dendro pick-up

Simple alternate, “Elephants foot” smooth grey bark, Dentate elliptical leaf on zigzag twig, long pointy thorn bud

Fagus Grandifolia, American Beech, Fagaceae

Simple Alternate, White oak, 5-9 Lobed leaf with a large TERMINAL LOBE, stout twig, LARGE FRILLY ACORN, stout twig

Quercus Macrocarpa, Bur Oak, Fagaceae

simple OPPOSITE leaves, entire margin with curved venation, GREEN TWIG, ALLIGATOR/PEBBLE STONES bark

Benthamidia florida, flowering dogwood, Cornaceae

Alternate Pinnately-Compound (9-17 leaflets), Narrow (almost lanceolate) leaf, serrate slightly pubescent margin, stout twig with DARK BROWN HOOKED TIP LONG BUD, scaly bark, football shaped nut.

Carya Illinoinensis, Pecan, Juglandaceae

Simple alternate, TRIAGULARLY OVATE doubly serrate TRUNCATE BASE, pendulous hanging branches, slender sand-paper twig with white lenticels, GREY CINNAMON BROWN EXFOLIATING BARK Multiple trunks!!!

Betula Nigra, River Birch, Betulaceae

Simple alternate, white oak, 7-10 rounded lobes and rounded sinues, long usually oblong acorn, ashy grey flat scaly plates

Quercus Alba, white oak, Fagaceae

Simple alternate, serrated margin, Small glandular bumps on petioles attachment to leaf base, twig that’s sunny-side Glaucous and shaded side Glaborous, stinks, dark scaly bark when older

Prunus serotina, black cherry, rosaceae

simple alternate, ovate finely serrated margin, spur THORNS and long shoots on twig, dull bark color

pyrus calleryena, Callery pear, Roseaceae

simple OPPOSITE, elliptical with entire margin, green on both sides, DENSE THICKET.

ligustrum sinese, Chinese privet, Oleaceae

alternate Pinnately-Compound, 7 leaflets, fine serrations on margin, ALL UNDERSIDES OF LEAD/PETIOLE/BUD HAVE COARSE WOLLY HAIR, big thick dark nut!,

carya tomentosa, mockernut hickory, juglandaceae

simple alternate, white oak, (5-9 usually 7 loves), CRUCIFIX SHAPE, pubescent bud, LARGE CUP COVERING ACORN

quercus lyrata, overcup oak, fagaceae

simple alternate, white oak, crucifix shape (5 lobes), coarse pubescence orangish brown

quercus stellata, post oak, fagaceae

simple alternate, chordate leaf, glaborous and pubsencent underside, zigzag twig, multiple stems reddish brown furrowing trunk, smaller tree shade tolerant

cercis canadensis, redbud, fabaceae

simple alternate, chordate scabrous leaf serrated margin, TRI-MORPHIC LEAVES, smooth and grey bark > platy when older, commonly shrub

morus rubra, red mulberry, moraceae

simple alternate, RED OAK, lower sinuses are “C” shaped, FROSTY PUBSECENSE CHESTNUT-RED BUD, silvery length-wise stripes, irregular form

quercus coccinea, Scarlet oak, fagaceae

simple WHORLED, large chordate acuminate-tipped leaf, stinky twig, smooth gray bark

Catalpa Bignonioides, southern catalpa, bignoniaceae

simple alternate, Red Oak, Bristle tipped (3-5 lobes), curved leaf, Bell-shaped leaf, yellowish-brown pubescence, twig and bud have orangeish-brown pubescence, darker deeply furrowed bark

quercus falcata, southern red oak, fagaceae

odd pinnately-compound opposite, 5-9 leaflets, stout twig “U-SHAPED” LEAF SCAR, samara fruit, interlacing ridges, well-drained upland areas

fraxinus americana, white ash, oleaceae

simple alternate, elliptical leaf, doubly serrate margin, pubescent leaf underside, Two-tone brown and tan snake scales on bud, smooth-grey MUSCLE TREE trunk.

Carpinus Caroliniana, American Hornbeam, Betulaceae Family

Pinnately-Compound Alternate, Narrow lanceolate-elliptical, entire leaf margin, 7-11 leaflets, Fine Velvety pubescence on leaf underside, naked-looking valvate bud orangy-yellow mustard pubescence.

Carya Cordiformis, Bitternut Hickory, Juglandaceae

simple alternate, elliptical leaf, entire margin, SHEILD-SHAPED SLOTH FACE LEAF SCAR, overlapping purple buds, 90-degree branches

Nyssa Sylvatica, Blackgum, Cornaceae

Pinnately-compound alternate, elliptical-oval leaf, entire margin, 21 leaflets, swollen petiole base, black zig-zag twig, Interlacing ridges on thick hard bark, Stipular spines where leaf is attached

Robinia pseudoacacia, Black Locust, Fabaceae

simple alternate, variable leaf, entire margin, bristletips (may have poorly defined lobes to well defined lobes), yellowish pubescent leaf underside, tan pubescence on bud, small stubby acorns with bigger scaly cap

Quercus velutina, Black Oak, Fagaceae

simple alternate, chordate leaf, serrate margin, soft texture, white pubescence on underside, inequilateral/oblique base, 2-3 overlapping bud scales, reddish zig-zag twig, greyish brown furrowed bark

Tilia americana var. heterophylla, White Basswood, Malvaceae

simple alternate, lanceolate leaf, finely serrated margin, green on both sides, cone shaped buds with single cap scale, yellowish brown twig, grey platy sloping bark

Salix nigra, black willow, salicaceae

Pinnately-compound OPPOSITE, Lanceolate-ovate leaflets, lobed-serrate margin, 3-5-7 acuminate tipped leaflets, pubescent leaf underside, green twig, DENSE THICKET “ALLIGATOR SKIN PEBBLE-LIKE” BARK

Acer negundo, Boxelder, Sapindaceae

melia azedarach, chinaberry, meliaceae