Descriptions of Trees

Virginia Creeper

• vine

• (usually) five leaves, compound

  • three leaves when younger

Eastern Hophornbeam

• pinnate leaves

• finely serrated

• round base

• pointed papery bladders around a seed

• brown flaky plated bark (less visible on smaller trunks)

Northern White Cedar

• scaled conifer needles

• cypress family

• fan shaped leaves

• flat, opposite leaves

Tulip Tree Popular

truncated

leaves like a gooses foot

True Firs

conifer —> friendly needles

cones on top of branch

two white grooves/lines on underside of each needle

blisters of resin on bark

Ginkgo

produces cones

only species in its lineage

heart leaves

Sugar Maple

3 + 2 = star

U’s

ridged bark

don’t use the baby leaves

helicopter seeds

Miscellaneous Grape

double serrated

inbetween palmate and pinnate

vine

curly vines on alternate side (don’t have leaves)

Poison Ivy

three leaflet compound leaves

pinnate

gently serrated

may seem shiny

can pretend to be a tree branch

hairy vines when on tree