American Basswood American Hophornbeam Ash, Green Ash, White Aspen, Quaking Baldcypress Birch, Paper...

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

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• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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



• Landscape features – useful for parks and large areas; heat and drought tolerant

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American (White) Elm• Scientific Name – Ulmus americana

(Linn.)

• Tree Habit – vase-shaped


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Landscape features – grown mainly for its nuts

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Pignut Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya glabra (Brit.)

• Tree Habit – oval


• 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


• Landscape features – useful in parks, woods, and fencerows

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Shagbark Hickory• Scientific Name – Carya ovata (Brit.)

• Tree Habit – oval to irregular


• 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



• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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



• 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.)



• 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


• Landscape features – shade tree but is weak-wooded and brittle

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Sugar Maple• Scientific Name – Acer saccharum

(Marsh.)



• 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



• 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


• 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


• Family – Fagaceae

• Landscape features – an excellent shade tree, useful along streets, in parks, and in woodlands

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Bur Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus macrocarpa

(Michx.)

• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal to broad rounded


• 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



• Landscape features – valuable for shade in permanent plantings

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Chinkapin Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus

muehlenbergii (Engelm.)



• 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


• Landscape features – a useful shade tree for lawns, parks, and woodlands(click to enlarge)

Northern Red Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus rubra

(Linn.)



• 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


• 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


• 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


• Landscape features – a narrow tree suitable for streets, parks, and woodlands

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Post Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus stellata

(Linn.)

• Tree Habit – round with spreading branches


• 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


• Landscape features – an excellent shade tree

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Shingle Oak• Scientific Name – Quercus imbricaria

(Michx.)

• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal


• 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


• 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


• 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



• Landscape features – an excellent tree for any permanent planting

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Pecan• Scientific Name – Carya illinoinensis

(Kock.)



• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Landscape features – useful for windbreaks and shelter, best in colder regions and in dry, sandy soil

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Pitch Pine• Scientific Name – Pinus rigida (Mill.)

• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, becoming clumpy or bush-like


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades heart-shaped; smooth edges; 3-5 inches long

• Bark – reddish brown, separating into long plates and thin scales



• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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.)



• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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



• 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


• 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


• Landscape features – grows best in wet soils

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American Basswood - Bud

American Hophornbeam - Bud

Green Ash - Bud

White Ash - Bud

Quaking Aspen - Bud

Baldcypress - Bud


Paper Birch - Bud

River Birch - Bud

Boxelder - Bud


Catalpa - Bud

Black Cherry - Bud


Eastern Cottonwood - Bud

American Elm - Bud


Slippery Elm - Bud

Hackberry - Bud

Eastern Hemlock - Bud


Bitternut Hickory - Bud


Mockernut Hickory - Bud

Pignut Hickory - Bud


Shagbark Hickory - Bud

Kentucky Coffeetree - Bud

Black Locust - Bud

Honey Locust - Bud

Red Maple - Bud


Silver Maple - Bud


Sugar Maple - Bud

Black Oak - Bud

Bur Oak - Bud

Chinkapin Oak - Bud


Northern Red Oak - Bud

Pin Oak - Bud

Post Oak - Bud


Shingle Oak - Bud

White Oak - Bud

Pecan - Bud


Persimmon - Bud

Eastern White Pine - Bud

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Jack Pine - Bud

Pitch Pine - Bud

© J.S. Peterson, USDA-NCRS Plants Database

Red Pine - Bud


Scotch Pine - Bud

© John Frett, University of Delaware Botanic Gardens

Virginia Pine - Bud


Eastern Redbud - Bud

Eastern Redcedar - Bud


Sassafras - Bud


Norway Spruce - Bud

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Sumac - Bud


Sweetgum - Bud

Sycamore - Bud

Tulip-poplar - Bud

Black Walnut - Bud

Black Willow - Bud

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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


Eastern Hemlock - Leaf

Bitternut Hickory - Leaf

Mockernut Hickory - Leaf

Pignut Hickory - Leaf


Shagbark Hickory - Leaf

Kentucky Coffeetree - Leaf

Black Locust - Leaf


Honey Locust - Leaf

Red Maple - Leaf


Silver Maple - Leaf

Sugar Maple - Leaf

Black Oak - Leaf


Bur Oak - Leaf

Chinkapin Oak - Leaf

Northern Red Oak - Leaf

Pin Oak - Leaf


Post Oak - Leaf

Chris Evans, River to River CWAA, Bugwood.org

Shingle Oak - Leaf

White Oak - Leaf

Persimmon - Leaf

Eastern White Pine - Leaf

Jack Pine - Leaf


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


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

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