OGHAM BRITISH TREE SOUTH CAROLINA TREE
Beth-B Birch Palmetto
Luis-R Rowan Southern Red Cedar
Nion-N Ash Rosebud
Fearn-F Alder Southern White Magnolia
Saille-S Willow Willow
Huath-H Hawthorn CottonWood
Duir-D Great Door (Oak) Southern Great Oak
Tinne-T Holly Holly
Coll-C Hazel Beech
Muin-M Vine Cumquat
Gort-G Ivy Grape Heliotrope (Grapevine)
Nqetal-Ng Dwarf Elm (Reed) Ivy
Ruis-R Elder Loblolly Pine
From Year of Moons and Seasons of Trees by Pattalee Glass- Koentop
Birch-stands out as a graceful, slender tree with a caracteristic white bole.
Rowan-has long enjoyed its reputation to protect against enchantment.
Alder-a water loving tree, its timber is oily and water resistant, and mainly used for
under water foundations.
Willow- water-seeking,and thriving from preferenceon the damp margins of lakes
and streams. The willow also offers protection from damp diseases.
Ash-has deeply penetrating roots and sours the soil, making it difficult for other
vegetation to grow beneath it.
Hawthorn-is a small tree that grows with a dense, many branched and twisted habit.
Oak-stands solid with great branches, matched only by still greater roots.
Holly- is an Evergreen tree. The leaves are soft during Summer, but in Winter
greenery is scarce, the leaves harden, the spines appear.
Hazel-is strongly associated with meditation and mediation.
Vine-its distinctive fruits and foliage.
Ivy-grows and spreads and flourishes in many conditions.
Reed-thin and slender. found in clumps at the edge of the river.
Elder-is easily hollowed, pithy stems, is a tree of regeneration.