Tree Identification Quizs

Acer saccharum

("soft"- easy to peel, U-shaped sinus in leaves)

• Sugar Maple

• Red Maple

• Silver Maple

• Black Maple

Magnolia acuminata

(White buds, folded-looking leaves, slender branches, rougher than other trees in the same family)

What is the common name for this tree?

• Cucumber Magnolia

• Sweetbay Magnolia

• Southern Magnolia

• Star Magnolia

Prunus serotina

(check ground for tiny, marble-like pits, dark- flakey bark, leaves shaped like a picture of a fish)

What is the common name for this plant?

• Black Cherry

• Red Maple

• White Oak

• Sugar Maple

Acer rubrum

("hard" to peel, V-shaped sinus in leaves, RED buds sprout early)

What is the common name for Acer rubrum?

• Red Maple

• Silver Maple

• Sugar Maple

• Black Maple

Fagus grandifolia

(Shade tolerant, can grow beneath canopy, smooth bark as an adult, looks like elephant skin, may keep some leaves over winter)

What is the common name for Fagus grandifolia?

• American Beech

• European Beech

• Silver Birch

• Red Maple

Pinus strobus

(3-5 long, flexible needles in a bundle, light bark)

• White Pine

• Red Pine

• Scots Pine

• Eastern White Cedar

Betula alleghaniensis

(Iconic, papery bark, twigs may smell like evergreen when crushed)

What is the common name for this tree?

• Yellow Birch

• White Oak

• Red Maple

• Black Cherry

Carya cordiformis

(ONLY tree with sulfur colored buds! Compound leaves & nuts)

What is the common name for Carya cordiformis?

• Bitternut Hickory

• Shagbark Hickory

• Pecan

• Mockernut Hickory

Fraxinus americana

(Check for impacts from an invasive insect that bores into the bark, tree may likely be dead looking)

What is the common name for Fraxinus americana?

• White Ash

• Red Maple

• Black Oak

• Silver Birch

Carya ovata

(very "peel-y" bark, compound leaves, nuts)

What is the common name for this tree?

• Shagbark Hickory

• Pecan

• Black Walnut

• Butternut