Trees

Quercus

Oak

Acer

Maples and Box Elder

Aesculus

Horse Chestnut and Buckeye

Fraxinus

Ash

Carya

Hickory

Lonicera

Honeysuckle

Ulmus

Elm

Tilia

Basswood and Linden

Betula

Birch

Pinus

Pine

Celtis

Hackberry

Populus

Poplar

Prunus

Cherry or Plum

Morus

White Mulberry

Vitis

Grape

Parthenocissus

Virginia Creeper or Boston Ivy

Robinia

Black Locust

Rhamnus Cathartica

Buckthorn

Quercus leaf traits

simple, pinnately veined, and lobed

Quercus leaf arrangement

alternate, but nodes are clustered at the tip of the twig

Quercus habit/distinctive characters

tree that bears acorns

Acer leaf traits

Simple, palmately veined and lobed (maples), or trifoliate and pinnately compound (box elder)

Acer leaf arrangement

opposite

Acer habit/distinctive characters

Trees that bear winged, helicopter like fruit (samaras)

Aesculus leaf traits

Palmately compound

Aesculus leaf arrangement

opposite

Aesculus habit/distinctive characters

Tree (Horse Chestnut, Ohio Buckeye) or shrub (Bottlebrush Buckeye)

Fraxinus leaf traits

Pinnately compound, usually with more than 5 leaflets

Fraxinus leaf arrangement

opposite

Fraxinus habit/distinctive characters

Tree/twigs are gray with a well developed apical bud, fruits are winged

Carya leaf traits

Pinnately compound

Carya leaf arrangement

alternate

Carya habit/distinctive characters

tree, shagbark hickory has a distinctive bark and sweet nuts

Lonicera leaf traits

Simple, pinnately veined with entire margins

Lonicera leaf arrangement

opposite

Lonicera habit/distinctive characters

shrub/has axillary red fruits

Ulmus leaf traits

Simple, pinnately veined, doubly toothed margins

Ulmus leaf arrangement

alternate

Ulmus habit/distinctive characters

Tree with asymmetrical leaves and winged fruit

Tilia leaf traits

Simple, pinnately veined, asymmetrical, toothed margin

Tilia leaf arrangement

Alternate

Tilia habit/distinctive characters

Tree often with suckers at the base, fruits born on shoots with bracts, lack a terminal bud

*sucker =new shoot from underground stem

Betula leaf traits

Simple, pinnately veined, doubly toothed margin

Betula leaf arrangement

Alternate

Betula habit/distinctive characters

Trees with distinctive peeling bark, Branches with spur shoots

Pinus leaf traits

Needle-like

Pinus leaf arrangement

born in fascicles of two to seven leaves

Pinus habit/distinctive characters

Pyramidal-shaped Trees

Celtis leaf traits

Simple leaves, pinnately veined, toothed, Tapered tip

Celtis leaf arrangement

Alternate

Celtis habit/distinctive characters

Tree/Warty bark/Twig forms zig zags between nodes

Populus leaf traits

Populus leaf arrangement

Populus habit/distinctive characters