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red maple

• opposite
• 3 to 5 palmate lobes with serrated margin
• red petioles
  

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red maple

paired samaras

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southern catalpa

• opposite or in whorls of 3
• big and heart-shaped
• usually found near streams
  

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southern catalpa

very showy, white with purple streaks, in branched, upright cluster, arranged in bell-shaped corollas of 5 lobes

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southern catalpa

fringed wings encased in 'bean-like' capsule

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tulip-poplar

4-6 lobes with broad, shallow sinuses

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tulip-poplar

cone-like structure consisting of numerous dry, winged samaras

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tulip-poplar

light gray-green and smooth when young, later developing flat-topped ridges and conspicuous white colored furrows in diamond-shaped patterns

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fringetree

opposite; somewhat thickened

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fringetree

very showy flower, white corolla, very fragrant, with many hanging from a long stalk (resemble a long white beard)

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green ash

opposite, pinnately compound with 5 to 9 (usually 7) serrate leaflets that are lanceolate to elliptical in shape, green above and glabrous to silky-pubescent below

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green ash

cluster of samaras

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green ash

terminal buds very unique...4 hairy, rusty brown scales together ("prehistoric fish mouth")

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green ash

interlacing corky ridges forming obvious diamonds

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Carolina laurelcherry

evergreen; when crushed smell like cherry; lanceolate, dark shiny green above, much paler below

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Carolina laurelcherry

smooth, gray, with horizontal lenticels

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pear tree

alternating/finely serrated margins, glossy top

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Chinese elm

singly serrated margins and conspicuous, inequilateral bases

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Chinese elm

flattened, winged samara; nearly round; light reddish brown; occur in tight clusters

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Chinese elm

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dawn redwood

opposite, deciduous, linear, one inch long, flat, generally appearing two-ranked in a flattened display

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dawn redwood

look like Chinese lanterns; four-sided, box-like cones that hang on long stalks, round to cylindrical in shape, light brown

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pondcypress

linear or awl-like and small, green to yellow-green

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baldcypress

feather-like; linear and small, generally appearing two-ranked

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eastern redcedar

evergreen, very small, with two types of leaves (often on same tree): scale-like leaves, dark green, with 4 sides held tightly to twig; also longer, dark blue-green needle-like leaves that are more common on young trees and fast growing shoots

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eastern redcedar

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eastern redcedar

berry-like cones, light green in spring, turning dark blue and glaucous at maturity (on females only)

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Chinese chestnut

pinnately veined, oblong, coarsely serrated, look like larger versions of sawtooth oak leaves, shiny green above and paler and fuzzy below

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Chinese chestnut

large spiny (very sharp) bur slightly smaller than tennis ball, shiny brown, typically flattened on 1 to 2 sides

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shortleaf pine

needles 3 to 5 inches long, 2 (sometimes 3) per fascicle, slender and flexible, dark yellow-green in color, fascicle sheath is persistent

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eastern white pine

needles 3 to 5 inches long, 5 per fascicle, slender, flexible needles; needles appear blue-green

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eastern white pine

cylindrical, with thick, rounded cone scales, very resinous, borne on a long stalk

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loblolly pine

needles 6 to 9 inches long, (usually) 3 yellow-green needles per fascicle

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Virginia pine

needles 1.5 to 3 inches long, 2 per fascicle, yellow-green, twisted, somewhat divergent needles

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sugarberry

pinnately veined, usually 3 inches longer than it is wide, long acuminate tip, only upper half of leaf or less serrated (maybe entire), three distinct veins meet at the inequilateral base

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sugarberry

gray, smooth, with irregular, prominent, corky outgrowths (similar to GA hackberry but sugar grows near water, hack on uplands)

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American elm

ovate to oblong, margin coarsely and sharply doubly serrate, base conspicuously inequilateral; upper surface green and glabrous or slightly scabrous, paler and downy beneath

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American elm

rounded, flat, papery, wafer-like samaras

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boxelder

opposite and pinnately compound (the only compound maple)

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boxelder

green twigs that "telescope"

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silver maple

• opposite
• 5-lobed leaves, coarsely serrated
• green on top with silver bottom
• sinuses much deeper than red maple
  

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silver maple

• paired samaras, one of which usually aborts, leaving a big samara paired with a small one
• won't happen until later in year
  

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devil's walkingstick

• largest compound leaf in North America
• can be either bi or tri-pinnately compound
  

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devil's walkingstick

• usually single stemmed
• covered in thorns all over tree
• large shrub instead of tree
  

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devil's walkingstick

stout, armed with sharp prickles

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honeylocust

• pinnately or bipinnately compound, or both
• really small leaflets
• branched rachises
  

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honeylocust

fruit is heavy, elongate legume (bean pod)

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honeylocust

• has branched, heavy thorns
• stout, zigzag
• terminal bud absent
  

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osage-orange

long, narrow leaves with accuminate tips

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osage-orange

large drupe resembling a brain

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osage-orange

spines at nodes

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osage-orange

• long, narrow, vertical fissures
• when older, vertical shoots coming out
  

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black cherry

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black cherry

• "burnt corn flake" bark
• black knot fungus
  

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Georgia hackberry

feel scabrous (rough on top)

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Georgia hackberry

corky outgrowths on bark

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winged elm

• doubly serrated
• inequilateral base
• two-ranked
  

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winged elm

pseudo-terminal buds, red, comes out at end of bud

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winged elm

corky outgrowths that look like wings

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smooth sumac

• pinnately compound with serrated margins
• 11 to 31 lanceolate leaflets per leaf; whole leaf can get to be 1-2 feet long
  

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smooth sumac

red fruit held up by panicles

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poison-ivy

• trifoliate; sometimes serrated, turn red in fall
• also has long, extended petiole
  

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poison-ivy

very thick tendrils that could form a mat

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poison-ivy

• brown naked bud
• really long twigs
  

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hazel alder

tiny serrations on leaves, pubescent underneath

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hazel alder (flower)

woody, cone-like catkin

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hazel alder (fruit)

look like tiny pine cones when mature

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hazel alder

smooth, gray bark with a lumpy texture; covered in tiny lenticels

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river birch

arrowhead-shaped leaves that are doubly serrated base truncate-looking

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river birch (flower)

catkins in groups of 3's (not always found that way)

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river birch

orangey-salmony-colored bark with big flakes

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American hornbeam

leaves doubly serrated, come to a point, rounded bases

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American hornbeam

bark has a lot of lumps, looks muscle-like/muscular

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eastern hophornbeam

doubly serrated

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eastern hophornbeam

two-toned terminal bud...green and brown

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eastern hophornbeam

bark looks like shredded wheat

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eastern hophornbeam

hop-like fruit

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Japanese honeysuckle

climbing vine with evergreen, opposite leaves

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Japanese honeysuckle

when mature, bark is tan and shreddy

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Amur honeysuckle

leaves opposite, acuminate tip

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Amur honeysuckle

hollow pith

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Amur honeysuckle

red berries that cluster at the nodes

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American elder

• opposite and pinnately compound
• 5-7 leaflets with terminal leaflet, sharply serrated...big serrations
• rachis looks like celery
  

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American elder

leaf scars go all the way around twigs

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American elder

prominent lenticels on bark

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American elder

small, purple-black, berry-like drupe (matures in late summer)

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mimosa

bipinnately compound with many small, fern-like, feathery leaflets; leaves tend to droop

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mimosa

5-6 inch long bean pods (larger/longer than eastern redbud) on 1-inch stalks

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mimosa

smooth bark, greenish or gray in color

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eastern redbud

chordate-shaped leaves (only other besides southern catalpa; these are smaller than catalpa)

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eastern redbud

bean pods, 2-4 inches long (shorter/smaller than mimosa's), flat, brownish-purple

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eastern redbud

zigzag twigs and buds that are stalked and reddish-purple

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kudzu

• trifoliate leaves that may have lobes or not
• forms mounds..."kudzu structures"
• extremely hairy leaf undersides and rachises
  

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kudzu

tendrils at the nodes

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kudzu

purple to red flowers with grape-like smell

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kudzu

bark gets to be brown and forms tiny, square-like scales

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black locust

• pinnately compound, 7-19 leaflets
• leaflets dark green on top, very oval-shaped ("quarter"?)
  

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black locust

paired spines at nodes

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black locust

rope-like; when very mature can have very deep fissures

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chinaberry

bipinnately compound with 1-2 inch, shiny leaflets

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chinaberry

• berries persist in clusters
• start out green and turn brownish with age
  

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chinaberry

when bark is mature, vertical fissures and orange on the inside

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trumpet creeper, lab 6

• compound, opposite vine
• 7-15 leaflets that are coarsely serrated and dentate
  

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trumpet creeper, lab 6

6-8 inch bean capsule

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crossvine, lab 6

• evergreen, opposite, compound leaf with only 2 leaflets (may appear as 4 leaves)
• tendrils stemming from where petiole forks and tendrils themselves are forked
  

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crossvine, lab 6

long (4-7 inches), slender, brown capsules that are in pairs of two

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strawberry-bush, lab 6

• opposite leaves, sort of ovular shaped, with crenate (shallowly round-toothed/scalloped) margins
• green and squarish stems
  

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strawberry-bush, lab 6

twigs are square and green with reddish-orange terminal buds that "hug the twig"

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strawberry-bush, lab 6

fruit is distinct 4-lobed capsule that open in fall

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common persimmon, lab 6

• shiny, dark green leaf top, often with dark spots on it; acuminate tip
• may turn pinkish-red on bottom
  

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common persimmon, lab 6

fruit is a pulpy berry, orange to purplish brown, ripe in fall

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common persimmon, lab 6

pseudoterminal bud and zigzag twigs

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common persimmon, lab 6

black, triangular buds

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common persimmon, lab 6

"zebra bark"

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thorny-olive, lab 6

• evergreen, revolute (or semi-revolute) leaves
• waxy dark green on top, silvery on bottom with red dots
  

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thorny-olive, lab 6

• silvery scaly or red-brown scaly
• may bear thorns, often from the nodes
  

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thorny-olive, lab 6

• mature bark is grayish while shoots coming off are reddish
• when young, scaly reddish-brown with orange lenticels
  

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autumn-olive, lab 6

lanceolate in shape with dark green, distinctly scaly top and silver dots on leaf undersides (also scaly bottom)

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autumn-olive, lab 6

• silvery dots on shoots/twigs as well
• young branches silvery scaly and may bear thorns
  

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autumn-olive, lab 6

• bark smooth, thin, gray when young...split and furrowed later
• random shoots coming up
  

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sourwood, lab 6

• very finely serrate to ciliate
• very slight pubescence on the mid-vein below
  

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sourwood, lab 6

elongated, white hairs along midrib on back of leaf

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sourwood, lab 6

capsules born on panicles, found on ground a lot, brown with small capsules

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sourwood, lab 6

new stems have orange-maroon coloration

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sourwood, lab 6

• thick with deep furrows and scaly ridges that are often broken into recognizable rectangles/blocks (older)
• orange inner bark
• "superman" bark
  

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wild azalea, lab 6

• margins have really fine hairs that may look like serrations
• appear whorled
• leaves pubescent all over
  

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Catawba rhododendron, lab 6

• evergreen, dark green, leathery leaves
• on yellowish-green twigs...new growth may appear green
• leaves appear whorled
  

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Catawba rhododendron, lab 6

thin, light grayish brown, becoming finely scaly with age

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American beech, lab 6

• really distinct serrations, bristle tips at end of veins
• feel like inside of a dog's ear...very silky
  

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American beech, lab 6

fruit is nut enclosed in bur; hooked bristles coming off of bur

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American beech, lab 6

buds elongated, long, pointy, orange-ish in color

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American beech, lab 6

smooth, gray bark

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blackgum, lab 6

• leaves similar to persimmon, but blackgum's are obovate while persimmon is ovate
• margins entire with occasional lobes
• leaves turn red...one of the first to turn
• frequently two-ranked
  

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blackgum, lab 6

bark gray-brown and shallowly, irregularly furrowed, on old stems it can become quite blocky, resembling alligator hide

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serviceberry, lab 6

• similar to laurelcherry leaf, but has flat (chordate?) base; also more glabrous than black cherry
• fine serrations
• may be pubescent underneath, particularly when young
  

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serviceberry, lab 6

green to red flower buds with long, pointy look

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serviceberry, lab 6

dark gray bark often with a twisted look to it

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Virginia creeper, lab 6

• palmately compound leaf
• pubescent leaves and petioles (not as hairy as kudzu)
  

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Virginia creeper, lab 6

tendrils at nodes

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smallflower pawpaw, lab 7

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smallflower pawpaw, lab 7

greenish/yellowish, long, fleshy pulp

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smallflower pawpaw, lab 7

naked bud, purplish brown, fuzzy, flattened and often curved

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sweet-shrub, lab 7

• opposite
• leaf arched at top
• acuminate tip
• ovate, smells like bell pepper
  

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sweet-shrub, lab 7

• fruit looks like a bag
• borne on stalk
• matures in late summer/early fall
  

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sweet-shrub, lab 7

looks like double barrel shotgun at end of twig

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flowering dogwood, lab 7

• opposite
• arcuate leaf venation...dark veins curve and run out from midrib then parallel to leaf margins and to the tip
  

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flowering dogwood, lab 7

shiny, oval, red drupe in clusters of 3-5 maturing in fall

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flowering dogwood, lab 7

unique fruit bud that looks globular

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flowering dogwood, lab 7

• dark brown, rough, broken into small rectangular plates at early age..."alligator hide bark"
• may look similar to persimmon but persimmon has larger, darker, more deeply fissured plates
  

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American chestnut, lab 7

• tips acuminate
• margins coarsely serrate...teeth curved, bristle-tipped
• looks very similar to Allegheny chinquapin but has glabrous (hairless) leaves that are serrated
• up to 11 inches long
  

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American chestnut, lab 7

large, round spiny husk (very sharp), enclosing 2 to 3 shiny, chestnut brown nuts, flattened on one side, matures in early fall

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American chestnut or Allegheny chinquapin, lab 7

affected by blight or splitting bark

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Allegheny chinquapin, lab 7

• coarsely serrated, bristle-tipped
• similar to American chestnut, but pubescent and shorter
  

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sweetgum, lab 7

• palmately lobed, usually 5, like a "starfish"
• wings on petiole (like winged elm)
  

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sweetgum, lab 7

spiny gumballs

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sweetgum, lab 7

• large, dark terminal bud covered in green to orange-brown, shiny scales
• usually has corky outgrowths on twigs (like winged elm)
  

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climbing hydrangea, lab 7

• opposite
• smells like "shucked corn"
• vine grows up like poison ivy
  

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climbing hydrangea, lab 7

red, pointed bud

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red mulberry, lab 7

• highly variable chordate leaf with coarse serrations like white mulberry but has sandpaper-like tops and is pubescent; also larger than white mulberry
• long, acuminate tip and heart-shaped or blunt and straight across at base
  

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red mulberry, lab 7

• slender, zigzag, twig
• terminal winter bud absent
• buds covered with brown-margined overlapping scales
• buds sharply pointed and strongly divergent from twig (compared to white mulberry)
  

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white mulberry, lab 7

highly variable chordate leaf with coarse serrations like red mulberry but is glabrous on top; "thumbed mitten" look; shinier than red mulberry

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white mulberry, lab 7

smooth, reddish brown buds with numerous scales that often lack dark edges (vs. red mulberry)

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royal paulownia, lab 8

• opposite, chordate leaves
• extremely pubescent, feel like felt
• similar to S. catalpa but don't whorl
• much bigger than American elder
  

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royal paulownia, lab 8

fruit looks like pecans, when opened filled with numerous white, disc-like seeds

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royal paulownia, lab 8

grayish, tannish bark with large lenticels

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mapleleaf viburnum, lab 8

• opposite, 3-lobed, singly serrate
• palmately veined with veins sunken on upper surface giving the leaf a slightly wrinkled look
• soft, downy feel
• petioles green, not red
  

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mapleleaf viburnum, lab 8

brown, conical bud

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rusty blackhaw, lab 8

• opposite, finely toothed leaves with arcuate venation
• upper side of leaf shiny green color
• rusty red hairs on underside of leaves
  

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rusty blackhaw, lab 8

later on, when mature, buds have rusty red color

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rusty blackhaw, lab 8

• finely blocky bark
• similar to dogwood but unlike dogwood it is spongey
  

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sparkleberry, lab 8

• small, coin-shaped leaves
• usually entire margins, sometimes finely serrated
• tardily deciduous (so much so you might think it was evergreen)
• leaves tend to sparkle...shiny and waxy
  

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sparkleberry, lab 8

gray and shreddy bark, with red patches on mature

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highbush blueberry, lab 8

variable leaf sizes, can be elliptical or egg-shaped

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highbush blueberry, lab 8

have the blueberries that we'll recognize

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Elliott's blueberry, lab 8

• elliptical leaves that may be entire or serrated
• 1/2 inch long, all same size for most part (vs. highbush)
  

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Elliott's blueberry, lab 8

• long portion of twig is bright green then goes to gray
• rounded instead of square like strawberry
  

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Elliott's blueberry, lab 8

mature bark is red and shreddy

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painted buckeye, lab 8

• opposite, palmately compound
• 5 leaflets that are serrate
• leaves not on tree anymore
  

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painted buckeye, lab 8

3 part husk, inside is buckeye (matures in late summer so may not see)

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painted buckeye, lab 8

twigs are stout, smooth, gray and make a V-shape at the end

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Chickasaw plum, lab 8

serrated margins, similar to black cherry but shorter

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Chickasaw plum, lab 8

purplish red/plum color on new twigs

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Chickasaw plum, lab 8

• purplish hue to bark with horizontal lenticels
• lower parts have scaly ridges (like black cherry on top)
  

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blackberry, raspberry (Rubus spp.), lab 8

• palmately compound, could also call it trifoliate
• leaflets doubly serrate and dark purplish/greenish
• rachis has spines, sometimes also on underside of leaves
  

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blackberry, raspberry (Rubus spp.), lab 8

main twigs/stems may also have spines

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black willow, lab 8

• lanceolate with tiny serrations
• dark, shiny green above and light below
  

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black willow, lab 8

fruit is cone-like, capsules that are actually catkins

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black willow, lab 8

twigs thin, orangey-brown with appressed buds

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black willow, lab 8

dark shaggy ridges and exfoliating when mature

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sassafras, lab 9

• could be 3 different leaf shapes: un-lobed, 2-lobed (resemble mitten), or 3-lobed (resemble trident)
• when crushed may smell like fruit loops or root beer
  

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sassafras, lab 9

slender, green twigs that are sometimes pubescent

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sassafras, lab 9

• cinnamon brown color on inside of bark
• furrowed
  

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greenbriar, lab 9

• oblong to narrowly chordate leaves with entire margins
• parallel venation
  

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greenbriar, lab 9

• oblong to narrowly chordate leaves with entire margins
• parallel venation
  

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greenbriar, lab 9

• twigs green with prickles
• bark green to greenish brown
  

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muscadine grape, lab 9

chordate to orbicular leaves with coarsely serrated margins

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muscadine grape, lab 9

twig has tendrils occurring opposite to leaves

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muscadine grape, lab 9

smooth, dark greenish bark later developing vertical grooves

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sugar maple

• opposite, pinnately veined
• 5 delicately rounded lobes
• margins entire, which is main distinction b/w other maples
  

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sugar maple

very sharp, pointy conical buds

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sugar maple

two-winged horseshoe-shaped samaras appearing in clusters, brown when mature in in the fall

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sugar maple

• very distinct bark...black trunk with white spots underneath and gray-white branches...also very rough
• according to website: generally brown, on older trees it becomes darker, develops furrows, with long, thick irregular curling outward, firm ridges
  

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winged sumac

• compound
• turn red about now (so does smooth sumac)
• rachis has green wings
• margins entire (while smooth is serrated), acuminate tip
• like disturbed sites
  

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winged sumac

persistent clusters/panicles of fruit

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winged sumac

• reddish brown pubescence on twigs
• small, round buds that are hard to see
  

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silky dogwood

opposite, ovular, arcuately veined, entire margins...identical to flowering dogwood

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silky dogwood

• stems frequently (not always) red
• smooth, brown-gray bark (different than flowering); purple/green when younger
  

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silky dogwood

• stems frequently (not always) red
• twigs red-purple (may be green-tinged), bearing silky gray hairs
• buds narrow, pointed, hairy
  

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ginkgo

fan-shaped leaves, often with division down middle

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ginkgo

a naked seed with a fleshy covering that develops a strong, unpleasant odor when it drops to the ground, maturing in fall

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gingko

• reddish brown buds
• short shoots all over
• light gray bark
  

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witch-hazel

• unequal bases, nearly dentate, kind of wavy, pubescent
• looks like witch hat ?
• gall on some

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witch-hazel

bright yellow, slender petals appearing in mid to late fall

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witch-hazel

woody brown, sometimes persistent capsule

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witch-hazel

• light brown twigs and buds
• stalked buds with no scales
• light pubescence on twigs
  

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eastern hemlock

• evergreen, flat, single needles
• primarily two-ranked
• two white stripes on bottom of little leaves
• leaves/leaflets are directly on branches
  

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eastern hemlock

• small, light brown cones with round scales
• not armed, very soft to touch
• not on all trees but tons when present
  

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eastern hemlock

bark reddish brown and plated flaky; pretty flat

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American sycamore

• ovate shape with 3 to 5 lobes, coarsely toothed
• palmately veined
• veins may be pubescent below
  

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American sycamore

• spherical multiple of achenes borne on a long stalk
• matures in November, disseminates in late winter
  

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American sycamore

• twigs zigzag, stout, orange in color
• petiole bases encircle and partially enclose buds
  

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American sycamore

• two different kinds of bark: mottled on bottom, toward top creamy white; older stems gray-brown and scaly
• "camouflage" bark that readily exfoliates
  

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eastern cottonwood

• triangular (deltoid) in shape with crenate/serrate margin
• flattened petiole
• leaves look like river birch but has wider bottom and very large
  

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eastern cottonwood

flattened petiole

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eastern cottonwood

shiny, conical, resinous, yellowish brown buds

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eastern cottonwood

almost looks like sourwood bark but more gray

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horse-sugar

• narrow elliptic shape, persistent
• whorled, looks like wild azalea at first
• margins sometimes entire, sometimes lightly crenate
• smell and taste like sweet tea
• thick with light pubescence, less than azalea
  

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horse-sugar

small, green, triangular buds

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horse-sugar

bark grayish-green or brown, developing splits with age

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basswood

• leaf bases unequally chordate
• broadly ovate leaves with serrate margins
• much bigger than elm leaves
  

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basswood

• round, unribbed nutlet covered with gray-brown hair
• occur in a hanging cluster with a curving, leafy bract acting as wing on top of the cluster
• ripen in fall
  

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basswood

buds red, asymmetrical and bulge to one side, also mucilaginous

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basswood

zigzag twigs with red buds going along them

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slippery elm

• ovate to oblong, margin coarsely and sharply doubly serrated, base conspicuously inequilateral
• look very similar to American elm but densely pubescent (below) and scabrous (above)
  

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slippery elm

• tiny buds that are black at bottom and reddish/purplish at top (American elm buds are all brown)
• buds hairy
  

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slippery elm

• dark reddish brown
• not diamond-shaped like American elm
• doesn't have two-toned color like American
  

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American beautyberry

• opposite, softly pubescent above and below
• along midrib, hairs whiter
  

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American beautyberry

• opposite
• purple fruits in whorl around stem
• ripens late summer to early fall (some remaining)
  

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American beautyberry

• raised lenticels on stem
• twig pubescent with small, naked buds
  

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chalk maple

• small version of sugar maple leaves
• 5-lobed, yellowish, opposite
• faintly fuzzy underside, coarse teeth, somewhat acuminate
• usually multi-stemmed
  

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chalk maple

bark is smooth and light gray to chalky white on upper trunk but furrowed and dark brown near ground on mature

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mountain-laurel

• evergreen
• mid-vein raised on top of leaf
• mostly alternate, sometimes whorled
• elliptical shape, entire margins
  

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mountain-laurel

round, brown, dehiscent capsule maturing in fall

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mountain-laurel

• forked and twisted
• green or red when young, later brownish red, leaves cluster at branch tips
  

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mountain-laurel

• thin, dark-brown to red
• shredding and splitting on old stems
  

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dog-hobble

• evergreen
• oblong to lanceolate
• finely serrate margins
  

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dog-hobble

• twigs green, sometimes with red splotches
• really tiny buds
  

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black walnut

• pinnately compound usually with even number of leaflets (10-24) because terminal leaflet often aborts
• leaflets ovate-lanceolate and finely serrate
• aromatic
  

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black walnut

large, round nuts with thick, greenish husk

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black walnut

light brown, stout twigs with tan, furry buds

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black walnut

• very ridged and furrowed with rough diamond-shaped pattern
• purplish colored
  

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Carolina silverbell

• ovate with serrate margins
• arcuate venation, acuminate tips
  

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Carolina silverbell

• very distinctive oblong, dry, 2-winged, corky drupe
• matures in fall, dries and disperses over winter
  

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Carolina silverbell

• reddish to brown with white-yellow streaks on young stems
• smooth, furrowed, and scaly on older trunks
• kind of like osage orange
  

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Chinese privet

• opposite, evergreen leaves
• ovate to elliptical
• margins entire
  

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Chinese privet

tan, gray, smooth bark

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Florida maple

• opposite, orbicular in shape
• tips and sinuses rounded
• margins wavy or entire
• soft underside
  

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deciduous holly

• margin shallowly blunt toothed and often revolute
• narrowly obovate (variable)
• tips rounded or broadly wedge-shaped
  

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deciduous holly

• round drupes on short stalks, reddish-orange to red in clusters of 2 to 4
• ripening in fall but may persist through the winter
  

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deciduous holly

• stiff spur shoots common
• scattered light lenticels
  

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mock-orange

• opposite, oblong to ovate
• sparsely serrated to entire
  

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mock-orange

four-parted, persistent capsule

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mock-orange

light brown, coarsely shreddy; papery shreds

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yellow cucumbertree

broadly elliptical to ovate with entire margins

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yellow cucumbertree

large, silky, white terminal bud

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yellow cucumbertree

light gray-brown and flaky, quite soft

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American holly

evergreen, elliptical in shape

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American holly

• red, berry-like drupes that persist into winter
  
• some will have berries, some won't

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American holly

bark always looks thin, gray, and smooth

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yaupon

• evergreen
• margins have rounded teeth/crenate

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yaupon

also has red, berry-like drupe (same as American holly and deciduous?)

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water tupelo

• entire margins but most leaves have random teeth/lobes
  
• silvery lower surface

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water tupelo

found on wet sites, usually with swollen butt

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water tupelo

brownish gray bark with shallow, scaly ridges (similar to blackgum)

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Atlantic white-cedar

• evergreen and opposite
• feathery foliage in flattened splays
• blue-green with glandular dots on back (or dorsal side?)

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Atlantic white-cedar

• slender, drooping at tips
• light pale green becoming reddish brown
• irregularly branched and flattened into fan-shaped sprays
• pollen cones hanging at ends ?
  

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Atlantic white-cedar

• cones blue/purple and glaucous with 4 or 5 scales
• 1/4 inch or smaller
• mature in fall
  

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Atlantic white-cedar

• thin with narrow fissures forming flat, interlacing, fibrous ridges
  
• mostly ashy gray, some red

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Japanese-cedar

• evergreen, awl-shaped, spirally arranged around twigs
• awls curve inward toward twig
• green, maybe bronze or brown in winter

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Japanese-cedar

• reddish-brown round cone with numerous sharp, pointed scales, giving it a spiny appearance
  
• trees stay loaded with cones

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Japanese-cedar

• reddish brown
• vertically peeling in strips, stringy

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Leyland cypress

• evergreen
• scales (like eastern redcedar), but they grow out in flat sprays
• green to bluish-green

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Leyland cypress

• reddish brown and scaly when younger
• later develops gray, weathered strips

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American mistletoe

• opposite and evergreen, quite thick
• bright green

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American mistletoe

leaves and stems appear to have waxy coating

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wax-myrtle

• evergreen
• spatulated shape, appear clustered at ends of branches
• can be irregularly toothed
• yellow glandular dots on upper and lower surface of leaves

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wax-myrtle

waxy, bluish-white drupes appearing in clusters on short stalks, still present

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wax-myrtle

thin, smooth, gray-brown bark, covered in tiny lenticels

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deodar cedar

• evergreen, sharp-pointed needles that come out in spurs (clustered on ends of spur shoots)
• dark green but may appear greenish-blue
• needles 1-2 inches long

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deodar cedar

barrel-shaped cones that sit upright on branches (3-4 inches long)

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deodar cedar

gray-brown bark with short furrows and scaly ridge tops

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slash pine

• evergreen needles, 7 to 10 inches long with 3 (sometimes 2) per fascicle
• usually dark green color (vs. yellowish color of loblollies)
• needles point outward, not upward (as in loblolly)
• long, tufted near branch tips

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slash pine

same size and shape as loblolly but more weakly armed

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slash pine

reddish-brown, platy bark, more scales

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longleaf pine

• evergreen needles 10-18 inches long, very long and feathery
• 3 per fascicle
• dark green
• droopy look
• tufted at branch tips

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longleaf pine

large, silvery gray buds

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longleaf pine

• orange-brown to gray
  
• scaly, becoming platy when older

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Douglas-fir

• evergreen, 1 needle per fascicle, two-ranked
• yellow-green to blue-green
• tips blunt or slightly rounded

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Douglas-fir

• very distinct, 3-4 inches long with rounded scales
• three-lobed bracts extend beyond the cone scales and resemble mouse posteriors
  

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Douglas-fir

• when young, smooth, gray bark
• scaly, ridged, furrowed, and reddish brown on older