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tree

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.

shrub Shrubs are low branching, suckering, or have multiple stems and do not reach 20 feet in height.
bramble Most people recognize brambles, which include roses and blackberries.
vine Vines require some extra help for support. They hold on to the support by twining, growing tendrils, or aerial roots.
My leaf is from a tree
My leaf is from a shrub
My leaf is from a bramble, rose, or soft-wooded shrub with arching canes
My leaf is from a climbing or scrambling vine
cactus

Cacti do have leaves - they are reduced to spines.
palm Palms are common in warm regions.
yucca Yuccas can be found in many loacations but are more common is deserts.
slender or scaly vine Slender or Scaly leaves can be found on pines, junipers, and other genera.
broadleaf Broadleaf includes genera with narrow leaves, such as the willows.
Broad leaves
Slender or scaly leaves
My leaf is palm-like
My leaf is slender and strap-like (the yuccas)
I have a cactus, with leaves that are reduced to spines

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print this native? Abies balsamea - balsam fir     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Abies fraseri - Fraser fir     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Acer floridanum - Florida maple

print this native? Acer negundo - boxelder

print this native? Acer nigrum - black maple

print this native? Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple

print this native? Acer platanoides - Norway maple

print this native? Acer rubrum - red maple

print this native? Acer saccharinum - silver maple

print this native? Acer saccharum - sugar maple

print this native? Aesculus flava - yellow buckeye

print this native? Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye

print this native? Aesculus hippocastanum - horsechestnut

print this native? Aesculus pavia - red buckeye

print this native? Aesculus sylvatica - painted buckeye

print this native? Ailanthus altissima - tree-of-Heaven

print this native? Albizia julibrissin - mimosa

print this native? Alnus incana ssp. rugosa - speckled alder

print this native? Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry

print this native? Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow serviceberry

print this native? Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany serviceberry

print this native? Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo

print this native? Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick

print this native? Asimina triloba - pawpaw

print this native? Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Betula lenta - sweet birch

print this native? Betula nigra - river birch     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Betula papyrifera - paper birch     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Betula pendula - European weeping birch

print this native? Betula populifolia - gray birch

print this native? Betula uber - roundleaf birch

print this native? Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam

print this native? Carya aquatica - water hickory

print this native? Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory

print this native? Carya glabra - pignut hickory

print this native? Carya illinoinensis - pecan

print this native? Carya laciniosa - shellbark hickory

print this native? Carya ovalis - red hickory

print this native? Carya ovata - shagbark hickory

print this native? Carya pallida - sand hickory

print this native? Carya tomentosa - mockernut hickory

print this native? Castanea dentata - American chestnut     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut

print this native? Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa

print this native? Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa

print this native? Celtis laevigata var. laevigata - sugarberry

print this native? Celtis occidentalis - hackberry

print this native? Celtis pumila - dwarf hackberry

print this native? Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush

print this native? Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud

print this native? Chamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic white-cedar     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree

print this native? Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood

print this native? Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood

print this native? Cornus florida - flowering dogwood

print this native? Crataegus monogyna - oneseed hawthorn

print this native? Crataegus spp. - hawthorn

print this native? Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla

print this native? Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon

print this native? Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive

print this native? Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive

print this native? Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive

print this native? Fagus grandifolia - American beech

print this native? Ficus carica - common fig

print this native? Firmiana simplex - Chinese parasoltree

print this native? Frangula caroliniana - Carolina buckthorn

print this native? Fraxinus americana - white ash

print this native? Fraxinus caroliniana - Carolina ash

print this native? Fraxinus nigra - black ash

print this native? Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash

print this native? Fraxinus profunda - pumpkin ash

print this native? Fraxinus quadrangulata - blue ash

print this native? Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree

print this native? Halesia tetraptera - silverbell

print this native? Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel

print this native? Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea

print this native? Ilex coriacea - large gallberry

print this native? Ilex decidua - deciduous holly

print this native? Ilex montana - mountain holly

print this native? Ilex opaca - American holly

print this native? Juglans cinerea - butternut

print this native? Juglans nigra - black walnut

print this native? Juniperus communis - common juniper

print this native? Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar

print this native? Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel

print this native? Koelreuteria paniculata - goldenraintree

print this native? Lagerstroemia indica - crapemyrtle

print this native? Larix decidua - European larch

print this native? Ligustrum amurense - Amur privet

print this native? Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum

print this native? Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar

print this native? Lonicera xbella - Belle's honeysuckle

print this native? Maclura pomifera - Osage-orange

print this native? Magnolia acuminata - cucumbertree

print this native? Magnolia fraseri - Fraser magnolia

print this native? Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia

print this native? Magnolia macrophylla - bigleaf magnolia

print this native? Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia

print this native? Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Malus angustifolia - southern crab apple

print this native? Malus prunifolia - plumleaf crab apple

print this native? Malus spp. - apple

print this native? Melia azedarach - Chinaberry

print this native? Morella cerifera - waxmyrtle

print this native? Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry

print this native? Morus alba - white mulberry

print this native? Morus rubra - red mulberry

print this native? Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Nyssa biflora - swamp tupelo

print this native? Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum

print this native? Osmanthus americanus - devilwood

print this native? Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam

print this native? Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood

print this native? Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia

print this native? Persea palustris - swampbay

print this native? Picea abies - Norway spruce

print this native? Picea rubens - red spruce     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Pinus echinata - shortleaf pine

print this native? Pinus palustris - longleaf pine     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Pinus pungens - Table Mountain pine

print this native? Pinus resinosa - red pine     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Pinus rigida - pitch pine

print this native? Pinus serotina - pond pine     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Pinus strobus - eastern white pine

print this native? Pinus taeda - loblolly pine

print this native? Pinus virginiana - Virginia pine

print this native? Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore

print this native? Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange

print this native? Populus alba - European white poplar

print this native? Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera - balsam poplar     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Populus deltoides - eastern cottonwood     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen

print this native? Populus heterophylla - swamp cottonwood

print this native? Populus nigra var. italica - Lombardy poplar

print this native? Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Prunus alleghaniensis - Allegheny plum

print this native? Prunus americana - American plum

print this native? Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum

print this native? Prunus avium - sweet cherry

print this native? Prunus cerasus - sour cherry

print this native? Prunus maritima - beach plum

print this native? Prunus pensylvanica - fire cherry     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Prunus persica - peach

print this native? Prunus serotina - black cherry

print this native? Pyrus calleryana - Callery pear

print this native? Pyrus communis - common pear

print this native? Quercus acutissima - sawtooth oak

print this native? Quercus alba - white oak

print this native? Quercus bicolor - swamp white oak

print this native? Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak

print this native? Quercus falcata - southern red oak

print this native? Quercus hemisphaerica - Darlington oak

print this native? Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak

print this native? Quercus imbricaria - shingle oak

print this native? Quercus incana - bluejack oak

print this native? Quercus laevis - turkey oak

print this native? Quercus laurifolia - laurel oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus lyrata - overcup oak

print this native? Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus margaretta - sand post oak

print this native? Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak

print this native? Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus montana - chestnut oak

print this native? Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak

print this native? Quercus nigra - water oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus pagoda - cherrybark oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus palustris - pin oak

print this native? Quercus phellos - willow oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinquapin oak

print this native? Quercus rubra - northern red oak

print this native? Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak

print this native? Quercus stellata - post oak

print this native? Quercus velutina - black oak

print this native? Quercus virginiana - live oak     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn

print this native? Rhus copallinum - shining sumac

print this native? Rhus glabra - smooth sumac

print this native? Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac

print this native? Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust

print this native? Salix alba - white willow

print this native? Salix babylonica - weeping willow

print this native? Salix caprea - goat willow

print this native? Salix discolor - pussy willow

print this native? Salix lucida - shining willow

print this native? Salix nigra - black willow

print this native? Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry

print this native? Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry

print this native? Sassafras albidum - sassafras

print this native? Sesbania punicea - rattlebox

print this native? Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia

print this native? Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash

print this native? Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut

print this native? Stewartia ovata - mountain-camellia

print this native? Stewartia spp. - stewartia

print this native? Styphnolobium japonicum - Japanese pagoda tree

print this native? Syringa vulgaris - common lilac

print this native? Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk

print this native? Taxodium ascendens - pondcypress

print this native? Taxodium distichum - baldcypress     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Thuja occidentalis - northern white-cedar     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Tilia americana - American basswood

print this native? Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac

print this native? Tsuga canadensis - eastern hemlock

print this native? Tsuga caroliniana - Carolina hemlock

print this native? Ulmus alata - winged elm     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Ulmus americana - American elm

print this native? Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm

print this native? Ulmus procera - field elm

print this native? Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm

print this native? Ulmus rubra - slippery elm

print this native? Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry

print this native? Viburnum lantana - wayfaringtree viburnum

print this native? Viburnum lentago - nannyberry

print this native? Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum

print this native? Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw

print this native? Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw

print this native? Vitex agnus-castus - lilac chastetree

print this native? Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - pricklyash