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Sugar Maple
Acer Aceraceae saccarum

parallel samamras, white sap petiole
Red Maple
Acer Aceraceae rubrum

trident leaf, red buds
Norway Maple
Acer Aceraceae platanoids

white sap petiole
Silver Maple
Acer Aceraceae saccharinum

skinny leaf, sideways 'S' form of branches
Japanese Maple
Acer Aceraceae palmatum

ornamental
Boxelder Maple
Acer Aceraceae negundo

three leaves: last leaf looks like maple; lots of shots, green twig with glaceous bloom
Bur Oak
Fagaceae Quercus macrocarpa

REALLY shaggy branches, really fuzzy acorn top
English Oak
Fagaceae Quercus robur

short petiole, ear-like leaf sides, LONG acorn
White Oak
Fagaceae Quercus alba

medium sized acorn with acorn top high, bark hinges sideways
Pin Oak
Fagaceae Quercus palustris

deep leaf sinuses; jumping-jack form of branches; tiger stripe bottom of acorn
Black Oak
Fagaceae Quercus velutina

fuzzy leaf, acorn is 1/2" to 3/4"
Red Oak
Fagaceae Quercus rubra

short acorn, top falls off easily; ski track pattern; fuzzy terminal bud
Swamp White Oak
Fagaceae Quercus bicolor

white bottom of leaf, LONG acorn stem
Willow Oak
Fagaceae Quercus phellos

whirl of non-oak looking leaves, acorn 1/4"-1/2"
Scarlet Oak
Fagaceae Quercus coccinea

swirl on bottom of acorn, form of branches slope down; acorn (1/2") covers half
Chestnut Oak
Fagaceae Quercus montana

simple leaf with serrate margins, to falls off easily
American Chestnut
Fagaceae Quercus dentana

endangered; REALLY fuzzy fruit/nut, like small fuzzy brown tennis ; simple leaf with really pointy serrate margins
Callery Pear
Rosaceae Pyrus calleryana

leathery pear-shaped leaf; small glossy pome (pear color), fuzzy and large Terminal bud, really peely, light in color bark
Service Berry
Rosaceae Amelanchier canadencis

twigs are bendable, form: suckering shoots, cluster, two hand-widths apart
Crab Apple
Rosaceae mallus

red, hard pomes
Arrowwood Viburnum
Caprifoliaceae Viburnum dentatum

shoots, no central, trunk
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Caprifoliaceae Viburnum acerfolium

looks like maple leaf, has suckering pattern
High Bush Cranberry
Caprifoliaceae Viburnum opalus

glands where petiole and leaf join; leaf is soft on top pubescent on bottom; very dense; red pomes
Poison Ivy
Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron radicans
Butternut
Juglandaceae Juglans cinera

compound leaf; monkey-looking leaf scar;
Smooth Sumac
Anacardiaceae rhus glabra

compound leaf looks like ailanthus but stem/petiole is red, white sap petiole, glaceous bloom
Umbrella Magnolia
Magnoliaceae Magnolia tripetala

HUGE tropical-looking leaves, leaves crowd towards tip, Terminal bud is 1"-2" long
Black Birch
Betulaceae Betula lenta

break off simple leaf and tastes like evergreen; green and red buds have trunk
Red Buckeye
Hipocastanaceae aesculus (sp)

ornamental; three-part husk with eye-sized nut; often multi-stemmed
Pawpaw
Annonaceae Asimina triloba

endangered; smooth bark with raised lenticils, fuzzy bud, smaller terminal bud is on top
Baldcypruss
Taxodiaceae Taxodium distichum

feathery, two-planed evergreen leaf; branches have petioles, has brown nut; buttresses
Dawnredwood
Taxodiaceae Metasequoia glyptostroboides

endangered; evergreen leaves; 4-sided cones, cone-shaped; red and peely
Willow
Salicaceae Salix (sp)
Arrowwood Viburnum
Caprifoliaceae Viburnum dentatum

pear-shaped serrate leaf; black/purple fruit; a lot of shoots, no central trunk
Staghorn
Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina

pioneer species; white sap petiole; very fuzzy upright red fruit; fuzzy, antler-looking branches
Inkberry
Aquifoliaceae Ilex glabra

only tip of simple, skinny leaf is serrate, black/dark blue berries; up to 10ft tall
Yew Tree
Taxaceae Taxus (sp)
Sourwood
Aracaceae Oxydendrum arborerum

deeply furrowed, orangy bark; chew simple leaf and it is sour; flowers are white and bell-like with petiole going up and then down
Paper Birch
Betrillicaceae Betulla papyryfera

lightly exfoliating, whittish bark; white lenticils on branch
Sweet Fern
Myricaceae Comptonia peregrine

compound leaf with very short, round leaves; form: short bush; smooth brown bark with horizontal lenticils; break off-> smells nice
Northern White Cedar
Coopercaceae Thuaj occidentalis

evergreen flat and round leaves, snowflake-looking; red petioles, brown branches
Burning Bush
Celastraceae Euonymus olatus

ornamental; winged branches; fruit is red outside, bright orange inside
Hophorn Beam
Betulaceae Ostrya virginiana

buds are green on base, brown on tip; leaf is simple, serrate and pubescent on top and bottom; fruit looks like hops
Yellowwood
Fabaceae Cladrastis kentukea

petiole swollen at base; alternate pinnate compound leaf with ovate leaves
Eastern Red Cedar
Capreaceae Juniperus virginiana

pioneer species; bark is exfoliating in long fibrous strips and whittish; evergreen leaves
Trumpet Creeper
Bignoniaceae Campus radicans

vine; serrate leaf with exaggerated tip; light-brown scaley bark
River Birch
Betrilliaceae Betulla nigra
Gray Birch
Betrifolliaceae Betulla populafolia

smooth, white bark
Musclewood
Betulaceae Carprinas caroliniana

bark looks like muscle; common in woods often near water; three-ribbed nutlet; branches zig-zag
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Figaceae Styphnolobium japonicum

bright green jelly bean-looking fruit; green twigs; bark: giant flakes; spreading 65ft
Eastern Red Bud
Fabaceae Cerces canadensis

heart-shaped leaf; bark is smooth with orange underneath; twigs are slender brown with orange lenticils; fruit is flattened cocoons
Hazelnut
Betulaceae Coryous (sp)

pubescent twig with lenticils; pubescent leaf top; form: big shrub
Slippery Elm
Homaceae Ulnus rubra

pubescent under leaves; buds are small and dark colored; bark is long, fibrous, and light-colored
Northern Catalpa
Bignoniaceae catalpa speciousa

twigs go in a zig-zag pattern; leaves whirl (one of the three leaves is smaller) and are cordate, soft and HUGE
European Beech
Fagaceae Fagus sylbatica
American Beech
Fagaceae Fagus grandapolia
Black Haw
Caprifoliaceae Vivurnum prunifolium
Green Ash
Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica

leaves will turn yellow in fall
White Ash
Oleaceae Fraxinus americana

leaves will turn purple in fall
Gingko
Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo biloba
Sweet Gum
Hamamelidaceae liquid amber styraciflua
Osage Orange
Moraceae Maclura pomifera
American Holly
Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca
Ailanthus
simaroubaceae Ailanthus latissima

break leaf off smells like peanut butter
Hawthorne
Rosaceae Crataegus (sp)
Black Cherry
Rosaceae Prunus serotina
Yellow Poplar
Magnoliceae Liriodendron tulipifera

Bark has diamond pattern with white inside; buds open like hinge; large tree grows straight up
Northern Bay Berry
Myricaceae Morella pennsylvanica

pinnate compound, break-off smells minty;
Littleleaf Linden
Tiliaceae Tilia cordata

ribbed nutlet; bark has hash marks; smallest leaf
Silver Linden
Tiliaceae Tilia petiolaris

gray, fuzzy, round; more diamond-shaped and ropey than Little Leaf
American Basswood
Tiliaceae Tilia americana

biggest leaf
Sassafras
Lauraceae Sassafras albidum

trident, mit, and simple leaf shapes; twig is green, slender and pubescent
English Ivy
Araliaceae Hedera helix
Paulownia
Scrophulariaceae Paulownia tomentosa

heart-shaped;
Sweet Cherry
Rosaceae Prunus avium
Japanese Cryptomeria
Taxodiaceae Cryptomeria japonica

evergreen, spirals up-ward; spiney reddish-brown cone; bark is stringy, bronze; upright form
Horse Chestnut
Hippocastanaceae aesculus hippocastanum

buds are sticky and layered; fruit is spikey ball; palmate leaf compound with long petiole
Mountain Laurel
Ericaceae Kalmia latifolia
Great Rhododendron
Ericaceae Rhododendron maximum
Mulberry
Moraceae Morus (sp)
Hackberry
Ulmaceae Celtis occidentalis