana | bluejack oak | QUEINC | * |
| Quercus laevis | turkey oak | QUELAE | * |
| Quercus laurifolia | laurel oak | QUELAU | |
| Quercus lyrata | overcup oak | QUELYR | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | bur oak | QUEMAC | |
| Quercus marilandica | blackjack oak | QUEMAR | * |
| Quercus michauxii | swamp chestnut oak | QUEMIC | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | chinkapin oak | QUEMUE | |
| Quercus nigra | water oak | QUENIG | |
| Quercus palustris | pin oak | QUEPAL | |
| Quercus phellos | willow oak | QUEPHE | |
| Quercus prinus | chestnut oak | QUEPRI | |
| Quercus rubra | northern red oak | QUERUB | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak | QUESHU | |
| Quercus stellata | post oak | QUESTE | |
| Quercus turbinella | shrub live oak | QUETUR | |
| Quercus velutina | black oak | QUEVEL | |
| Quercus virginiana | live oak | QUEVIR | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | black locust | ROBPSE | |
| Sabal palmetto | cabbage palmetto | SABPAL | |
| Salix nigra | black willow | SALNIG | |
| Sambucus cerulea | blue elderberry | SAMCER | |
| Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens | red elderberry | SAMRACP | |
| Sassafras albidum | sassafras | SASALB | |
| Sorbus americana | American mountain-ash | SORAME | |
| Tamarix ramosissma | saltcedar | TAMRAM | |
| Taxodium distichum | baldcypress | TAXDIS | * |
| Taxus floridana | Florida yew | TAXFLO | |
| Thuja occidentalis | northern white-cedar | THUOCC | |
| Tilia americana | basswood | TILAME | |
| Torreya taxifolia | Florida torreya | TORTAX | |
| Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock | TSUCAN | |
| Tsuga caroliniana | Carolina hemlock | TSUCAR | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm | ULMAME | |
| Ulmus rubra | slippery elm | ULMRUB | |
| Vaccinium arboreum | tree sparkleberry | VACARB |
