Transcript Tree ID with Names

Hickory
• Several species are
common
• Alternate compound
leaves
• 5-11 serrated leaflets
• Edible nuts covered by
a husk that splits apart
in 4 pieces
• Large tree, hard wood
American Holly
• Simple alternate
evergreen leaves
with points that go
all around
• Smooth grayish
bark
Ash
• Opposite
compound leaves
with entire margins
• Very hard wood
with a straight grain
• Frequently found
near swampy areas
around here
American Beech
• Alternate simple
single serrated
leaves
• Smooth gray bark
• Long pointed buds
• Triangle shaped
nuts inside spiny
husks
River Birch
• Simple alternate
doubly serrated
leaves
• Flaky papery bark
• Small to medium
sized tree
Black Cherry
• Simple alternate serrated
leaves
• Mature bark breaks out
into flat plates
• Twigs covered with white
dots (lenticels) and have a
strong bitter odor
• One of the first trees to
leaf out in spring and lose
leaves in fall
Black Gum
• Simple alternate
entire leaves with
pointed tips.
• 90 degree angled
branches
• One of the first to
turn color in fall
(scarlet red)
Black Walnut
• Alternate compound
leaves with at least 15
serrated leaflets
• Twigs with chambered
pith
• Nuts in fall with husks
that look like lemons
• Hard dark colored
wood
Black Locust
• Medium sized tree
• Grows very fast and is
a pioneer species
• Wood extremely
durable
• Compound alternate
leaves with rounded
leaflets
Black Oak
• Simple alternate
pointed bristle tipped
leaves lighter green
below but not white
• Large tree, hard wood
• Small acorns
• Inner bark is yellow,
orange color
Cottonwood
• Large triangular serrated
leaves with single bud
scale
• Soft wood useful for OSB
board
• Cotton-like seeds blow
around in the spring
• Eastern Cottonwood more
common on upland sites
Chestnut Oak
• Large alternate
leaves with large
rounded serrations
• Leaves clustered
toward end of twigs
• One of the largestr
acorns of any oak
Bald cypress
• Deciduous conifer
• Soft green flat needles
• Hard round green
cones
• Large tree with fluted
trunk base and knees
that stick out of the
ground
• Durable soft light
wood
Flowering Dogwood
• Simple opposite leaves
with curved veins
• Understory tree for
wildlife use and
erosion control
• Very little commercial
use
• Trunks normally
crooked
American Elm
• Alternate doubly
serrate leaves with
irregular leaf base
• Base of trunk
somewhat fluted
• Hard wood but not
used much anymore
since most trees die
before reaching
commercial age
Fraser Fir
• Flat variegated
needles
• The most common
tree for Christmas
trees
Canadian Hemlock
• Short flat needles that
are variegated on
backside
• Small cones on tips of
branches
• Medium to large tree
used for lumber
• Splinters badly
Loblolly Pine
• 6-9” Needles in
groups of 3
• Tall tree and important
for pulpwood and
lumber
• Twigs finer texture
than long leaf pine
• Cones smaller than
long leaf pine
Long Leaf Pine
• 8-18” Needles in
groups of 3 clustered
toward tips
• Twigs stubby and
scaly
• Large tree – important
timber tree
Northern Red Oak
• Alternate leaves
usually more
symmetrical than
southern red oak and
lighter colored but not
whitish below
• Important timber tree
Pecan
• Alternate compound
serrated leaves with
many leaflets but leaves
not as large as black
walnut
• Pith looks like peanut
butter
• Elongated nuts and husk
breaks into 4 pieces
Persimmon
• Alternate entire leaves
with white veins
• Dark blocky bark
• Dark hard wood often
used for golf woods
• Important wildlife
species
Post Oak
• Many leaves are shaped
like a cross and are thicker
and more coarse than
white oak
• Leaves alternate and
whitish below
• Wood similar to White
oak
• Trees usually not quite as
large as white oak
Red Cedar
• Leaves can be scalelike or sharp pointed
• Wood is reddish,
aromatic, and resistant
to decay
Red Maple
• Simple opposite
serrated 3-lobed
leaves that are
white on the back
• Smooth gray bark
when young. It
gets rough when
they get older
Eastern Redbud
• Alternate heart-shaped
entire leaves on dark
zigzag twigs
• Small tree with pods
that look like brown
snowpeas
• Pink pealike flowers
in spring
Shortleaf pine
• Needles in groups
of 2 and generally
straight
• Flaky bark
Sourwood
• Simple alternate leaves
with fine pointed
serrations that look like
teeth on a hacksaw blade
• Leaves among the first to
turn in fall and turn
orangey red
• Flower clusters on tips of
branches
Southern Red Oak
• Bell-shaped leaf
bases
• White on backs of
pointy leaves that
are often curved.
• Large tree with
hard wood
Sweetgum
• Alternate starshaped serrated
leaves
• Large tree
• Teigs can have
corky ridges
• Gumball fruits
Sycamore
• Large alternate 3lobed leaves
• Petioles cover buds
• Bark flakes off
showing white and
green underneath
• Ball-like fruits
Virginia Pine
• Needles in groups
of 2 and twisted
• Bark is relatively
smooth with some
flakiness
• Usually small
poorly shaped tree
Water Oak
• Leaves narrow at
base widest near
tips (spatulate)
• Bark smooth for an
oak
• Very common here
Water Tupelo
• Large alternate
leaves
• Berry-like drupe
fruits in fall
• Trunk swelled at
base
• Grows in swamps
White Oak
• Alternate leaves
that are white on
the back with
rounded lobes
• Slightly shredding
light tan bark
• Hard useful wood
White Pine
• Needles in groups
of 5
• Smooth branches
• Long narrow cones
Willow Oak
• Simple entire
leaves about 3
inches long and ½
inch wide
• Large tree
Yellow Poplar
• Leaves have catface
appearance
• Light gray bark is
evenly ridged
• Large tall tree with
straight trunks
• Flowers look like
tulips