Charactaristics

Fraxnus americana

smiley face leaf scar, smooth upper limbs

Ostrya virginiana

catscratch bark, triple catkin (chicken feet), hop shaped fruit

Tilia americana

Cordate leaves, sprouts from base, buds green→dark red/brown

Carya cordiformis

lanceolate leaves, sulfur bud, smaller nut, thin husk

Prunus serotina

Burnt potatoe chip bark, Shiny lanceolate leaves w fuzzy rusty midrib

Prunus virginiana

very finely serrate, red petioles, prominent white lenticels

Quercus alba

round tipped lobes, terminal bud clusters, light bark

Ilex verticillata

solid red berries in clusters, dioecious, serrations point upwards

Robnia pseudoacacia

paired spines, ropey ridges bark, orange underbark

Gymnocladus dioicus

very flakey bark, doubley compound

Viburnum acerifolium

dark purple berries, maple leaf shape 3 lobes, dentate

Viburnum trilobum

red football shaped berries, paired glands at leaf base

Acer rubrum

v-shaped sinus, no bristle tip, red petiole, 3 lobes most prominent

Amelanchier arborea

beech like bark and buds, fuzzy underlay, serrate, fuzzy berry with petal hat

Castanea dentata

lanceolate, dentate, glossy, pinnate veins, smooth twig, round but, spikey fruit

Cornus foemina

opposite, berries on antler stems, antlers turn birght red in fall

Dirca palustris

telescope twig, circular leaf scar encircles twig, pale green drupe

Sambucus canadensis

opposite, pinnately compound, small dark berries on antler stem

Euonymus atropurpureus

four lobed fruit with pink husk

Frangula alnus

white lenticels, glossy, entire, alternate, red/purple berries

Rhamnus cathartica

finely serrate, opposite, thorns

Fraxinus Pennsylvanica

twig gets wider as more terminal, flakier upper limbs

Fraxinus quadrangulata

4 ridged twigs, like winged wahoo