Deciduous Trees

Deciduous Tree Idenitification

By Jeffrey Billings

1. What is the Scientific Name of this tree? Quaking Aspen
   
   small round leaves with long flat petioles

2. What is the Common Name of this tree? Ulmus
   
   Uneven leaf base

3. What is the species Name of this tree?

   Southern Red Oak
   
   middle finger,

   bell bottoms

4. What is the Genus Name of this tree? Ash
   
   Compound,

   Opposite, MA

5. What is the Scientific Name of this tree?

   Sugar Maple
   
   canadian flag

6. What is the Scientific Name of this tree? Black Walnut
   
   dark furrowed bark, smelly leaves, alternate compound with no apex leaf

7. What is the Common Name of this tree?

   Quercus coccinea
   
   Concentrix circles on acorn apex
   Very deep lobes, sinus extends almost to midrib

8. What is the Common Name of this tree?

   Fagus
   
   smooth, gray bark
   relatively short trunk; low branching pointy, big buds

9. What is the Scientific Name of this tree?
   
   double tooth fine leaves, strong wintergreen smell, "Twins" out of same spot on branch

   Birch

10. What is the Common Name of this tree?
    
    Catface

    tulipifera

11. What is the Genus Name of this tree?
    
    -Trunk sap, chewing gum substitute
    -Leaf oil, antimicrobial effects, gum is an ingredient in tincture of benzoin

    Tree Stars

12. What is the Common Name of this tree?
    
    Alternate, simple 7-11 lobes
    End of lobes with 1-3 bristle tipped

    Quercus rubra
    Notches between lobes rounded

13. What is the Species Name of this tree?

    Quercus montana
    
    Less serrated than elm

    Whorled Leaf Arrangement

14. What is the Scientific Name of this tree?
    
    Rings on bark

    Glossy Top Leaf

    White midrib

    Black Cherry

15. What is the Genus Name of this tree?
    
    Uneven Lobes on the leaf margins.

16. What is the Genus Name of this tree?
    
    Big three

    Hickory

17. What is the Scientific Name of this tree?
    
    On young trunks, the bark is smooth and light gray. On oldtrunks, the bark is thick, dark gray and separated by vertical ridges
    Red Maple

18. What is the Genus Name of this tree?
    

    Alternate, simple
    Very large leaves
    3-5 shallow lobes
    coarse teeth around margins
    White bark

    American Sycamore

19. What is the Common Name of this tree?
    Populus

    Looks like a snake head

20. What is the Common Name of this tree?
    

    no bristle tips

    Rounded edges

    Whorled arrangement

    Quercus alba