Common Trees of Pennsylvania

A set of vocabulary flashcards containing key terms and definitions related to the various trees found in Pennsylvania.

Eastern Hemlock

Eastern Redcedar

Pitch Pine

Red Pine

Table Mountain Pine

Virginia Pine

Eastern White Pine

American Larch, Tamarack

Flowering Dogwood

Red Maple

Silver Maple

Striped Maple

Mountain Maple

Sugar Maple

Box Elder

White Ash

Cucumber-tree Magnolia

Black Gum

Redbud

Sassafras

Bigtooth Aspen

Quaking Aspen

American Beech

Paper Birch

Sweet Birch

Yellow Birch

Hop-hornbeam

American Hornbeam

Black Cherry

Choke Cherry

Fire Cherry

Serviceberry

Hawthorn

American Elm

Slippery Elm

Common Hackberry

Basswood, American Linden

Red Mulberry

Black Oak

Northern Red Oak

Pin Oak

Scarlet Oak

Chestnut Oak

White Oak

American Chestnut

Sycamore

Tuliptree

Black Willow

Witch-hazel

Black Locust

Honey-locust

Bitternut Hickory

Mockernut Hickory

Pignut Hickory

Shagbark Hickory

Shellbark Hickory

Butternut

Black Walnut

Blue Spruce - invasive

Norway Spruce - invasive

Scots Pine - invasive

Catalpa - invasive

Norway Maple - invasive

Tree=of-heaven - invasive

Scale-like

Broad and Flat

Needles

Alternate Arrangement

Opposite Arrangement

Whorled Arrangement

Simple Leaf Structure

Pinnately Compounded Leaf Structure

Palmately Compounded Leaf Structure

Serrated Leaf Margin

Dentated Leaf Margin

Double Serrated Leaf Margin

Lobed Leaf Margin

Entire Leaf Margin