Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 trees latin names

poor form, opposite leafs compound 3,5,7, pale young twigs,

Aceraceae acer negundo - Boxelder

tight vertical bark, purple bulbus bud, opposite palmate

Aceraceae acer platanoides - Norway maple

opposite deep sinuses elongated lobes, light leaf underside, water loving, thin strip bark turned up at end, smelly

Aceraceae acer saccharinum - Silver maple

banana fruit green, fat head leaf, skinny naked terminal bud

Annonaceae asimina triloba - Pawpaw

john tree, ET leaf scar, 90* limbs, alternare simple leaf, camber pith

Cornaceae nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum

smooth grey bark, 11-24 alternate leaf viens, smooth thorn bud

Fagaceae fagus grandifolia - American beech

7-9 vein pairs, wavy leaf margins, larger thorn bud

Fagaceae fagus sylvatica - European beech

star shape leaf, brown and green bud laquer finish, smells sweet

Hamamelidaceae liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum

red twig, big bud, smells good, oval mitten 3 lobe

Lauraceae sassafras albidum - Sassafras

horizontal lentisis, spur shoots with bud clusters, leaf base glands

Rosaceae prunus avium - Sweet cherry

flexible branches, lance shaped leaves, milky underside

Salicaceae salix babylonica - Weeping willow

bitter taste, stiffer, stout opressed bud, upright growth

Salicaceae salix nigra - Black willow

distinct red peely bark cat scratch, disiguous conifer

Dawn redwood

white and red tipped bud, bitter asprin taste, heart shaped leaf scar

Salicaceae populus grandidentata - Bigtooth aspen

fuzzy catkin, inner bark smells like wintergreen, young horizontal lentisil bark, smooth brown bud

betulaceae betula lenta - sweet birch

doubly cerrated arrowhead leaf, salmon colored underbark peely paper overbark, birdhead bud

betulaceae betula nigra - river birch

heart shaped palmate leaf, black zigzag twig tan lentisils, black inconspicuous buds

fabaceae cercis canadensis - eastern redbud

green twigs, thorns grow anywhere, single compound leaf, grey leather peely sheet bark, big seed pod

fabaceae gleditsia tricanthos - honeylocust

large naked limb, salmon color pith, no visible bud, doubly compound

fabaceae gymnocladus dioicus - kentuckey coffeetree

no mature trees left, shiny waxy smooth twig and bud, bright orange bud, skiiny long leaf

fagaceae castanea dentata - american chestnut

short fat bud, fuzzy dust twig, triangle peel bark, long oval leaf, dirt road looking ah

fagaceae castanea mollissima - chinese chestnut

long skinny leaf, underside fuzzy, red grey bud, small form

fagaceae castanea pumila - allaghany chinkapin

sun bottom shade top leaf, underside dusty grey and fuzzy, red borwn dragon scale accorn cap cover 1/3 nut

fagaceae quercus falcata - southern red oak

long narrow leaf, velvet underside, alternate cluster terminal bud, tiny thatched accorn cap

fagaceae quercus imbricaria - shingle oak

hairy cluaster buds, accorn has a bur like cap, bottle neck leaf, vertical inclusion bark, round form

fagaceae quercus macrocarpa - bur oak

super small cluster light brown buds, sinus pinch all the way in, accorn caps fit poorly, thing irregular green bark

fagaceae quercus palustris - pin oak

scaly long shiny oval buds, very very small bud and twig, cute littlew pea accrorn, vertical line bark, up and down form, lots of dead twigs and sticks

fagaceae quercus phellos - willow oak

bundles of 5

pinaceae pinus strobus - eastern white pine

opppsoite sharp brown bud

aceraceae acer saccharum - sugar maple

opposite red bud and twig, rough scaly bark, rounded terminal bud

aceraceae acer rubrum - red maple

thumbnial bark, hershy bud, opposite, red fruit

cornaceae cornus florida - flowering dogwood

warty accron cap, light grey ashy bark, rounded lobes, cluster stout round terminal buds

fagaceae quercus alba - white oak

huge fuzzy ridged tan bud, pointed leaf tip alternate, thatched roof accorn cap, orange inner tree

fagaceae quercus velutina - black oak

flat top tulip shaped leaf, duck billed bud, smooth light grey bark white lines in furrows

magnoliaceae liriodendron tulipifera - tulip poplar

flat top smile leaf scar, woven fishnet bark, opposite compound leaf, brown leather bud

oleaceae fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash

soft flat needles with single suction cup, smells like christmas, cones disintegrate

pinaceae abies concolor - white fir

single needle peg like, drooply wizzard sleve limbs, long skinny thin scaled cones

pinaceae picea abies - norway spruce

green/brown camo bark, alternate dark whitch cap bud

platanaceae platanus occidentalis - american sycamore

white lentisil burnt cornflake bark, bitter taste, red green bud, slender oval leaf

rosaceae prunus serotina - black cherry

shallow sinuses and lobes, brown fuzzy tip bud, white ski tracks on ridges in mature bark, flat frissbee accorn cap (bowl cut)

fagaceae quercus rubra - northern red oak

smells like buns, very distinct center vien on heart shaped leaf, waxy top on leaf, white tan fuzzy bud

Rosaceae pyrus calleryana - Callery pear

black berries, thumbnail bark, opposite small simple leaf, purple pink peteal in winter, duckhead bud, twigs look like fishbones, shrub-like

caprifoliaceae viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw

smooth grey bark smaller brown bud, very large seeds, horsehoe leaf scar

oleaceae fraxinus americana - white ash

smooth green bark with white dots everywhere, smells aeromatic like cirtonella, circlular bud

lauraceae lindera benzoin - spicebush

ligth bark round lobed warty accorn cap with tattered fringe leaf vein ends in a hard tip on leaf edge, orange brown bud with light scale edge

fagaceae quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak

weavy raised bark like a mouontian rangecompound round leaves, beans like snap peas, spines on leaf scar

fabaceae robinia pseudoacacia - black locust

grey fuzzy praying hands bud, monkey face leaf scar, chocolate brown inner bark, hollow chamber pith

juglandaceae juglans nigra - black walnut

twisted two needles, egg sized cone wiht spiked end scale, orange tinted bark, terrible form

pinaceae pinus virginiana - Virginia pine

90* branching large oval leave, elongated alternate white/silver bud, index finger twigs that hook, cat turd fruit, spongey bark

magnoliaceae magnolia acuminata - Cucumbertree

ovate cerrate leaf, cat scratch shredded bark, buds with tiny tiny white pin stripes

Betulaceae Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam

s-m sized tree, mature bark looks like glued on charcoal inside orange, alternate oval dark green top light bottom no cerration, fuzzy peteal, no true terminal bud, lateral bud looks like beak

Ebenaceae Diospyros virginiana - Common Persimmon

pinatley compound leaves 5-7 leaflets oval alternate, football bud, stout pubecent twig, nut shell is 2nd thickest, inner nut is 4 ribbed, bark peals like a banana

Juglandaceae Carya ovata - shagbark hickory

caterpiller often on leaf, 3 leaves attach at a node not alternate or opposite, leaf scar is circular with a divot, long bean pod fruit that splits and has tufty seads inside

Bignoniaceae Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa

sanded diamond bark, twig pubecense, 7 lance leaflets with fuzzy racius and underside, thickest nut shell 4 ridged, super stout twig, hirshey kiss shaped terminal bud with white underlayer

Juglandaceae Carya tomentosa - mockernut hickory

crisscross bark, skinny queen twig, 5 lance/ovate leaflets, smaller round bud, smooth nut with pear shaped shell that stays closed, round flatted shape of nut

Juglandaceae Carya Glabra - pignut hickory

leaflets with scales or needles like juniper bush, usually frosty green but male tips are yellow, blue juniper berries on female, long stringy scaly bark

Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar

unbranched thorns, lateral spur shoots with many leaf scars, shrubby small tree, real racius and berry thru winter, tight grey bark that gets scaly, round red bud

Rosaceae Crataegus spp - Hawthorn

trinagle leaf with elongated tip doubley cerrate, preform single catkin, warty raised tentisils, grey to white smooth bark, no terminal bud, multi stemed trunk

Betulaceae Betula populifolia - gray birch

white bark that curls off the tree in flakes horizontaly, lentisils on young dark bark, alternate simple ovate round base leaf, 3-5 catkins, sticky lateral buds

Betulaceae Betula papyrifera - paper birch

boxy white brown bud, inconspicuos doubly cerrate, very slim twig, less lentisils,m mature bark is tight and grey, yellow catkins, flauting/muscle tree

Betulaceae Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam

super large alternate heart shaped leaves, sprouting around trunk, leafy bract with nutlets, bear belly terminal bud, shallow furrows and flat ridged bark

Tiliaceae Tilia americana - american basswood

assymetric heart clef leaf, smaller form, ribbed nutlets, super pointy cerration

Tiliaceae Tilia cordata - littleleaf linden

light green needles, cones that grow upright on twig, dark brown buds and spur shoots, grey green outer bark with reddish brown under mature bark, scaly both young and old

Pinaceae Larix decidua - european larch

small sulfer yellow coated oddly faced buds, 7-9 lance leaflets, thinest nut shell, slender twig, smooth nut thats nearly round and heart shaped

Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory

dark waxy leaftop brown fuzzy underside, smooth crackled bark, huge white terminal bud, evergreen with fruit and red seeds

Magnoliaceae magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia

3 needles in a bunch, super long, large silver terminal bud, huge cone, fire dependant tree, 90* branching and thick scaly bark

pinaceae pinus palustris - longleaf pine

asymmetrical lobed doubly cerrated leaf, bent over red/brown terminal bud, elegant form each branch splits into 2

ulmaceae ulmus americana - american elm

sharp pointy angular needles, short w a grey green hued waxy coating, limbs turn up, cone with smooth margin

pinaceae pinus glacus - white spruce

long two needles, stright/parallel , flexible not snappable, spider web over white bud, small cone bristle on round cone, plate bark

pinaceae pinus nigra - austrian pine

blue waxy color on new growth, army green when older, 4 inch flexible papery cone, tattered margin on sclaes

pinaceae pinus pungens - blue spruce

dino tree, alternate pencil thick spur shoot, creamy yellow grey bark, strech mark ridges, females are stinky

ginkgoaceae ginkgo biloba - ginkgo

tiny leaves and cerration, tiny twigs, jiggsaw puzzle like bark, patches left where it peels outlined in red lentisils

Ulmaceae ulmus parvifolia - chinese elm

crown of tree is a ball, long lance leaf rounded cerration elongated tip, slender red twig and bud, paint ball bark green and orange

Ulmaceae zelkova serrata - japanese zelkova

small to muedium tree, leaf bud is tiny cat claw, flower bud is tear drop, mini dragon fruit, grey tan smooth pathcy bark

cornaceae cornus kousa - kousa dogwood

super crooked terminal bud, 3 viens fron base of leaf, opressed side bud, super high topo map ridges mature bark, blue berries

ulmaceae celtis occidentalis - hackberry

the classic shrub of GW, sticky tip terminal bud, small leaf buds, thicky plyable dark green leaf, hotdog capsul

ericaceae rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron

fuzzy velcro top leaf, black bud, virtical furrows, not good elm form, twig is slimy if you chew it

ulmaceae ulmus rubra - slippery elm