Woody Plant Hit List

Name Songs

Before learning the plants themselves, students learn the importance of learning the scientific names of each species.

Name	Artist
I Don't Even Know Your Name	The Mavericks
I Wanna Know Your Name	The Intruders
Name	Goo Goo Dolls
You Don't Even Call Me By My Name	David Allan Coe

Fall Semester Plant Songs

Name	Artist	Genus	Family
Japanese Maple	Eric Mintel	Acer	Aceraceae
Love and Maple Syrup	Gordon Lightfoot	Acer	Aceraceae
Maple	Sherri Jackson	Acer	Aceraceae
Maple Leaf Two Step/Point au Pic	Frank Ferrel	Acer	Aceraceae
Maple on the Hill	Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys	Acer	Aceraceae
The Trees	Rush	Acer	Aceraceae
Tin Cup Chalice	Jimmy Buffett	Lonicera	Adoxaceae
Bus Stop	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
He Ain't Heavy	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
Long Cool Woman	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
Silver Birch and Weeping Willow	Ralph McTell	Betula	Betulaceae
The Trumpet Vine	Laurie McClain	Campsis	Bignoniaceae
Honeysuckle Blue	Drivin' and Cryin'	Lonicera	Caprifoliaceae
Honey Locust	King Kooba	Gleditsia	Fabaceae
Chestnut Ridge	Wendy Lewis and Friends	Castanea	Fagaceae
Big Oak	Todd Sickafoose Group	Quercus	Fagaceae
Oak Tree	Rap Game Babiez	Quercus	Fagaceae
Old Oak Tree	Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials	Quercus	Fagaceae
Red Oak	Hope Clayburn's 2nd Booty Battalion	Quercus	Fagaceae
The Oak	Albion Band	Quercus	Fagaceae
Under the Oak Tree	Brian Thomas	Quercus	Fagaceae
White Oak Swamp	Norman Blake	Quercus	Fagaceae
Cypress and the Oak	One Black Lung	Quercus	Fagaceae
The Oak and the Laurel	Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum	Quercus (and Laurus )	Fagaceae
The Trees	Rush	Quercus	Fagaceae
Hickory Wind	The Byrds	Carya	Juglandaceae
Hickory Wind	Emmylou Harris	Carya	Juglandaceae
Cornbread, Molasses and Sassafras Tea	The Freighthoppers	Sassafras	Lauraceae
Jambalaya	Hank Williams	Sassafras	Lauraceae
Magnolia	Keith Curtis	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Magnolia	Monte Montgomery	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Save Me (from the Magnolia soundtrack)	Aimee Mann	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Tupelo	The Subdudes	Nyssa	Nyssaceae
Tupelo Honey	Dusty Springfield	Nyssa	Nyssaceae
Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	Nyssa	Nyssaceae
Centerfield	John Fogerty	Fraxinus	Oleaceae
Down by the Sycamore Tree	Stan Getz	Platanus	Platanaceae
Spanish Moss	Gordon Lightfoot	Platanus	Platanaceae
Sycamore Trees	Little T and One Track Mike	Platanus	Platanaceae
The Sycamore Tree	Paul Brandt	Platanus	Platanaceae
Dream Street Rose	Gordon Lightfoot	Rosa	Rosaceae
San Antonio Rose	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Rosa	Rosaceae
Orange Blossom Special	Glenda Faye	Citrus	Rutaceae
Orange Blossom Special	Johnny Cash	Citrus	Rutaceae
Cottonwood	Eric Tingstad	Populus	Salicaceae
Cottonwood	Barry Thomas Goldberg	Populus	Salicaceae
Morning Glory	The Subdudes	Salix	Salicaceae
Pussy Willows, Cat-tails	Gordon Lightfoot	Salix	Salicaceae
Silver Birch and Weeping Willow	Ralph McTell	Salix	Salicaceae
Weeping Willow Tree	Bill Monroe	Salix	Salicaceae
Willow Tree	Gregory Isaacs	Salix	Salicaceae
Big River	Grateful Dead	Salix	Salicaceae
Big River	Johnny Cash	Salix	Salicaceae
Big River	Merle Haggard	Salix	Salicaceae
Linden Trees	Kate Fenner	Tilia	Tiliaceae
If it's an Elm Tree	Kate Jacobs	Ulmus	Ulmaceae
The Elm Tree	Francis Doughty	Ulmus	Ulmaceae
Grapes on the Vine	The Rice Brothers	Vitis	Vitaceae
I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Marvin Gaye	Vitis	Vitaceae

Spring Semester Plant Songs

Name	Artist	Genus	Family
Bus Stop	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
China Girl	David Bowie	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
He Ain't Heavy	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
Long Cool Woman	The Hollies	Ilex	Aquifoliaceae
Dogwood Days	David M. Bailey	Cornus	Cornaceae
Dogwood Junction	Sil Austin	Cornus	Cornaceae
Dogwood Tree Blues	Artie Tobia	Cornus	Cornaceae
Under Dogwood	Mark Nelson	Cornus	Cornaceae
Carolina Dogwood	Solid Ground	Cornus	Cornaceae
The Fairest Dogwood Bloom	Patti Casey	Cornus	Cornaceae
Cedar Tree	Indigo Girls	Cedrus	Cupressaceae
Cypress Avenue	Van Morrison	Cupressus	Cupressaceae
Cypress Tree	The Black Crowes	Cupressus	Cupressaceae
Cypress and the Oak	One Black Lung	Cupressus	Cupressaceae
Believe	Juniper	Juniperus	Cupressaceae
Butterfly+Juniper	4 Kelly	Juniperus	Cupressaceae
Azalea	Russ Phillips	Rhododendron	Ericaceae
Azalea	Chris Potter	Rhododendron	Ericaceae
Azalea Blossom/Don't Love Me So Much/Cinnamon Skin	Placido Domingo	Rhododendron	Ericaceae
Magnolia	Keith Curtis	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Magnolia	Monte Montgomery	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Sugar Magnolia	Grateful Dead	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
Save Me (from the Magnolia soundtrack)	Aimee Mann	Magnolia	Magnoliaceae
In the Pines	Seldom Scene	Pinus	Pinaceae
Old Pine Tree	The Country Gentlemen	Pinus	Pinaceae
I'd Rather Be a Lonesome Pine	Blue Highway	Pinus	Pinaceae
The Pine Tree	Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash	Pinus	Pinaceae
Spanish Moss	Gordon Lightfoot	Pinus	Pinaceae
Red Bone Pond	Boris McCutcheon	Pinus	Pinaceae
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree	KT Tunstall	Prunus	Rosaceae
Cherry Blossom Girl	Air	Prunus	Rosaceae
Cherry Tree	10,000 Maniacs	Prunus	Rosaceae
Cherry Blossoms in the Winter	Yoshida Brothers	Prunus	Rosaceae
Cherry Tree Blues	Tab Benoit	Prunus	Rosaceae

Songs about trees, shrubs, vines, and other plants in general, but not particular species

Name	Artist	Relationship
Hope is a Weed	Kate Jacobs	Plants
Chlorophyll	Son	Plants
Forest in the City	Arvin Scott	Trees
Feed The Tree	Belly	Trees
Just Like a Dog, Barking up the Wrong Tree	Big Mama Thornton	Trees
Seed To A Tree	Blind Melon	Trees
Tanglewood Tree	Chris & Meredith Thompson	Trees
Thorn Tree In The Garden	Derek & The Dominos	Trees
The Speed of Trees	Ellis Paul	Trees
Singing Tree	Elvis Presley	Trees
Shake the Tree	INXS	Trees
The Fiddle in the Trees	Jeff White	Trees
In My Tree	Pearl Jam	Trees
Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	Trees
Black Tree in the Bee Yard	The Sea and Cake	Trees
Withering Tree	Traffic	Trees
The Blue Trees Gorky's	Zygotic Mynci	Trees
Dying on the Vine	Rusty ZInn	Vine
The Green Vine	35th Parallel	Vines
The Vine	Mike Stern	Vines
Honey on the Treevine	Sparkydog	Vines
Clinging Vine	Tony Trischka	Vines
Leaves That Are Green	Simon and Garfunkel	Leaves

Songs About Seasons

Seasonality strongly affects what plants grow in a particular area. The combination of long hot summers, cold winters and ample precipitation occurring throughout the year allows the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest to dominate this area.

Name	Artist
Hot Fun in the Summertime	Sly and the Family Stone
Summer is Over	Seven Mary Three
Summer is Past and Gone	Seldom Scene
Summer's Over	Deep Dish
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Bob Dylan
A Hazy Shade of Winter	Simon & Garfunkel
Hazy Shade of Winter	The Bangles
April Come She Will	Simon & Garfunkel
California Dreamin'	The Mamas and the Papas