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Trees & Plants Native to Texas, as they relate in the Druidic Tree Lore alphabet called Ogham.
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Native Texas Gorse Subs.
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Native Texas Poplar
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Native Texas Gooseberry
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Native Texas Mistletoe
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   TRADITIONAL              NATIVE TEXAS                      NATIVE U.S.
      OGHAMS                                  OGHAMS                         SUBSTITUTES
 

   IRISH         ENGLISH         TRADITIONAL U.K.     NATIVE TEXAS        NATIVE U.S.

   NAME          NAME            SCIENTIFIC NAME       SCIENTIFIC NAME   SCIENTIFIC NAME

Beith           Birch                 Betula alba/pendula          Betula nigra  (1 species)

Luis            Rowan                Sorbus aucuparia              N/A (none)                   Sorbus americana

Fearn          Alder                 Alnus glutinosa                 Alnus serrulata (1 species)

Saille          Willow               Salix alba                           Salix amygdaloides (4 species)
                                                                                                    Salix exigua
                                                             
                                       Salix nigra
                                                                
                                    Salix taxifolia

Nuin            Ash                    Fraxinus excelsior           Fraxinus americana (9 species)
                                                                                                    Fraxinus berlandieriana 
                                                                                                    Fraxinus caroliniana
                                                                                                    Fraxinus cuspidata
                                                                                                    Fraxinus greggii
                                                                                                    Fraxinus papillosa
                                                                                                    Fraxinus pennsylvanica
                                                                                                    Fraxinus texensis
                                                                                                    Fraxinus velutina

Huath          Hawthorn          Crataegus oxyacantha     Crataegus berberifolia (14 species)
                                                                                                    Crataegus brachyacantha
                                                                                                    Crataegus calpodendron
                                                                                                    Crataegus crus-galli
                                                                                                    Crataegus greggiana
                                                                                                    Crataegus marshallii
                                                                                                    Crataegus mollis
                                                                                                    Crataegus opaca
                                                                                                    Crataegus reverchonii
                                                                                                    Crataegus spathulata
                                                                                                    Crataegus texana 
                                                                                                    Crataegus tracyi
                                                                                                    Crataegus uniflora
                                                                                                    Crataegus viridis

Duir            Oak                    Quercus robur                 Quercus alba (41 species)
                                                                                                    Quercus arizonica
                                                                                                    Quercus buckleyi (Q. texana)
                                                                                                    Quercus drummondii
                                                                                                    Quercus emoryi
                                                                                                   
Quercus falcata
                                                                                                   
Quercus fusiformis
                                                                                                   
Quercus gambelii
                                                                                                   
Quercus gravesii
                                                                                                   
Quercus grisea
                                                                                                   
Quercus havardii
                                                                                                   
Quercus hemisphaerica
                                                                                                   
Quercus hinckleyi
                                                                                                   
Quercus hypoleucoides
                                                                                                   
Quercus incana
                                                                                                   
Quercus intricata
                                                                                                   
Quercus laceyi (Q. glaucoides)
                                                                                                   
Quercus laurifolia
                                                                                                   
Quercus lyrata
                                                                                                    Quercus macrocarpa
                                                                                                    Quercus margaretta
                                                                                                    Quercus marilandica
                                                                                                    Quercus michauxii
                                                                                                    Quercus mohriana
                                                                                                    Quercus muehlenbergii
                                                                                                    Quercus nigra
                                                                                                    Quercus nuttallii
                                                                                                    Quercus oblongifolia
                                                                                                    Quercus phellos
                                                                                                    Quercus pungens var. pungens
                                                                                                    Quercus pungens var. vaseyana
                                                                                                    Quercus rugosa
                                                                                                    Quercus shumardii
                                                                                                    Quercus similis
                                                                                                    Quercus sinuata var. breviloba
                                                                                                    Quercus sinuata var. sinuata
                                                                                                    Quercus stellata
                                                                                                    Quercus texana
                                                                                                    Quercus velutina
                                                            
                                        Quercus virginiana

Tinne         Holly                   Ilex aquafolium                  Ilex ambigua (7 species)
                                                                                                     Ilex coriacea
                                                                                                     Ilex decidua
                                                                                                     Ilex longipes
                                                                                                     Ilex opaca var. opaca
                                                                                                     Ilex verticillata
                                                                                                     Ilex vomitoria
 
Coll             Hazel                 Corylus avallana                N/A (none)                   Corylus americana

Quert         Apple                  Pyrus malus/communis   Malus angustifolia (2 species)
                                                                                                     Malus ioensis

Muin     Vine
                           Blackberry       Rubus fruticosus              N/A (none)                   Rubus oklahomus
                                                                                                                                           Rubus trivialis
                           Grapevine          Vitis vinifera                     Vitis monticola (3 species)
                                                                                                    Vitis mustangensis
                                                                                                    Vitis rupestris
 
Gort       Ivy                      Hedera helix                       N/A (none)                   (none)


Ngetal   Reed                  Phragmites australis        N/A (none)                   (none)
                           Fern                   Gymnocarpium dryopteris  N/A (none)                (none)
                                                                                                                                          Thelypteris kunthii
                                                                                                                                          Thelypteris normalis

Straif    Blackthorn       Prunus spinosa                 Prunus angustifolia (13 species)
                                                                                                    Prunus caroliniana
                                                                                                    Prunus gracilis
                                                                                                    Prunus havardii
                                                                                                    Prunus mexicana
                                                                                                    Prunus minutiflora
                                                                                                    Prunus munsoniana
                                                                                                    Prunus murrayana
                                                                                                    Prunus rivularis
                                                                                                    Prunus serotina var. eximia
                                                                                                    Prunus serotina var. rufula
                                                                                                    Prunus serotina subsp. serotina
                                                                                                    Prunus texana
                                                                                                    Prunus umbellata
                                                                                                    Prunus virginiana

Ruis      Elder                  Sambucus nigra                Sambucus canadensis (2 species)
                                                                                                    Sambucus caerulea (glauca)

Ailm      Fir                      Abies alba                          N/A (none)                    Abies concolor
                           Pine                    Pinus sylvestris               Pinus cembroides (8 species)
                                                                                                    Pinus echinata
                                                                                                    Pinus edulis
                                                                                                    Pinus palustris
                                                                                                    Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum
                                                                                                    Pinus remota
                                                                                                    Pinus strobiformis
                                                                                                    Pinus taeda

Onn      Furze/Gorse      Ulex gallii                           N/A (none)                   (none)
                                                                                (Native Texas Substitutes of the Family Favaceae)
                                                                                         Prosopsis glandulosa var. glandulosa   
                                                                                         Prosopsis glandulosa var. torreyana 
                                                                                         Prosopsis pubescens                        
                                                                                         Chamaecrista fasciculata(Cassia fasciculata)
                                                                                         Chamaecrista flexuosa var. texana            
                                                                                         Chamaecrista greggii (Cassia greggii)  

Ur          Heather             Calluna vulgaris                N/A (none)                   (none)

Edadh   White Poplar    Populus alba                       Populus deltoides (2 species)
                                                                                                    Populus fremontii

Idho       Yew                     Taxus baccata                    N/A (none)                  Taxus brevifolia
                                                                                                                                          Taxus canadensis
                                                                                                                                          Taxus floridana

Eabhadh   Aspen                Populus tremula                Populus tremuloides (1 species)

Oir            Spindle              Euonymus europaeus       Euonymus americana (2 species)
                                                                                                     Euonymus atropurpurea

Uinllean     Honeysuckle     Lonicera periclymenum  Lonicera albiflora (2 species)
                                                                                                    Lonicera sempervirens
Ifin             Gooseberry        Ribes grossularia             Ribes aureum var. aureum (2 species)
                                                                                                     Ribes aureum var. villosum
                                                                                                     (Ribes odoratum)
                                                                                                     Ribes curvatum

Phagos       Beech                 Fagus sylvatica                 Fagus grandifolia (1 species)

          

 

Drualus      Mistletoe          Viscum album  Phoradendron tomentosum tomentosum (1 species)

             (the "blank" Ogham ,"the unhewn dolmen arch" as Robert Graves assigned the Mistletoe)

          

 

Koad        Grove                  Alternative Interpretation of the Forfeda 'EA',
                                                       (according to Liz and Colin Murray)

  Mor          The Sea              Alternative Interpretation of the Forfeda 'AE',
                                                       (according to Liz and Colin Murray)

          

 

REFERENCES:

BOOKS:

     The Green Man Tree Oracle by John Matthews & Will Worthington

     The Celtic Tree Oracle by Liz and Colin Murray

     The White Goddess by Robert Graves

     Omens, Oghams & Oracles by Richard Webster

     The Elements of The Celtic Tradition by Caitlin Matthews

     The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom by Caitlin & John Matthews

     Magical Alphabets by Nigel Pennick

     Ogham, The Celtic Oracle by Peter Pracownik & Andy Baggott

  
INTERNET:

   
Texas A & M University, Aggie Horticulture Network  http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/

    
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation  http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/index.html

    
The Natural History Museum, U.K.  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html 

     USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service  http://plants.usda.gov/index.html 

     North Carolina State University Urban Horticulture
     http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/index.html 

     Floridata   http://www.floridata.com/index.cfm 

     Ogham, From Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham 

     Natural History of the Trees of the Celtic Ogham
     http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/ogham/ogh-tree.html

     The Old Irish Tree List  http://bill.celt.dias.ie/vol4/displayObject.php?TreeID=285&TypeID=4

     The Names of Ogham  http://www.evertype.com/standards/og/ognames.html

     Glen Avalon  http://glenavalon.com/ogham.html

    Herbs, Trees & Fungi  http://www.shee-eire.com/Herbs,Trees&Fungi/HTF.htm 

    Whispers from the Woods  http://www.kynes.net/trees/woodsoracle.htm             

          

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

"Beith",  of The Druid's Head Pub, OBOD message Board:  http://druidry.org/board/

Dr. David Creech and staff at The Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches Texas:
SFA Mast Arboretum  http://arboretum.sfasu.edu/

The staff at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, in Nacogdoches Texas:
SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center  http://pnpc.sfasu.edu/

          

 

All photos of trees and plants taken by Dryadia.

          

 

MUSIC (midi of):
'Bard Dance' by Enya, from her album 'The Celts'.

          

 



          

 

Last Updated October 30, 2008


 

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