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Tiny white daisy-like flowers Basal foliage clumping close to the ground |
Eurybia divaricata |
White Wood Aster |
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Horizontal branches Ovate leaves, smooth margins Simple, alternate leaves, clumping together at end of branch |
Nyssa sylvatica |
Blackgum |
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Leaves fall in late October, red berries through winter on females |
Ilex verticillata |
Winterberry Holly |
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Yellow fall color Simple, alternate, serrated foliage Fruit comes from leaf axle |
Callicarpa americana
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American Beautyberry |
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Brown when dying, seeds detach and blow away
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Eragrostis spectabilis
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Purple Lovegrass |
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3 major lobes 2 minor lobes U-shaped sinuses Helicopter seeds Ascending branches Dark branch crotch |
Acer saccharum
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Sugar Maple |
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Evergreen shrub Opposite, thick, leathery, lanceolate leaves |
Gardenia jasminoides
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Gardenia
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Smaller foliage
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Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'
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Dwarf Gardenia
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Pointy sinuses Red fall color Bark starts spotted grey, becomes lightly ridged and furrowed with age |
Acer rubrum |
Red Maple |
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Yellow flowers Pink seed pods, fade to brown, shaped like pecans Bipinnately compound leaves with smooth margins |
Koelreuteria bipinnata
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Chinese Flame Tree |
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Toothed margins Brown seed pods Dissected foliage (each leaf is a leaflet) Yellow in fall |
Koelreuteria paniculata
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Goldenraintree |
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Simple, alternate, rounded leaves with smooth margins Merlot color in fall |
Cotinus cogyggria |
Purple Smoke Tree |
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Very straight trunk Simple, alternate, lanceolate leaves |
Quercus phellos |
Willow Oak
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Large, wide glossy leaves Deep, curved sinuses Symmetrical leaves Very large buds |
Quercus velutina |
Black Oak
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Orange/red fall color Exfoliating bark Orange inner bark Simple, opposite leaves with 3 pointy lobes |
Acer buergerianum |
Trident Maple
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Exfoliating bark - grey outer bark, orange inner bark Unequal leaf base and serrated margins Paper-like seeds |
Ulmus parvifolia |
Chinese Elm
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Long, skinny asymmetrical leaves - 3 lobes on one side, 2 on the other Buff colored undersides |
Quercus falcata |
Southern Red Oak
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Very large leaves with uneven base and serrated margins Golden fall color 3 seeds hanging |
Tilia americana |
Basswood
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Shorter, thicker, glossier, and more leathery leaves than willow oak and tree shape is more rigid Not much fall color |
Quercus hemisphaerica
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Laurel Oak
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Vase like form to branches Deeply furrowed bark Buttressed at the base Doubly serrated leaf margins and angled leaf lobe at the bottom Fall color |
Ulmus americana
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American Elm
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Leaves have unequal base, doubly serrated margin. and rough, sandpaper texture Vine-like branches twist up and out in all directions Golden fall color |
Ulmus alatus
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Winged Elm
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Clumping herbaceous perennial Purple flower spikes |
Liriope muscari
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Liriope
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More grass-like Less showy flowers nestled into foliage |
Liriope spicata
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Liriope
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Large, elongated acorns Very large leaves with waving serrations Deeply ridged and furrowed bark |
Quercus prinus
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Chestnut Oak
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Flowy, rounded leaves End branches have forking habit - gives horizontally layered form Very red fall color Simple, alternate leaves Blocky, cracked bark |
Cornus florida
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American Dogwood
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Simple, alternate elliptic/lanceolate leaves with smooth margins Smooth bark |
Prunus caroliniana
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Cherry Laurel
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Dark, glossy green foliage with deep red fall color Trunk splits heavily Fish smell |
Pyrus calleriana
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Bradford Pear
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Rounded leaves with serrated margins Hold some foliage after leaves turn brown Long, skinny, cigar-shaped buds Smooth grey bark |
Fagus grandifolia
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American Beech
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Palmate leaves with 7 pointy lobes Red or green Bright red/orange fall color Smooth bark |
Acer palmata
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Japanese Maple
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Large, oak-shaped leaves Red, orange, yellow fall color |
Hydrangea quercifolia
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Oak Leaf Hydrangea
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Tripinnately compound Stems covered in fine white hair Very large |
Macrothelypteris torresiana
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Mariana Maiden Fern
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Unique bark Warm colors Evenly pinnately compound leaves |
Pistacia chinensis
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Chinese Pistachio
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Small scale multi trunked tree Palmately compound leaves Purple flowers |
Vitex agnus-castus
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Vitex
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Very symmetrical leaves with shallow sinuses and yellow petioles Vertically striped bark Little fall color |
Quercus rubra
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Northern Red Oak
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Red, orange, yellow fall color Simple, alternate leaves with wavy margins |
Fothergilla gardenii
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Dwarf Fothergilla
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Leaves have wavy margins, rough tops and soft bottoms Large brown seedpods |
Calycanthus floridus
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Sweetshrub
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Exfoliating bark Simple, alternate, elliptic leaves with long tapering point and teardrop shaped serrations |
Zelkova serrata
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Japanese Zelkova
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Birch-like bark, orange/blue color Trifoliate leaves with fuzzy petioles and undersides Red-burgundy fall color |
Acer griseum
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Paperbark Maple
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Large simple, alternate, cordate leaves Long, slender bean pods year round |
Catalpa bignonioides
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Catalpa
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Droopy, simple, alternate elliptical foliage with smooth margins and an unequal base Bark is heavily cracked with blocky pattern like alligator skin Orange plum-like fruit |
Diospyros virginiana
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Persimmon
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Palmate foliage with serrated margins Buckeye fruit Defoliates by October |
Aesculus pavia
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Red Buckeye
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Coarse foliage with 3 lobes and curvilinear shape Yellow in fall Smooth grey bark Coarse texture, tropical appearance |
Firmiana simplex
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Chinese Parasol Tree
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Simple, alternate, elliptic leaves with ruffled edges Horizontally banded bark |
Prunus serotina
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Black Cherry
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"Leaves of 3, let it be" Good fall color Clinging vine Can produce woody lateral growth |
Toxicodendron radicans
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Poison Ivy
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5 leaves Ground cover Red/orange fall color |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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Virginia Creeper
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Oddly pinnately compound leaves with fuzzy underside Very thick outer shell of nut Diamond-shape in bark |
Carya tomentosa
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Mockernut Hickory
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Leaves have smooth underside Nut has thinner outer shell |
Carya glabra
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Pignut Hickory
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Short, silvery-blue needle foliage arranged in radial bunches Bark looks like small scales Small male pollen cones Branches grow outward horizontally |
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'
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Blue Atlas Cedar
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Good fall color Opposite, pinnately compound leaves with white fuzz on underside (tip leaf) Lacy bark Samaras |
Fraxinus americana
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White Ash
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Skinnier leaflets with smooth underside Only turns slightly yellow in fall
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Green Ash
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Spiky gumball seed pods Star-shaped foliage with serrated margins Good fall color |
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Sweetgum
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Bark like white oak, leaves like chestnut oak Fuzzy undersides of leaves Orange fall color Very large acorns |
Quercus michauxii
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Swamp Chestnut Oak
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Foliage like pecan without tip leaf, larger leaves, and more leaflets 3" 2-shelled nuts |
Juglans nigra
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Black Walnut
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Giant tree, branching towards ground Leaves all winter Oval leaves with buff fuzz on underside Small acorns |
Quercus virginiana
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Live Oak
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Soft, fine, opposite, feathery foliage Branches point up at 45 degree angles Bark curved around armpits Small pinecone-like seeds Papery-looking bark |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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Dawn Redbud
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Columnar/upright - branches sweep upward Golden fall color Ironwood - bigger buds |
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
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Upright European Hornbeam
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Greener foliage and softer texture than Atlas Seed cones sit on top of branches |
Cedrus deodara
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Deodar cedar
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Tiny, tart apples Multi-trunked Rounded form Simple, alternate, ovate, gently serrated leaves Defoliates in fall Bark irregularly cracked in block pattern - orange inner bark, dark grey outer bark |
Malus spp.
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Crab Apple
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Upright, clumping grass used for groundcover Dangling seed heads Red/gold in fall, tan in winter |
Chasmanthium latifolium
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Inland Sea Oats
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Huge, tropical, wavy leaves Fuzzy, silver terminal bud Smooth grey bark |
Magnolia macrophylla
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Bigleaf Magnolia / Umbrella Magnolia
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Salix alba 'Tristis'
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Weeping Willow
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Tiny white tubular flowers Clumps of tiny brown/pink flowers Stems and new growth are red |
Abelia x ' Rose Creek
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Rose Creek Abelia
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Simple, alternate, oval leaves Red, orange, yellow fall color before leaves drop Multi trunked at base |
Amelanchier arborea
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Serviceberry
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Smooth, dark grey bark with light dapples Oddly pinnately compound obovate leaves Tree is y-shapes |
Cladrastis kentukea
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Yellowwood
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Lenticels - small bumps in bark Open, droopy, knobby twigs from old leaves Multi-trunked Lanceolate, simple, opposite leaves with smooth margins and yellow fall color Branches fork oppositely |
Chionanthus virginicus
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White Fringe Tree / Grancy Greybeard
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Small, heart-shaped, opposite leaves with rounded serrations Grey/white scaly papery bark Gold fall color Vanilla fragrance
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Cercidiphyllum japonicum |
Katsura Tree
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Red flower Green foliage throughout winter |
Lycoris radiata
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Spider Lily / Surprise Lily
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Warty bark Simple, alternate leaves with coarsely toothed margins and gritty texture |
Celtis laevigata
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Hackberry
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Dappled, light, open canopy Leaflets can be pinnately and bipinnately compound on same tree Leaflets fold toward each other Defoliates in fall - no color |
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
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Thornless Honeylocust
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Coarser texture, foliage only pinnately compound Leaflets are oval, larger, and have more blue tint Thorns on trunk and branches Hanging seed pods remain longer
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Robinia pseudoacacia |
Black Locust
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Smaller leaved version of American Linden Heart-shaped, dark green leaves with serrated margins Deeply ridged and furrowed bark with diamond shape Gold fall color Seed structure - tiny balls with long skinny leaves |
Tilia cordata
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Little Leaf Linden
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Silver underside of leaves Peeling, scaly park, reddish on inside No fall color Forks early like pecan tree Samaras Simple, opposite foliage Long, pointed center lobe, skinny where sinuses cut in Orange stems connect leaves to branches |
Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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Long, skinny foliage with sharply serrated margins "Hairy" cap covers half of acorn |
Quercus acutissima
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Sawtooth Oak
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Lime green fruit Simple, alternate, cordate, dark green, shiny leaves with smooth margins |
Maclura pomifera
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Osage Orange
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Shrub Lanceolate, dark green, opposite, long, skinny leaves Golden, squared stems |
Forsythia x intermedia
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Forsythia
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Deciduous shrub Old flower spikes stick up off of branches Simple, alternate elliptic foliage with serrated margins and rough texture |
Clethra alnifolia
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Summersweet Clethra
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Very multi-trunked Light grey bark with round white dapples 1st half of leaves have smooth margins, then become wavy A lot of fall color |
Parrotia persica
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Persian Parrotia
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4 different kinds of leaves A lot of fall color Leaf stems smell like fruit loops Little white fuzz on leaf undersides |
Sassafras albidum
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Sassafras
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Semi-evergreen shrub - small tree Opposite, oval foliage Pea-sized black/grey seeds Holds leaves longest in winter |
Ligustrum sinense
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Chinese Privot
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Translucent red, mushy berries remain on fruit through December Simple, opposite leaves with fine hairs |
Lonicera maackii
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Amur Honeysuckle
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Ground cover, shrub, vine Semi-evergreen Tiny berries turn from green to white, then open to reveal orange inside |
Euonymus fortunei
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Winter Creeper
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Very soft foliage - bipinnately compound, tiny leaflets Smooth grey bark Large green and brown seed pods |
Albizia julibrissin
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Mimosa
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Large clusters of berry-like seeds Opposite, ovate, smooth, flat foliage Plastic, fake-looking bark Multi-trunked |
Ligustrum lucidum
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Tree Ligustrum
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Silver + Red Maple Very red fall color Leaf shape of Silver Maple with silver underside, but shorter middle lobe - side lobes are closer to even with the center lobe More red petiole (stem) color |
Acer x freemanii
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Freeman Maple
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Acorn almost entirely covered by cap Same bark as White Oak, narrower leaves with more angularly rounded lobes |
Quercus lyrata
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Overcup Oak
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Droopy foliage Old, twiggy flower racimes hang off of the ends of branches Leaves taste sour Red fall color Bark becomes ridged and furrowed |
Oxydendrum arboreum
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Sourwood
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Opposite, compound foliage 3 or 5 leaflets per leaf Branch is green at the ends Coarsely serrated leaflets |
Acer negundo
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Box Elder
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Large, almost cordate leaves with serrated margins Can have single-lobe or "mitten-shaped" leaves |
Morus spp.
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Mulberry
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Very large, ornamental, rounded, fuzzy leaves Weak wooded, weedy |
Paulownia tomentosa
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Royal Empress Tree
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Large simple, alternate leaves Maple-like shape without deep sinuses Modified leaf at the base of the leaf Exfoliating grey bark reveals smooth white bark |
Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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Gangly, sprawling habit Lenticels Opposite, pinnately compound leaves |
Sambucus canadensis
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Elderberry
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Tiny blue/purple fluffy flowers Triangular, opposite, mint-like leaves Red/purple stems Aggressively spreading |
Conoclinium coelestinum
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Mist Flower / Wild Ageratum
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