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81 Cards in this Set
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Sugar Maple
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Acer Aceraceae saccarum
parallel samamras, white sap petiole |
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Red Maple
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Acer Aceraceae rubrum
trident leaf, red buds |
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Norway Maple
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Acer Aceraceae platanoids
white sap petiole |
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Silver Maple
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Acer Aceraceae saccharinum
skinny leaf, sideways 'S' form of branches |
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Japanese Maple
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Acer Aceraceae palmatum
ornamental |
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Boxelder Maple
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Acer Aceraceae negundo
three leaves: last leaf looks like maple; lots of shots, green twig with glaceous bloom |
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Bur Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus macrocarpa
REALLY shaggy branches, really fuzzy acorn top |
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English Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus robur
short petiole, ear-like leaf sides, LONG acorn |
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White Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus alba
medium sized acorn with acorn top high, bark hinges sideways |
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Pin Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus palustris
deep leaf sinuses; jumping-jack form of branches; tiger stripe bottom of acorn |
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Black Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus velutina
fuzzy leaf, acorn is 1/2" to 3/4" |
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Red Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus rubra
short acorn, top falls off easily; ski track pattern; fuzzy terminal bud |
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Swamp White Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus bicolor
white bottom of leaf, LONG acorn stem |
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Willow Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus phellos
whirl of non-oak looking leaves, acorn 1/4"-1/2" |
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Scarlet Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus coccinea
swirl on bottom of acorn, form of branches slope down; acorn (1/2") covers half |
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Chestnut Oak
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Fagaceae Quercus montana
simple leaf with serrate margins, to falls off easily |
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American Chestnut
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Fagaceae Quercus dentana
endangered; REALLY fuzzy fruit/nut, like small fuzzy brown tennis ; simple leaf with really pointy serrate margins |
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Callery Pear
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Rosaceae Pyrus calleryana
leathery pear-shaped leaf; small glossy pome (pear color), fuzzy and large Terminal bud, really peely, light in color bark |
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Service Berry
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Rosaceae Amelanchier canadencis
twigs are bendable, form: suckering shoots, cluster, two hand-widths apart |
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Crab Apple
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Rosaceae mallus
red, hard pomes |
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Arrowwood Viburnum
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Caprifoliaceae Viburnum dentatum
shoots, no central, trunk |
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Mapleleaf Viburnum
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Caprifoliaceae Viburnum acerfolium
looks like maple leaf, has suckering pattern |
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High Bush Cranberry
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Caprifoliaceae Viburnum opalus
glands where petiole and leaf join; leaf is soft on top pubescent on bottom; very dense; red pomes |
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Poison Ivy
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Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron radicans
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Butternut
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Juglandaceae Juglans cinera
compound leaf; monkey-looking leaf scar; |
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Smooth Sumac
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Anacardiaceae rhus glabra
compound leaf looks like ailanthus but stem/petiole is red, white sap petiole, glaceous bloom |
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Umbrella Magnolia
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Magnoliaceae Magnolia tripetala
HUGE tropical-looking leaves, leaves crowd towards tip, Terminal bud is 1"-2" long |
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Black Birch
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Betulaceae Betula lenta
break off simple leaf and tastes like evergreen; green and red buds have trunk |
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Red Buckeye
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Hipocastanaceae aesculus (sp)
ornamental; three-part husk with eye-sized nut; often multi-stemmed |
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Pawpaw
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Annonaceae Asimina triloba
endangered; smooth bark with raised lenticils, fuzzy bud, smaller terminal bud is on top |
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Baldcypruss
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Taxodiaceae Taxodium distichum
feathery, two-planed evergreen leaf; branches have petioles, has brown nut; buttresses |
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Dawnredwood
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Taxodiaceae Metasequoia glyptostroboides
endangered; evergreen leaves; 4-sided cones, cone-shaped; red and peely |
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Willow
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Salicaceae Salix (sp)
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Arrowwood Viburnum
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Caprifoliaceae Viburnum dentatum
pear-shaped serrate leaf; black/purple fruit; a lot of shoots, no central trunk |
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Staghorn
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Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina
pioneer species; white sap petiole; very fuzzy upright red fruit; fuzzy, antler-looking branches |
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Inkberry
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Aquifoliaceae Ilex glabra
only tip of simple, skinny leaf is serrate, black/dark blue berries; up to 10ft tall |
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Yew Tree
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Taxaceae Taxus (sp)
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Sourwood
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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 |
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Paper Birch
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Betrillicaceae Betulla papyryfera
lightly exfoliating, whittish bark; white lenticils on branch |
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Sweet Fern
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Myricaceae Comptonia peregrine
compound leaf with very short, round leaves; form: short bush; smooth brown bark with horizontal lenticils; break off-> smells nice |
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Northern White Cedar
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Coopercaceae Thuaj occidentalis
evergreen flat and round leaves, snowflake-looking; red petioles, brown branches |
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Burning Bush
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Celastraceae Euonymus olatus
ornamental; winged branches; fruit is red outside, bright orange inside |
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Hophorn Beam
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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 |
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Yellowwood
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Fabaceae Cladrastis kentukea
petiole swollen at base; alternate pinnate compound leaf with ovate leaves |
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Eastern Red Cedar
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Capreaceae Juniperus virginiana
pioneer species; bark is exfoliating in long fibrous strips and whittish; evergreen leaves |
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Trumpet Creeper
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Bignoniaceae Campus radicans
vine; serrate leaf with exaggerated tip; light-brown scaley bark |
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River Birch
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Betrilliaceae Betulla nigra
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Gray Birch
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Betrifolliaceae Betulla populafolia
smooth, white bark |
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Musclewood
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Betulaceae Carprinas caroliniana
bark looks like muscle; common in woods often near water; three-ribbed nutlet; branches zig-zag |
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Japanese Pagoda Tree
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Figaceae Styphnolobium japonicum
bright green jelly bean-looking fruit; green twigs; bark: giant flakes; spreading 65ft |
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Eastern Red Bud
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Fabaceae Cerces canadensis
heart-shaped leaf; bark is smooth with orange underneath; twigs are slender brown with orange lenticils; fruit is flattened cocoons |
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Hazelnut
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Betulaceae Coryous (sp)
pubescent twig with lenticils; pubescent leaf top; form: big shrub |
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Slippery Elm
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Homaceae Ulnus rubra
pubescent under leaves; buds are small and dark colored; bark is long, fibrous, and light-colored |
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Northern Catalpa
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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 |
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European Beech
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Fagaceae Fagus sylbatica
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American Beech
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Fagaceae Fagus grandapolia
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Black Haw
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Caprifoliaceae Vivurnum prunifolium
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Green Ash
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Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica
leaves will turn yellow in fall |
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White Ash
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Oleaceae Fraxinus americana
leaves will turn purple in fall |
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Gingko
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Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo biloba
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Sweet Gum
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Hamamelidaceae liquid amber styraciflua
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Osage Orange
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Moraceae Maclura pomifera
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American Holly
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Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca
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Ailanthus
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simaroubaceae Ailanthus latissima
break leaf off smells like peanut butter |
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Hawthorne
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Rosaceae Crataegus (sp)
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Black Cherry
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Rosaceae Prunus serotina
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Yellow Poplar
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Magnoliceae Liriodendron tulipifera
Bark has diamond pattern with white inside; buds open like hinge; large tree grows straight up |
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Northern Bay Berry
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Myricaceae Morella pennsylvanica
pinnate compound, break-off smells minty; |
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Littleleaf Linden
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Tiliaceae Tilia cordata
ribbed nutlet; bark has hash marks; smallest leaf |
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Silver Linden
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Tiliaceae Tilia petiolaris
gray, fuzzy, round; more diamond-shaped and ropey than Little Leaf |
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American Basswood
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Tiliaceae Tilia americana
biggest leaf |
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Sassafras
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Lauraceae Sassafras albidum
trident, mit, and simple leaf shapes; twig is green, slender and pubescent |
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English Ivy
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Araliaceae Hedera helix
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Paulownia
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Scrophulariaceae Paulownia tomentosa
heart-shaped; |
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Sweet Cherry
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Rosaceae Prunus avium
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Japanese Cryptomeria
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Taxodiaceae Cryptomeria japonica
evergreen, spirals up-ward; spiney reddish-brown cone; bark is stringy, bronze; upright form |
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Horse Chestnut
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Hippocastanaceae aesculus hippocastanum
buds are sticky and layered; fruit is spikey ball; palmate leaf compound with long petiole |
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Mountain Laurel
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Ericaceae Kalmia latifolia
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Great Rhododendron
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Ericaceae Rhododendron maximum
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Mulberry
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Moraceae Morus (sp)
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Hackberry
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Ulmaceae Celtis occidentalis
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