Staghorn Sumac

Alternately branching, rust colored hairs on petiole and stem

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Pawpaw

Very large, pinnately veined leaves clustered at end of branch

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Ironwood

Leaves w/ serrated margin, trunk fluted and crooked w/ smooth bark

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Northern Catalpa

Large leaves and long seedpods, on quad next to swings

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Hackberry

Distinct patches and ridges on bark, leaves uneven at base

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Flowering Dogwood

Veins curve up toward tip of leaf, bark broken into scale-like blocks

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Eastern Redbud

Leaves distinctly cordate, leaf stalk swollen at both ends

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Honey Locust

Leaves pinnate and bipinnate, produces large, flat pods, huge thorns

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Black Locust

Oval shaped, pinnately compound leaves, similar seedpods to honey

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American Beech

Shiny leaves w/ deep veins, fruit bur-like, bark smooth and grey

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White Oak

Leaves w/ round lobes and pale undersides, bark like vertical shingles

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Pin Oak

Leaves deeply lobed w/ pointed ends, acorns tiny

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Northern Red Oak

Leaves dull green, lobes much smaller, acorns large, 'ski tracks' in bark

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Black Oak

Leaves hairy underneath, lobe size variable, acorns brown striped

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Witch Hazel

Flowers yellow, long strings, inner bark reddish purple, leaves ovalish

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Pignut Hickory

Five leaflets, fruit looks like mini pumpkin, large scales on terminal bud

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Shellbark Hickory

7 leaflets, bark shaggy but straighter, twigs pale w/ orange lenticels

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Shagbark Hickory

5 leaflets w/hair tufts on tips and bottom, bark shaggy and curls out

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Black Walnut

Terminal bud grey and fuzzy, twigs often hairy, bark thickly ridged

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Sassafras

Leaf lobes highly variable, have spicy smell, fruit on stalks, dark blue

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Tulip Poplar

Leaves 4 lobed and flat at top, deep fissures in bark whiteish

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Basswood

Cordate leaves, coarsely toothed margin, fruit hairy, woody, nut like

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Osage Orange

Tennis ball fruit, leaves have elongated tips, inner bark deep orange

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Green Ash

7 leaflets, opposite branching, leaf scar flat across top, fruit flattened

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American Larch

Needles soft, grow in clusters, bark reddish brown and scaly

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Blue Spruce

Pointy needles, branches yellowish brown, needles greyish green

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Red Spruce

Short needles, internal bark reddish brown, needles yellow-green

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Eastern White Pine

5 needles per fascicle, needles soft and long, by greenhouse

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Eastern Hemlock

Needles short, flat, and stalked, cones tiny, interior bark purplish red

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Eastern Sycamore

Leaves hairy w/ 3-5 lobes and large teeth, bark flaky, white at top

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Hawthorn

Leaves serrate to doubly serrate, slightly lobed, bark scaly

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Black Cherry

Gland at leaf base makes small bump, twigs have bitter almond smell

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Eastern Cottonwood

Leaves w/rounded teeth, buds very long and shiny, thick ridges in bark

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Weeping Willow

Drooping leaves and branches, leaves yellow green in autumn

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Sandbar Willow

Shrub-like, leaves narrow w/ silky white hairs, may have irregular teeth

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Black Willow

Leaves serrated and green on both sides, bark shaggy and very dark

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Boxelder

Opposite, buds white and hairy, twigs green or purple w/ white coating

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Black Maple

Leaves drooping and 5 lobed, bottom lobes reduced, bark ridged

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Norway Maple

Leaves 5 lobed, light green, petiole releases milk, bark not shaggy

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Red Maple

Petioles red, leaves small and 3 lobed w/ white backs, terminal bud red

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Silver Maple

Leaves deeply lobed, silvery white underneath, with long petioles

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Sugar Maple

Leaves 5 lobed, light green on bottom, may have helicopters in fall

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Ohio Buckeye

5 leaflets radiate from central point, skunky odor, fruits prickly

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Tree of Heaven

Awful odor, few teeth near base of leaflet, twigs thick and light brown

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American Elm

Bark spongy and 2-toned on inside, leaves slightly paler underneath

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Slippery Elm

Leaves rough, bark spongy and red on inside, twigs have stiff hairs

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