American Basswood
American Hophornbeam
Ash, Green
Ash, White
Aspen, Quaking
Baldcypress
Birch, Paper (White)
Birch, River
Boxelder
Catalpa
Cherry, Black
Cottonwood, Eastern
Elm, American (White)
Elm, Slippery (Red)
Hackberry
Hemlock, Eastern
Hickory, Bitternut
Hickory, Mockernut
Quit
Hickory, Pignut
Hickory, Shagbark
Kentucky Coffeetree
Locust, Black
Locust, Honey
Maple, Red
Maple, Silver
Maple, Sugar
Oak, Black
Oak, Bur
Oak, Chinkapin
Oak, Northern Red
Oak, Pin
Oak, Post
Oak, Shingle
Oak, White
Pecan
Persimmon
Pine, Eastern White
Pine, Jack
Pine, Pitch
Pine, Red
Pine, Scotch
Pine, Virginia
Redbud, Eastern
Redcedar, Eastern
Sassafras
Spruce, Norway
Sumac
Sweetgum
Sycamore
Tulip-popular
Walnut, Black
Willow, Black
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American Basswood
• Scientific Name – Tilia americana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval and informal
• Size – 60 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; ovate
shape with point at the tip; coarsely
toothed along the edges, 5-6 inches
long at maturity, much larger in youth
• Bark – gray to brown, narrowly
furrowed
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• Native Habitat – Canada to Texas
• Family – Tiliaceae
• Landscape features – a fine and stately
tree; useful shade tree in parks
American Hophornbeam
• Scientific Name – Ostrya virginiana
• Tree Habit – rounded, uniform withwide
branch angles
• Size – 25 to 40 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; thin blade,
pointed at tip; toothed along the edge,
finely pubescent above and below, 2.54.5 inches long
• Bark – brown to gray-brown with small
flakey plates
• Native Habitat – eastern to southern
region of North America
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• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – provides shade
and desired hardwood
Green Ash
• Scientific Name – Fraxinus pennsylvanica
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – oval-round, lower branches
droop, trunk often crooked
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately compound; 1012 inches long; toothed along the edge,
leaflets 4-5 inches long, very short or no stalk
on leaflets
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• Bark – light or dark gray, with diamondshaped furrows between flattopped,
sometimes scaly, ridges
• Native Habitat – eastern /central region of
North America
• Family – Oleaceae
• Landscape features – fast growing, adaptable
shade tree
White Ash
• Scientific Name – Fraxinus americana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval-round with good branching
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately compound,
with 5 to 9 leaflets supported by ½ inch
stalk; pointed at the tip, shallowly toothed
edges; 2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – light or dark gray, with diamondshaped round ridges and furrows; blocky in
appearance
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• Native Habitat – Eastern half of North
America
• Family – Oleaceae
• Landscape features – great for parks and
mass planting; clean habit
Quaking Aspen
• Scientific Name – Populus tremuloides
(Minchx.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth
becoming oval and open
• Size – 40 to 50 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; shortpointed at the top; rounded teeth along
the edge; 1 to 3 inches long
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• Bark – pale yellow green or white,
becoming dark gray to white and
divided into dark scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – Northern Hemisphere
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – useful for parks
and along watercourses
Baldcypress
• Scientific Name – Taxodium distichum
(Rich.)
• Tree Habit – oval, base gradually
tapering
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – single, pointed at the tip,
yellow-green; fall off in the autumn; ½-¾
inch long
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• Bark – pale reddish brown and gray,
broken into numerous thin strips,
becoming fibrous
• Native Habitat – Subtropical swamps of
the southern states
• Family – Capressaceae
• Landscape features – a formal tree to
use in landscapes
Paper (White) Birch
• Scientific Name – Betula papyrifera
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to
rounded at maturity
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple, ovate
shape; pointed at the tip; coarsely
toothed; 2-5inches long
• Bark – thin and white or creamy,
splitting at maturity into paper layers
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• Native Habitat – northern United States
and Canada
• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – grows better in
cooler areas, grown for their bark effect
River Birch
• Scientific Name – Betula nigra (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, round
at maturity
• Size – 40 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; coarsely
doubly toothed; hairy on undersurface;
1.5-3 inches long
• Bark – curling, shredding, brownish
pink to reddish brown
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• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Betulaceae
• Landscape features – great for mass
and park planting, best in moist soil
Boxelder
• Scientific Name – Acer negundo (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round to irregular
• Size – 40 to 50 feet
• Leaves – opposite, pinnately
compound with 3 to 7 leaflets, each 2-5
inches long; pointed at the tip, coarsely
toothed
• Bark – light brown, rigid when young,
becoming deeply furrowed with age
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• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly
Aceraceae)
• Landscape features – temporary tree
because of its weak wood and loss of
branches
Catalpa
• Scientific Name – Catalpa speciosa
(Engelm.)
• Tree Habit – open and irregular
• Size – 60 to 90 feet
• Leaves – whorled, simple; blades
ovate, long-pointed at tip, heart-shaped
at the base; 4-12 inches long
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• Bark – light brown, dark brown, or
black; usually with rather deep furrows,
sometimes with flat scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central United States
and southward
• Family – Bignoniaceae
• Landscape features – great for parks
and large areas
Black Cherry
• Scientific Name – Prunus serotina
(Ehrh.)
• Tree Habit – oval
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; shortpointed at tip; finely toothed along the
edge; 2-6 inches long
• Bark – thin, smooth, reddish brown;
becoming scaly and black
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
North America
• Family – Rosaceae
• Landscape features – good for
woodland, mass planting, and around
houses, loved by birds
Eastern Cottonwood
• Scientific Name – Populus deltoides
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal; rounded when
mature
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; deltoid,
pointed at tip; coarse, round teeth along
the edge; 3-7 inches long
• Bark – smooth and gray when young,
becoming deeply furrowed when mature
Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
North America
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – useful for parks
and large areas; heat and drought
tolerant
American (White) Elm
• Scientific Name – Ulmus americana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – vase-shaped
• Size – 65 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at the
tip; coarsely doubly toothed along the
edge; uneven base, 2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – light to dark gray, furrowed,
breaking into plates at maturity
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central North
America
• Family – Ulmaceae
• Landscape features – beautiful tree for
street and shade plantings because of its
formal habit, long arching branches; highly
susceptible to Dutch elm disease
Slippery (Red) Elm
• Scientific Name – Ulmus rubra (Michx.)
• Tree Habit – vase-shaped
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at
the tip; coarsely doubly toothed along
the edges; uneven base; 3-5 inches
long
• Bark – reddish brown to gray, with
shallow furrows
• Native Habitat – eastern and central
North America
• Family – Ulmaceae
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• Landscape features – great tree for
shade in parks and streets
Hackberry
• Scientific Name – Celtis occidentalis (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; long-pointed at
the tip; usually coarsely toothed along the
edges, uneven base; 2.5-3.5 inches long
• Bark – gray, smooth on young trees and
soon bearing “warts,” becoming rough and
scaly on old trees
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• Native Habitat – central and northern
United States
• Family – Cannabaceae (formerly
Ulmaceae)
• Landscape features – excellent shade or
street tree
Eastern Hemlock
• Scientific Name – Tsuga canadensis (Carr.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 100 feet
• Leaves – small needles that are dark green
on top and light green on the bottom;
slightly tapered and ¼-¾ inch long
• Bark – red to reddish-brown; scaly and
deeply furrowed
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• Native Habitat – eastern Canada
southward on rocky uplands and north
slopes near streams
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – ideal tree for group
planting, accent in landscapes
Bitternut Hickory
• Scientific Name – Carya cordiformis
(Wangenh.)
• Tree Habit – rounded and often
irregular
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound, with 7 to 9 leaflets; toothed
along the edges; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – gray, thin, separating into
shallow ridges and fissures
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• Native Habitat – central and southern
North America
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – useful in parks,
woods; good hardwood
Mockernut Hickory
• Scientific Name – Carya tomentosa
(Nutt.)
• Tree Habit – narrow to broadly round
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound with 5 to 9 leaflets; pointed
at tip; finely toothed along the edge; 612 inches long
• Bark – dark gray, shallowly furrowed,
not scaly, often with a diamond-shaped
pattern
• Native Habitat – eastern United States
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• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – grown mainly for
its nuts
Pignut Hickory
• Scientific Name – Carya glabra (Brit.)
• Tree Habit – oval
• Size – 50 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound, with usually 5 leaflets;
toothed along the edges; 6-12 inches
long
Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
• Bark – light gray to dark brown,
sometimes scaly or peeling off into
shreds, furrowed or ridged at maturity
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
United States
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – useful in parks,
woods, and fencerows
Shagbark Hickory
• Scientific Name – Carya ovata (Brit.)
• Tree Habit – oval to irregular
• Size – 60 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound, with 5 (sometimes 7)
leaflets; usually short-pointed at the tip;
8-14 inches long
• Bark – gray, separating into long,
plates that curve away from the trunk,
giving it a shaggy appearance
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
United States
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – grown mainly for
its nuts or shade
Kentucky Coffeetree
• Scientific Name – Gymnocladus
dioicus (Koch.)
• Tree Habit – oval with coarse
branching
• Size – 60 to 75 feet
• Leaves – alternate, bipinnately
compound, with many 2-2.5 inch long
leaflets; pointed tips and smooth
edges; whole leaf 12-35 inches long
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• Bark – dark gray; deeply furrowed and
scaly at maturity
• Native Habitat – central North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – useful specimen
for park and street plantings
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Black Locust
• Scientific Name – Robinia
pseudoacacia (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval and open
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound with 7 to 21 oval shaped
leaflets, each 1.5-2 inches long;
smooth edges; whole leaf 8-14 inches
long
© IPFW Grounds Department
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• Bark – gray or black, deeply furrowed,
with numerous elevated, scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central United States
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – grows best in
sandy, dry soils, for natural plantings
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Honey Locust
• Scientific Name – Gleditsia triacanthos
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – rounded to wide rounded
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, often bipinnately
compound, with many 1-2 inch long
round-toothed leaflets; whole leaf 6-8
inches long
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• Bark – dark brown, deeply furrowed
and scaly at maturity; often covered in
thorns
• Native Habitat – central North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – provides light
shade; there are thornless cultivars
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Red Maple
• Scientific Name – Acer rubrum (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to
round at maturity
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple, palmately 3to 5-lobed; 2-6 inches long; white-green
on the bottom
• Bark – gray and smooth when young,
becoming darker and scaly
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
© IPFW Grounds Department
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• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly
Aceraceae)
• Landscape Features – excellent shade
tree because of its habit, known for red
fall color
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Silver Maple
• Scientific Name – Acer saccharinum (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 50 to 75 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple, deeply
palmately 5-lobed; sharply toothed, whitegreen on the bottom; 5-7 inches long
• Bark – gray or silvery, smooth at first,
becoming loose and scaly or even
somewhat shaggy when old
• Native Habitat – North America near water
• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly
Aceraceae)
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• Landscape features – shade tree but is
weak-wooded and brittle
Sugar Maple
• Scientific Name – Acer saccharum
(Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – opposite, simple palmately 3to 5-lobed; edges of leaves sparsely and
coarsely toothed; 3-6 inches long
• Bark – gray to dark brown to black,
becoming furrowed and scaly
• Native Habitat – eastern North America
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• Family – Sapindaceae (formerly
Aceraceae)
• Landscape features – great native shade
tree with excellent yellow, orange, and
red fall color; a source of maple syrup
Black Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus velutina
(Lam.)
• Tree Habit – round, somewhat open and
irregular
• Size – 60 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; 7- to 9lobed, with bristle tips; dark green; 4-8
inches long
• Bark – black, with a yellow or orange
inner bark, deeply furrowed and blocky
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent
shade tree, useful along streets, in
parks, and in woodlands
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Bur Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus macrocarpa
(Michx.)
• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal to
broad rounded
• Size – 70 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades
broader at upper end; coarsely roundtoothed, deeply incurred sinus just
below the middle; 6-12 inches long
• Bark – dark brown or gray, shallow to
deeply furrowed
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• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – valuable for
shade in permanent plantings
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Chinkapin Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus
muehlenbergii (Engelm.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 60 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at
tip; coarsely toothed along the edge; 47 inches long
• Bark – light gray, with scaly ridges
• Native Habitat – central and southcentral United States
• Family – Fagaceae
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• Landscape features – a useful shade
tree for lawns, parks, and woodlands
Northern Red Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus rubra
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 70 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; moderate
sinuses between 7 to 9 bristle-tipped
lobes; dark green; 4-8 inches long
• Bark – grayish brown, reddish brown,
blackish, or gray, with dark stripes
• Native Habitat – central and eastern
United States
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• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – a useful shade
tree for lawns, parks, and woodlands
Pin Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus palustris
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; deeply
divided into 5 to 7 bristle-tipped lobes;
3-6 inches long
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
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• Bark – light brown or dark brown;
scarcely furrowed
• Native Habitat – northern and central
United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – a narrow tree
suitable for streets, parks, and
woodlands
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Post Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus stellata
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round with spreading
branches
• Size – 60 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; 5-lobed,
with the upper 3 squarish; thick blades;
4-6 inches long
• Bark – gray or light brown, divided into
flat, sometimes squarish, plates
Chris Evans, River to River CWAA, Bugwood.org
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• Native Habitat – eastern and southern
United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent
shade tree
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Shingle Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus imbricaria
(Michx.)
• Tree Habit – rounded pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades
without lobes or teeth; oblong with a
bristle tip; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – dark brown, deeply furrowed
between flat, tight plates
• Native Habitat – central United States
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• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – useful for shade
on lawns, in parks, and in woodlands
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White Oak
• Scientific Name – Quercus alba (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth
becoming broad-rounded
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple, usually with
7 to 9 lobes, rounded at tips; 4.5-7
inches long
• Bark – gray or whitish with gray
patches, shallowly furrowed
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• Native Habitat – eastern and central
United States
• Family – Fagaceae
• Landscape features – an excellent tree
for any permanent planting
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Pecan
• Scientific Name – Carya illinoinensis
(Kock.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 70 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately compound,
with 9 to 19 slightly hooked leaflets 3-8
inches long; finely doubly toothed;
yellow-green; whole leaf 12-20 inches
long
• Bark – reddish brown to gray-brown,
becoming roughened into platy scales
© Jason E. Willand, CalPhotos
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• Native Habitat – southern Illinois and
southward
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – this tall, noble tree
is used mainly for its edible fruits
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Persimmon
• Scientific Name – Diospyros virginiana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval round, uniform
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; pointed at
tip, tapering or rounded at the base;
2.5-5 inches long
• Bark – dark gray to black, broken at
maturity into squarish blocks
• Native Habitat – southeastern North
America
• Family – Ebenaceae
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• Landscape features – grown for its
edible apricot-like fruit and unique
foliage
Eastern White Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus strobus (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth,
becomes irregular to picturesque as it
matures
• Size – 50 to 100 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 5, very
flexible, blue-green in color; 3-5 inches
long
• Bark – brown to dark gray, divided into
broad ridges by shallow fissures
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• Native Habitat – Newfoundland to
Manitoba, south to Georgia, Illinois, and
Iowa
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – great tree for
parks, estates, and large areas
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Jack Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus banksiana
(Lamb.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, more
spreading at maturity to irregular shape
• Size – 35 to 50 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, stiff,
curved; dark green in color; 1.5-2
inches long
• Bark – reddish brown, rough and scaly
© Louis-M. Landry, CalPhotos
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• Native Habitat – eastern and northern
North America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful for
windbreaks and shelter, best in colder
regions and in dry, sandy soil
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Pitch Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus rigida (Mill.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth,
becoming clumpy or bush-like
• Size – 20 to 100 feet
• Leaves – green in color, found in
threes, 3-8 inches long, very stiff and
commonly twisted
Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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• Bark – thick and hard, grayish-brown in
color
• Native Habitat – northeastern United
States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – grows naturally
in dry, acidic sandy soil to swampy
lowlands
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Red Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus resinosa (Ait.)
• Tree Habit – symmetrical, pyramidal at
youth, with maturity oval
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, long,
dark green, snap easily; 4-6 inches
long
• Bark – reddish brown, divided
irregularly into plates
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• Native Habitat – northeastern North
America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful in grove
plantings and windbreaks but in middle
age it limbs itself up
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Scotch Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus sylvestris (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – irregular pyramidal in youth,
open umbrella-shaped crown at maturity
• Size – 50 to 65 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, very
twisted, stiff, gray-green in color; 1-3
inches long
• Bark – reddish brown to orange, broken
into plates
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• Native Habitat – Europe to northern and
western Asia; grown commonly in
northern and central North America
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – mass plantings but
has disease problems
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Virginia Pine
• Scientific Name – Pinus virginiana
(Mill.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, open
and drooping as it matures
• Size – 50 to 80 feet
• Leaves – needles in clusters of 2, thick,
twisted, yellow-green and 1.5-3 inches
long
• Bark – thin, reddish-brown, scaly, with
shallow fissures
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• Native Habitat – eastern and
southeastern United States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – attracts wildlife
for food and nesting
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Eastern Redbud
• Scientific Name – Cercis canadensis
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round, flat-topped, trunk
divided near ground
• Size – 20 to 35 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades
heart-shaped; smooth edges; 3-5
inches long
• Bark – reddish brown, separating into
long plates and thin scales
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• Native Habitat – eastern North America
• Family – Fabaceae
• Landscape features – grown for its
beautiful magenta-pink flowers in April
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Eastern Redcedar
• Scientific Name – Juniperus virginiana
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – columnar to broadly pyramidal
• Size – 50 to 70 feet
• Leaves – two types: either flat, wide,
triangular, opposite and 1/8th inch long or
short, needlelike, and 1/4th inch long
• Bark – reddish brown and gray, splitting
into long shreds
• Native Habitat – North America east of the
Rocky Mountains
• Family – Cupressaceae
© IPFW Grounds Department
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• Landscape features – useful tree for
windbreaks, shelter belts, hedges, and
topiary work
Sassafras
• Scientific Name – Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.)
• Tree Habit – irregular shaped, twisted
with bunched branches to round
pyramidal
• Size – 20 to 40 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; smooth
edges; three leaf forms: oval, mittenshaped and 3-lobed; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – greenish gray, becoming dark
reddish brown, thick and furrowed
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• Native Habitat – eastern, central, and
southern North America
• Family – Lauraceae
• Landscape features – ornamental use
for unique and aromatic leaves
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Norway Spruce
• Scientific Name – Picea abies (Karst.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal with penulous
branches
• Size – 100 to 175 feet
• Leaves – 4 sided, needle-like circling
the branch, short, dark green; ¾-1 inch
long
• Bark – gray to brown with speckles of
white resin; scaly when mature
(click to enlarge)
• Native Habitat – mountains of northern
and central Europe, grown commonly
in midwestern United States
• Family – Pinaceae
• Landscape features – useful for
windbreaks and shelter
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(Smooth) Sumac
• Scientific Name – Rhus glabra L.
• Tree Habit – small bush-like, oval-like
• Size – 10 to 20 feet
• Leaves – alternate, pinnately
compound, with up to 31 leaflets 2-3.5
inches long; toothed along the edges
• Bark – light brown and smooth,
becoming rough at maturity
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• Native Habitat – found throughout
central North America
• Family – Anacardiaceae
• Landscape features – ornamental
displays and red, orange, and yellow
fall color
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Sweetgum
• Scientific Name – Liquidambar styraciflua
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal in youth becoming
oval
• Size – 60 to 125 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades shaped
like 5- to 7-pointed stars; each point toothed
along the edge; 4-6 inches long
• Bark – usually dark gray and broken into
vertical scaly ridges
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• Native Habitat – eastern and southern
United States
• Family – Altingiaceae (formerly
Hamamelidaceae)
• Landscape features – very fine tree with
beautiful fall color
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Sycamore
• Scientific Name – Platanus occidentalis
(Linn.)
• Tree Habit – oval to round
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; divided into 3 or
5 shallow, sharp-pointed lobes; 4-9 inches
wide
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
(click to enlarge)
• Bark – reddish brown when young; breaking
into thin, flat, gray scales; falling off in
sections to expose inner creamy white bark
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North
America
• Family – Platanaceae
• Landscape features – useful as a specimen
or for mass planting but needs space
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Tulip-poplar
(Yellow)
• Scientific Name – Liriodendron
tulipifera (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – pyramidal at youth, oval to
rounded when mature
• Size – 70 to 90 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; blades
divided into 4 lobes, with a notch
between the top lobes; 3-5 inches long
• Bark – grayish, becoming deeply
furrowed at maturity
• Native Habitat – North America, China
(click to enlarge)
• Family – Magnoliaceae
• Landscape features – great tree
specimen because of its flowers and
foliage
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Black Walnut
• Scientific Name – Juglans nigra (Linn.)
• Tree Habit – round with sparse branching
• Size – 75 to 100 feet
• Leaves – alternate, aromatic, pinnately
compound, with 15 to 23 leaflets each 33.5 inches long; pointed tip and toothed
edges; whole leaf 8-24 inches long
• Bark – black, thick, deeply furrowed
• Native Habitat – eastern and central North
America
(click to enlarge)
• Family – Juglandaceae
• Landscape features – natural areas to
attract wildlife, parks; produces growth
inhibiting chemicals
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Black Willow
• Scientific Name – Salix nigra (Marsh.)
• Tree Habit – spreading irregular crown
• Size – 40 to 60 feet
• Leaves – alternate, simple; usually
curved, long-pointed at the tip, finely
toothed along the edge; 3-6 inches
long
• Bark – dark brown to blackish; rough,
furrowed, forming elongated, vertical,
rather tight scales
(click to enlarge)
• Native Habitat – central and eastern
United States
• Family – Salicaceae
• Landscape features – grows best in
wet soils
Bud Image
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American Basswood - Bud
American Hophornbeam - Bud
Green Ash - Bud
White Ash - Bud
Quaking Aspen - Bud
Baldcypress - Bud
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Paper Birch - Bud
River Birch - Bud
Boxelder - Bud
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Catalpa - Bud
Black Cherry - Bud
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Eastern Cottonwood - Bud
American Elm - Bud
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Slippery Elm - Bud
Hackberry - Bud
Eastern Hemlock - Bud
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Bitternut Hickory - Bud
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Mockernut Hickory - Bud
Pignut Hickory - Bud
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Shagbark Hickory - Bud
Kentucky Coffeetree - Bud
Black Locust - Bud
Honey Locust - Bud
Red Maple - Bud
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Silver Maple - Bud
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Sugar Maple - Bud
Black Oak - Bud
Bur Oak - Bud
Chinkapin Oak - Bud
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Northern Red Oak - Bud
Pin Oak - Bud
Post Oak - Bud
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Shingle Oak - Bud
White Oak - Bud
Pecan - Bud
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Persimmon - Bud
Eastern White Pine - Bud
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Jack Pine - Bud
Pitch Pine - Bud
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Red Pine - Bud
© Louis-M. Landry, CalPhotos
Scotch Pine - Bud
© John Frett, University of Delaware Botanic Gardens
Virginia Pine - Bud
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Eastern Redbud - Bud
Eastern Redcedar - Bud
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Sassafras - Bud
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Norway Spruce - Bud
© Amadej Trnkoczy, CalPhotos
Sumac - Bud
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Sweetgum - Bud
Sycamore - Bud
Tulip-poplar - Bud
Black Walnut - Bud
Black Willow - Bud
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American Basswood - Leaf
American Hophornbeam - Leaf
Green Ash - Leaf
White Ash - Leaf
Quaking Aspen - Leaf
Baldcypress - Leaf
Paper Birch - Leaf
River Birch - Leaf
Boxelder - Leaf
Catalpa - Leaf
Black Cherry - Leaf
Eastern Cottonwood - Leaf
Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
American Elm - Leaf
Slippery Elm - Leaf
Hackberry - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Eastern Hemlock - Leaf
Bitternut Hickory - Leaf
Mockernut Hickory - Leaf
Pignut Hickory - Leaf
Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org
Shagbark Hickory - Leaf
Kentucky Coffeetree - Leaf
Black Locust - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Honey Locust - Leaf
Red Maple - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Silver Maple - Leaf
Sugar Maple - Leaf
Black Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
Bur Oak - Leaf
Chinkapin Oak - Leaf
Northern Red Oak - Leaf
Pin Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
Post Oak - Leaf
Chris Evans, River to River CWAA, Bugwood.org
Shingle Oak - Leaf
White Oak - Leaf
Pecan - Leaf
© Jason E. Willand, CalPhotos
Persimmon - Leaf
Eastern White Pine - Leaf
Jack Pine - Leaf
© Louis-M. Landry, CalPhotos
Pitch Pine - Leaf
Keith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Red Pine - Leaf
Scotch Pine - Leaf
Virginia Pine - Leaf
Eastern Redbud - Leaf
Eastern Redcedar - Leaf
© IPFW Grounds Department
Sassafras - Leaf
Norway Spruce - Leaf
Sumac - Leaf
Sweetgum - Leaf
Sycamore - Leaf
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Tulip-poplar - Leaf
Black Walnut - Leaf
Black Willow - Leaf
The End