Post on 30-Dec-2015
American Basswood
American Hophornbeam
Ash, Green
Ash, White
Aspen, Quaking
Baldcypress
Birch, Paper (White)
Birch, River
Boxelder
Catalpa
Cherry, Black
Cottonwood, Eastern
Elm, American (White)
Elm, Slippery (Red)
Hackberry
Hemlock, Eastern
Hickory, Bitternut
Hickory, Mockernut
Pine, Eastern White
Pine, Jack
Pine, Pitch
Pine, Red
Pine, Scotch
Pine, Virginia
Redbud, Eastern
Redcedar, Eastern
Sassafras
Spruce, Norway
Sumac
Sweetgum
Sycamore
Tulip-popular
Walnut, Black
Willow, Black
Illinois Tree ListHickory, Pignut
Hickory, Shagbark
Kentucky Coffeetree
Locust, Black
Locust, Honey
Maple, Red
Maple, Silver
Maple, Sugar
Oak, Black
Oak, Bur
Oak, Chinkapin
Oak, Northern Red
Oak, Pin
Oak, Post
Oak, Shingle
Oak, White
Pecan
Persimmon
HomeQuit
• Scientific Name – Tilia americana (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval and informal
• Size – 60 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; ovate shape with point at the tip; coarsely toothed along the edges, 5-6 inches long at maturity, much larger in youth
• Bark – gray to brown, narrowly furrowed
• Native Habitat – Canada to Texas
• Family – Tiliaceae
• Landscape features – a fine and stately tree; useful shade tree in parks
American Basswood
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American Hophornbeam• Scientific Name – Ostrya virginiana
• Tree Habit – rounded, uniform withwide branch angles
• Size – 25 to 40 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; thin blade, pointed at tip; toothed along the edge, finely pubescent above and below, 2.5-4.5 inches long
• Bark – brown to gray-brown with small flakey plates
• Native Habitat – eastern to southern region of North America
• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – provides shade and desired hardwood
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Green Ash• Scientific Name – Fraxinus pennsylvanica
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – oval-round, lower branches droop, trunk often crooked
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately compound; 10-12 inches long; toothed along the edge, leaflets 4-5 inches long, very short or no stalk on leaflets
• Bark – light or dark gray, with diamond-shaped furrows between flattopped, sometimes scaly, ridges
• Native Habitat – eastern /central region of North America
• Family – Oleaceae
• Landscape features – fast growing, adaptable shade tree
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White Ash• Scientific Name – Fraxinus americana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval-round with good branching
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately compound, with 5 to 9 leaflets supported by ½ inch stalk; pointed at the tip, shallowly toothed edges; 2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – light or dark gray, with diamond-shaped round ridges and furrows; blocky in appearance
• Native Habitat – Eastern half of North America
• Family – Oleaceae
• Landscape features – great for parks and mass planting; clean habit
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Quaking Aspen• Scientific Name – Populus tremuloides
(Minchx.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth becoming oval and open
• Size – 40 to 50 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; short-pointed at the top; rounded teeth along the edge; 1 to 3 inches long
• Bark – pale yellow green or white, becoming dark gray to white and divided into dark scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – Northern Hemisphere
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – useful for parks and along watercourses
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Baldcypress• Scientific Name – Taxodium distichum
(Rich.)
• Tree Habit – oval, base gradually tapering
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – single, pointed at the tip, yellow-green; fall off in the autumn; ½-¾ inch long
• Bark – pale reddish brown and gray, broken into numerous thin strips, becoming fibrous
• Native Habitat – Subtropical swamps of the southern states
• Family – Capressaceae
• Landscape features – a formal tree to use in landscapes
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Paper (White) Birch• Scientific Name – Betula papyrifera
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to rounded at maturity
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple, ovate shape; pointed at the tip; coarsely toothed; 2-5inches long
• Bark – thin and white or creamy, splitting at maturity into paper layers
• Native Habitat – northern United States and Canada
• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – grows better in cooler areas, grown for their bark effect
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River Birch• Scientific Name – Betula nigra (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, round at maturity
• Size – 40 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; coarsely doubly toothed; hairy on undersurface; 1.5-3 inches long
• Bark – curling, shredding, brownish pink to reddish brown
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – great for mass and park planting, best in moist soil
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Boxelder• Scientific Name – Acer negundo (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round to irregular
• Size – 40 to 50 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately compound with 3 to 7 leaflets, each 2-5 inches long; pointed at the tip, coarsely toothed
• Bark – light brown, rigid when young, becoming deeply furrowed with age
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)
• Landscape features – temporary tree because of its weak wood and loss of branches
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Catalpa• Scientific Name – Catalpa speciosa
(Engelm.)
• Tree Habit – open and irregular
• Size – 60 to 90 feet
• Leaves – whorled, simple; blades ovate, long-pointed at tip, heart-shaped at the base; 4-12 inches long
• Bark – light brown, dark brown, or black; usually with rather deep furrows, sometimes with flat scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central United States and southward
• Family – Bignoniaceae
• Landscape features – great for parks and large areas
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Black Cherry• Scientific Name – Prunus serotina
(Ehrh.)
• Tree Habit – oval
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; short-pointed at tip; finely toothed along the edge; 2-6 inches long
• Bark – thin, smooth, reddish brown; becoming scaly and black
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Rosaceae
• Landscape features – good for woodland, mass planting, and around houses, loved by birds
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Eastern Cottonwood• Scientific Name – Populus deltoides
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal; rounded when mature
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; deltoid, pointed at tip; coarse, round teeth along the edge; 3-7 inches long
• Bark – smooth and gray when young, becoming deeply furrowed when mature
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – useful for parks and large areas; heat and drought tolerant
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Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
American (White) Elm• Scientific Name – Ulmus americana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – vase-shaped
• Size – 65 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at the tip; coarsely doubly toothed along the edge; uneven base, 2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – light to dark gray, furrowed, breaking into plates at maturity
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Ulmaceae
• Landscape features – beautiful tree for street and shade plantings because of its formal habit, long arching branches; highly susceptible to Dutch elm disease
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Slippery (Red) Elm• Scientific Name – Ulmus rubra (Michx.)
• Tree Habit – vase-shaped
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at the tip; coarsely doubly toothed along the edges; uneven base; 3-5 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown to gray, with shallow furrows
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Ulmaceae
• Landscape features – great tree for shade in parks and streets
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Hackberry• Scientific Name – Celtis occidentalis (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; long-pointed at the tip; usually coarsely toothed along the edges, uneven base; 2.5-3.5 inches long
• Bark – gray, smooth on young trees and soon bearing “warts,” becoming rough and scaly on old trees
• Native Habitat – central and northern United States
• Family – Cannabaceae (formerly Ulmaceae)
• Landscape features – excellent shade or street tree
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Eastern Hemlock• Scientific Name – Tsuga canadensis (Carr.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 100 feet
• Leaves – small needles that are dark green on top and light green on the bottom; slightly tapered and ¼-¾ inch long
• Bark – red to reddish-brown; scaly and deeply furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern Canada southward on rocky uplands and north slopes near streams
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – ideal tree for group planting, accent in landscapes
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Bitternut Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya cordiformis
(Wangenh.)
• Tree Habit – rounded and often irregular
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound, with 7 to 9 leaflets; toothed along the edges; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – gray, thin, separating into shallow ridges and fissures
• Native Habitat – central and southern North America
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – useful in parks, woods; good hardwood
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Mockernut Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya tomentosa
(Nutt.)
• Tree Habit – narrow to broadly round
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound with 5 to 9 leaflets; pointed at tip; finely toothed along the edge; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – dark gray, shallowly furrowed, not scaly, often with a diamond-shaped pattern
• Native Habitat – eastern United States
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – grown mainly for its nuts
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Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
Pignut Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya glabra (Brit.)
• Tree Habit – oval
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound, with usually 5 leaflets; toothed along the edges; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – light gray to dark brown, sometimes scaly or peeling off into shreds, furrowed or ridged at maturity
• Native Habitat – eastern and central United States
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – useful in parks, woods, and fencerows
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Shagbark Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya ovata (Brit.)
• Tree Habit – oval to irregular
• Size – 60 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound, with 5 (sometimes 7) leaflets; usually short-pointed at the tip; 8-14 inches long
• Bark – gray, separating into long, plates that curve away from the trunk, giving it a shaggy appearance
• Native Habitat – eastern and central United States
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – grown mainly for its nuts or shade
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Kentucky Coffeetree• Scientific Name – Gymnocladus dioicus
(Koch.)
• Tree Habit – oval with coarse branching
• Size – 60 to 75 feet
• Leaves – alternate, bipinnately compound, with many 2-2.5 inch long leaflets; pointed tips and smooth edges; whole leaf 12-35 inches long
• Bark – dark gray; deeply furrowed and scaly at maturity
• Native Habitat – central North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – useful specimen for park and street plantings
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Black Locust• Scientific Name – Robinia
pseudoacacia (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval and open
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound with 7 to 21 oval shaped leaflets, each 1.5-2 inches long; smooth edges; whole leaf 8-14 inches long
• Bark – gray or black, deeply furrowed, with numerous elevated, scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central United States
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – grows best in sandy, dry soils, for natural plantings
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Honey Locust• Scientific Name – Gleditsia triacanthos
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – rounded to wide rounded
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, often bipinnately compound, with many 1-2 inch long round-toothed leaflets; whole leaf 6-8 inches long
• Bark – dark brown, deeply furrowed and scaly at maturity; often covered in thorns
• Native Habitat – central North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – provides light shade; there are thornless cultivars
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Red Maple• Scientific Name – Acer rubrum (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to round at maturity
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple, palmately 3- to 5-lobed; 2-6 inches long; white-green on the bottom
• Bark – gray and smooth when young, becoming darker and scaly
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)
• Landscape Features – excellent shade tree because of its habit, known for red fall color
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Silver Maple• Scientific Name – Acer saccharinum (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 50 to 75 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple, deeply palmately 5-lobed; sharply toothed, white-green on the bottom; 5-7 inches long
• Bark – gray or silvery, smooth at first, becoming loose and scaly or even somewhat shaggy when old
• Native Habitat – North America near water
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)
• Landscape features – shade tree but is weak-wooded and brittle
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Sugar Maple• Scientific Name – Acer saccharum
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple palmately 3- to 5-lobed; edges of leaves sparsely and coarsely toothed; 3-6 inches long
• Bark – gray to dark brown to black, becoming furrowed and scaly
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly Aceraceae)
• Landscape features – great native shade tree with excellent yellow, orange, and red fall color; a source of maple syrup
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Black Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus velutina
(Lam.)
• Tree Habit – round, somewhat open and irregular
• Size – 60 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; 7- to 9-lobed, with bristle tips; dark green; 4-8 inches long
• Bark – black, with a yellow or orange inner bark, deeply furrowed and blocky
• Native Habitat – eastern and central United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent shade tree, useful along streets, in parks, and in woodlands
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Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
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Bur Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus macrocarpa
(Michx.)
• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal to broad rounded
• Size – 70 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades broader at upper end; coarsely round-toothed, deeply incurred sinus just below the middle; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – dark brown or gray, shallow to deeply furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – valuable for shade in permanent plantings
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Chinkapin Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus
muehlenbergii (Engelm.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 60 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at tip; coarsely toothed along the edge; 4-7 inches long
• Bark – light gray, with scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central and south-central United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – a useful shade tree for lawns, parks, and woodlands(click to enlarge)
Northern Red Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus rubra
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 70 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; moderate sinuses between 7 to 9 bristle-tipped lobes; dark green; 4-8 inches long
• Bark – grayish brown, reddish brown, blackish, or gray, with dark stripes
• Native Habitat – central and eastern United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – a useful shade tree for lawns, parks, and woodlands
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Pin Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus palustris
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; deeply divided into 5 to 7 bristle-tipped lobes; 3-6 inches long
• Bark – light brown or dark brown; scarcely furrowed
• Native Habitat – northern and central United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – a narrow tree suitable for streets, parks, and woodlands
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Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
Post Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus stellata
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round with spreading branches
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; 5-lobed, with the upper 3 squarish; thick blades; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – gray or light brown, divided into flat, sometimes squarish, plates
• Native Habitat – eastern and southern United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent shade tree
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Shingle Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus imbricaria
(Michx.)
• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades without lobes or teeth; oblong with a bristle tip; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – dark brown, deeply furrowed between flat, tight plates
• Native Habitat – central United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – useful for shade on lawns, in parks, and in woodlands
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White Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus alba (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth becoming broad-rounded
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple, usually with 7 to 9 lobes, rounded at tips; 4.5-7 inches long
• Bark – gray or whitish with gray patches, shallowly furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern and central United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent tree for any permanent planting
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Pecan• Scientific Name – Carya illinoinensis
(Kock.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 70 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound, with 9 to 19 slightly hooked leaflets 3-8 inches long; finely doubly toothed; yellow-green; whole leaf 12-20 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown to gray-brown, becoming roughened into platy scales
• Native Habitat – southern Illinois and southward
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – this tall, noble tree is used mainly for its edible fruits
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Persimmon• Scientific Name – Diospyros virginiana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval round, uniform
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at tip, tapering or rounded at the base; 2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – dark gray to black, broken at maturity into squarish blocks
• Native Habitat – southeastern North America
• Family – Ebenaceae
• Landscape features – grown for its edible apricot-like fruit and unique foliage
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Eastern White Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus strobus (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth, becomes irregular to picturesque as it matures
• Size – 50 to 100 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 5, very flexible, blue-green in color; 3-5 inches long
• Bark – brown to dark gray, divided into broad ridges by shallow fissures
• Native Habitat – Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Georgia, Illinois, and Iowa
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – great tree for parks, estates, and large areas
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Jack Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus banksiana
(Lamb.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, more spreading at maturity to irregular shape
• Size – 35 to 50 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, stiff, curved; dark green in color; 1.5-2 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown, rough and scaly
• Native Habitat – eastern and northern North America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful for windbreaks and shelter, best in colder regions and in dry, sandy soil
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Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Pitch Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus rigida (Mill.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, becoming clumpy or bush-like
• Size – 20 to 100 feet
• Leaves – green in color, found in threes, 3-8 inches long, very stiff and commonly twisted
• Bark – thick and hard, grayish-brown in color
• Native Habitat – northeastern United States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – grows naturally in dry, acidic sandy soil to swampy lowlands
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Red Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus resinosa (Ait.)
• Tree Habit – symmetrical, pyramidal at youth, with maturity oval
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, long, dark green, snap easily; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown, divided irregularly into plates
• Native Habitat – northeastern North America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful in grove plantings and windbreaks but in middle age it limbs itself up
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Scotch Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus sylvestris (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – irregular pyramidal in youth, open umbrella-shaped crown at maturity
• Size – 50 to 65 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, very twisted, stiff, gray-green in color; 1-3 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown to orange, broken into plates
• Native Habitat – Europe to northern and western Asia; grown commonly in northern and central North America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – mass plantings but has disease problems
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Virginia Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus virginiana
(Mill.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, open and drooping as it matures
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, thick, twisted, yellow-green and 1.5-3 inches long
• Bark – thin, reddish-brown, scaly, with shallow fissures
• Native Habitat – eastern and southeastern United States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – attracts wildlife for food and nesting
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Eastern Redbud• Scientific Name – Cercis canadensis
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round, flat-topped, trunk divided near ground
• Size – 20 to 35 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades heart-shaped; smooth edges; 3-5 inches long
• Bark – reddish brown, separating into long plates and thin scales
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – grown for its beautiful magenta-pink flowers in April
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Eastern Redcedar• Scientific Name – Juniperus virginiana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – columnar to broadly pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – two types: either flat, wide, triangular, opposite and 1/8th inch long or short, needlelike, and 1/4th inch long
• Bark – reddish brown and gray, splitting into long shreds
• Native Habitat – North America east of the Rocky Mountains
• Family – Cupressaceae
• Landscape features – useful tree for windbreaks, shelter belts, hedges, and topiary work
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Sassafras• Scientific Name – Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.)
• Tree Habit – irregular shaped, twisted with bunched branches to round pyramidal
• Size – 20 to 40 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; smooth edges; three leaf forms: oval, mitten-shaped and 3-lobed; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – greenish gray, becoming dark reddish brown, thick and furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern, central, and southern North America
• Family – Lauraceae
• Landscape features – ornamental use for unique and aromatic leaves
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Norway Spruce• Scientific Name – Picea abies (Karst.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal with penulous branches
• Size – 100 to 175 feet
• Leaves – 4 sided, needle-like circling the branch, short, dark green; ¾-1 inch long
• Bark – gray to brown with speckles of white resin; scaly when mature
• Native Habitat – mountains of northern and central Europe, grown commonly in midwestern United States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful for windbreaks and shelter
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(Smooth) Sumac• Scientific Name – Rhus glabra L.
• Tree Habit – small bush-like, oval-like
• Size – 10 to 20 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound, with up to 31 leaflets 2-3.5 inches long; toothed along the edges
• Bark – light brown and smooth, becoming rough at maturity
• Native Habitat – found throughout central North America
• Family – Anacardiaceae
• Landscape features – ornamental displays and red, orange, and yellow fall color
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Sweetgum• Scientific Name – Liquidambar styraciflua
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth becoming oval
• Size – 60 to 125 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades shaped like 5- to 7-pointed stars; each point toothed along the edge; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – usually dark gray and broken into vertical scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – eastern and southern United States
• Family – Altingiaceae (formerly Hamamelidaceae)
• Landscape features – very fine tree with beautiful fall color
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Sycamore• Scientific Name – Platanus occidentalis
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; divided into 3 or 5 shallow, sharp-pointed lobes; 4-9 inches wide
• Bark – reddish brown when young; breaking into thin, flat, gray scales; falling off in sections to expose inner creamy white bark
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Platanaceae
• Landscape features – useful as a specimen or for mass planting but needs space
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Tulip-poplar(Yellow)
• Scientific Name – Liriodendron tulipifera (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to rounded when mature
• Size – 70 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades divided into 4 lobes, with a notch between the top lobes; 3-5 inches long
• Bark – grayish, becoming deeply furrowed at maturity
• Native Habitat – North America, China
• Family – Magnoliaceae
• Landscape features – great tree specimen because of its flowers and foliage
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Black Walnut• Scientific Name – Juglans nigra (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round with sparse branching
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, aromatic, pinnately compound, with 15 to 23 leaflets each 3-3.5 inches long; pointed tip and toothed edges; whole leaf 8-24 inches long
• Bark – black, thick, deeply furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North America
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – natural areas to attract wildlife, parks; produces growth inhibiting chemicals
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Black Willow• Scientific Name – Salix nigra (Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – spreading irregular crown
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; usually curved, long-pointed at the tip, finely toothed along the edge; 3-6 inches long
• Bark – dark brown to blackish; rough, furrowed, forming elongated, vertical, rather tight scales
• Native Habitat – central and eastern United States
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – grows best in wet soils
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The End
American Basswood - Bud
American Hophornbeam - Bud
Green Ash - Bud
White Ash - Bud
Quaking Aspen - Bud
Baldcypress - Bud
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Paper Birch - Bud
River Birch - Bud
Boxelder - Bud
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Catalpa - Bud
Black Cherry - Bud
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Eastern Cottonwood - Bud
American Elm - Bud
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Slippery Elm - Bud
Hackberry - Bud
Eastern Hemlock - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Bitternut Hickory - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Mockernut Hickory - Bud
Pignut Hickory - Bud
Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
Shagbark Hickory - Bud
Kentucky Coffeetree - Bud
Black Locust - Bud
Honey Locust - Bud
Red Maple - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Silver Maple - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Sugar Maple - Bud
Black Oak - Bud
Bur Oak - Bud
Chinkapin Oak - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Northern Red Oak - Bud
Pin Oak - Bud
Post Oak - Bud
Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
Shingle Oak - Bud
White Oak - Bud
Pecan - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Persimmon - Bud
Eastern White Pine - Bud
© IPFW Grounds DepartmentRob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org
Jack Pine - Bud
Pitch Pine - Bud
© J.S. Peterson, USDA-NCRS Plants Database
Red Pine - Bud
© Louis-M. Landry, CalPhotos
Scotch Pine - Bud
© John Frett, University of Delaware Botanic Gardens
Virginia Pine - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Eastern Redbud - Bud
Eastern Redcedar - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Sassafras - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Norway Spruce - Bud
© Amadej Trnkoczy, CalPhotos
Sumac - Bud
© IPFW Grounds Department
Sweetgum - Bud
Sycamore - Bud
Tulip-poplar - Bud
Black Walnut - Bud
Black Willow - Bud
The End
American Basswood - Leaf
American Hophornbeam - Leaf
Green Ash - Leaf
White Ash - Leaf
Quaking Aspen - Leaf
Baldcypress - Leaf
Paper Birch - Leaf
River Birch - Leaf
Boxelder - Leaf
Catalpa - Leaf
Black Cherry - Leaf
Eastern Cottonwood - Leaf
Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
American Elm - Leaf
Slippery Elm - Leaf
Hackberry - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Eastern Hemlock - Leaf
Bitternut Hickory - Leaf
Mockernut Hickory - Leaf
Pignut Hickory - Leaf
Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
Shagbark Hickory - Leaf
Kentucky Coffeetree - Leaf
Black Locust - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Honey Locust - Leaf
Red Maple - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Silver Maple - Leaf
Sugar Maple - Leaf
Black Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
Bur Oak - Leaf
Chinkapin Oak - Leaf
Northern Red Oak - Leaf
Pin Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
Post Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, River to River CWAA, Bugwood.org
Shingle Oak - Leaf
White Oak - Leaf
Pecan - Leaf
© Jason E. Willand, CalPhotos
Persimmon - Leaf
Eastern White Pine - Leaf
Jack Pine - Leaf
© Louis-M. Landry, CalPhotos
Pitch Pine - Leaf
Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Red Pine - Leaf
Scotch Pine - Leaf
Virginia Pine - Leaf
Eastern Redbud - Leaf
Eastern Redcedar - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Sassafras - Leaf
Norway Spruce - Leaf
Sumac - Leaf
Sweetgum - Leaf
Sycamore - Leaf
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Tulip-poplar - Leaf
Black Walnut - Leaf
Black Willow - Leaf
The End