Trees

Liriodendron tulipifera

• Duckbill bud

• White cast in furrows

• Alternate

Quercus rubra

• Cluster bud

• Pith center, star shaped

• Ski tracks

• Alternate

Juglans nigra

• Alternating

• Fuzzy buds

• Chambered pith

• Leaf scar looks like monkey face

• Scraped bark is chocolate brown

Rhamnus cathartica

• Sub opposite

Pinus resinosa

• 2 needles per bundle

• Sheath at bottom of bundle

• Red bark

• Needles break cleanly

Tilia americana

• Alternate

• 90 degree plunge on flat ridges

• Reddish new growth

• Two scales on bud

• Lopsided bud

Pinus strobus

• 5 spindles per bundle

• Glob at bottom of spindles

Acer saccharum

• Plated bark

• Plates peel from sides

• Opposite

Quercus albus

• Star shaped pith

• Vertical blocked bark

• Rounded buds

• Knobby acorn cap

Fraxinus americana

• Opposite

• Shield shaped leaf scar

• Bud looks like velvety deer hoof

Ligustrum spp

• Shrub

• Opposite

• Light dots

• Spurs

Carya cordiformis

• Shallow interlacing ridges

• Bright yellow buds

• Monkey face scars

• Big nuts

Platanus occudentalis

• Reddish brown to grey bark

• Thin flaky bark

• Blotched with white when bark exfoliates

• Conical bud

• Leaf scar encapsulates twig

Tsuga canadensis

• Needles like wings on a plane

• Tiny pinecones

• White stripes under needles

• Stripped bark looks red with purple lines

Betula lenta

• Horizontal stripes

• Spur shoots

• Divergent branches, but pairs of leaves on spur shoots

• Stripped bark smells like wintergreen

Carpinus caroliniana

• Alternate

• Fluted stem (muscles)

• Delicate slender twigs

• Often found by water

• Bark often covered with lichen

Ostrya virginiana

• Flaky bark

• Strongly divergent

Populus tremuloides

• Smooth white bark with black horizontal stripes

Populus grandenfolia

• Smooth bark near top

• Grey green bark on top

• Thick brown bark on bottom

Prunus serotina

• No lower branches

• Horizontal stripes

• Thin bark

• Old ones look like burnt potato chips glued on

Fagus grandifolia

• Lower branches

• Some foliage in winter

• Grey smooth bark

• Alternate

• Long slender buds

Acer rubrum

• Circular patterns in bark

• Opposite