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A tree generally has a single upright stem and reaches a height of 20 feet. Some species are shrubs in harsh climates and trees in moderate climates. |
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Shrubs are low branching, suckering, or have multiple stems and do not reach 20 feet in height. | |
Most people recognize brambles, which include roses and blackberries. | |
Vines require some extra help for support. They hold on to the support by twining, growing tendrils, or aerial roots. |
Cacti do have leaves - they are reduced to spines. |
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Palms are common in warm regions. | |
Yuccas can be found in many loacations but are more common is deserts. | |
Slender or Scaly leaves can be found on pines, junipers, and other genera. | |
Broadleaf includes genera with narrow leaves, such as the willows. |
Broadleaf Arrangement, or phyllotaxy, is a very important id clue. To determine phyllotaxy, look to see how many leaves are attached to the twig at each node. If there are no leaves, look for the arrangement of the buds that can be found at the base of each leaf. If you can not reach the twigs, remember that twigs grow from buds... and they will have the same arrangement as the leaves.
Most woody plants are alternately arranged. The leaves and buds alternate along the stem. |
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These leaves are oppositely arranged, as are the buds that grow at the base of the leaves. | |
A few species have whorled leaves, with (usually) 3 leaves and buds at each node. |
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 Acer nigrum - black maple
 Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
 Acer platanoides - Norway maple
 Acer saccharinum - silver maple
 Acer saccharum - sugar maple
 Aesculus flava - yellow buckeye
 Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye
 Aesculus hippocastanum - horsechestnut
 Aesculus pavia - red buckeye
 Ailanthus altissima - tree-of-Heaven
 Albizia julibrissin - mimosa
 Alnus incana ssp. rugosa - speckled alder
 Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry
 Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow serviceberry
 Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany serviceberry
 Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo
 Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick
 Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch     Landowner Factsheet
 Betula lenta - sweet birch
 Betula nigra - river birch     Landowner Factsheet
 Betula papyrifera - paper birch     Landowner Factsheet
 Betula populifolia - gray birch
 Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam
 Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory
 Carya glabra - pignut hickory
 Carya laciniosa - shellbark hickory
 Carya ovalis - red hickory
 Carya ovata - shagbark hickory
 Carya tomentosa - mockernut hickory
 Castanea dentata - American chestnut     Landowner Factsheet
 Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa
 Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa
 Celtis laevigata var. laevigata - sugarberry
 Celtis occidentalis - hackberry
 Celtis pumila - dwarf hackberry
 Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush
 Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
 Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree
 Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
 Cornus florida - flowering dogwood
 Crataegus monogyna - oneseed hawthorn
 Crataegus spp. - hawthorn
 Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon
 Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
 Fagus grandifolia - American beech
 Frangula alnus - glossy buckthorn
 Fraxinus americana - white ash
 Fraxinus nigra - black ash
 Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash
 Fraxinus quadrangulata - blue ash
 Gleditsia aquatica - waterlocust
 Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust     Landowner Factsheet
 Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
 Halesia tetraptera - silverbell
 Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel
 Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea
 Ilex montana - mountain holly
 Ilex opaca - American holly
 Juglans cinerea - butternut
 Juglans nigra - black walnut
 Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
 Koelreuteria paniculata - goldenraintree
 Ligustrum amurense - Amur privet
 Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum
 Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar
 Maclura pomifera - Osage-orange
 Magnolia acuminata - cucumbertree
 Magnolia fraseri - Fraser magnolia
 Magnolia macrophylla - bigleaf magnolia
 Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia
 Malus angustifolia - southern crab apple
 Malus spp. - apple
 Morus alba - white mulberry
 Morus rubra - red mulberry
 Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum
 Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam
 Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood
 Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia
 Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore
 Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange
 Populus alba - European white poplar
 Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera - balsam poplar     Landowner Factsheet
 Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood     Landowner Factsheet
 Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen
 Populus nigra var. italica - Lombardy poplar
 Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen     Landowner Factsheet
 Prunus alleghaniensis - Allegheny plum
 Prunus americana - American plum
 Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
 Prunus avium - sweet cherry
 Prunus cerasus - sour cherry
 Prunus pensylvanica - fire cherry     Landowner Factsheet
 Prunus serotina - black cherry
 Pyrus calleryana - Callery pear
 Pyrus communis - common pear
 Quercus bicolor - swamp white oak
 Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak
 Quercus falcata - southern red oak
 Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak
 Quercus imbricaria - shingle oak
 Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak     Landowner Factsheet
 Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak
 Quercus montana - chestnut oak
 Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak
 Quercus palustris - pin oak
 Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinquapin oak
 Quercus rubra - northern red oak
 Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak
 Quercus stellata - post oak
 Quercus velutina - black oak
 Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn
 Rhus copallinum - shining sumac
 Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
 Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac
 Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
 Salix alba - white willow
 Salix caprea - goat willow
 Salix discolor - pussy willow
 Salix lucida - shining willow
 Salix nigra - black willow
 Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry
 Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry
 Sassafras albidum - sassafras
 Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia
 Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash
 Sorbus aucuparia - European mountain-ash
 Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut
 Syringa vulgaris - common lilac
 Taxodium distichum - baldcypress     Landowner Factsheet
 Tilia americana - American basswood
 Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac
 Ulmus americana - American elm
 Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm
 Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
 Ulmus rubra - slippery elm
 Viburnum lentago - nannyberry