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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

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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? Acer spicatum - mountain 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? Akebia quinata - fiveleaf akebia

print this native? Albizia julibrissin - mimosa

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

print this native? Alnus serrulata - hazel 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? Amelanchier sanguinea - roundleaf serviceberry

print this native? Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo

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

print this native? Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - kinnikinick

print this native? Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman's pipe

print this native? Aronia arbutifolia - chokeberry

print this native? Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry

print this native? Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw

print this native? Asimina triloba - pawpaw

print this native? Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis

print this native? Berberis canadensis - American barberry

print this native? Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry

print this native? Berberis vulgaris - common barberry

print this native? Berchemia scandens - supplejack

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? Bignonia capreolata - crossvine

print this native? Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry

print this native? Buckleya distichophylla - piratebush

print this native? Buddleja davidii - butterfly-bush

print this native? Callicarpa americana - American beautyberry

print this native? Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub

print this native? Campsis radicans - trumpet creeper

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? Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin

print this native? Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa

print this native? Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa

print this native? Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea

print this native? Celastrus orbiculatus - Asian bittersweet

print this native? Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet

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? Chaenomeles speciosa - common floweringquince

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

print this native? Chimaphila maculata - striped pipsissewa

print this native? Chimaphila umbellata - prince's pine

print this native? Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree

print this native? Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood

print this native? Clematis crispa - swamp leather flower

print this native? Clematis terniflora - sweetautumn clematis

print this native? Clematis virginiana - virgin's bower

print this native? Clethra acuminata - mountain pepperbush

print this native? Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra

print this native? Comptonia peregrina - sweetfern

print this native? Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood

print this native? Cornus amomum - silky dogwood

print this native? Cornus canadensis - bunchberry

print this native? Cornus florida - flowering dogwood

print this native? Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood

print this native? Cornus sericea - red-osier dogwood

print this native? Corylus americana - American hazel

print this native? Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel

print this native? Crataegus monogyna - oneseed hawthorn

print this native? Crataegus spp. - hawthorn

print this native? Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla

print this native? Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom

print this native? Decumaria barbara - woodvamp

print this native? Deutzia scabra - fuzzy deutzia

print this native? Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle

print this native? Diospyros virginiana - common persimmon

print this native? Dirca palustris - eastern leatherwood

print this native? Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive

print this native? Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive

print this native? Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive

print this native? Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus

print this native? Eubotrys racemosus - swamp doghobble

print this native? Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus

print this native? Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush

print this native? Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo

print this native? Euonymus europaeus - spindletree

print this native? Euonymus fortunei - wintercreeper

print this native? Fagus grandifolia - American beech

print this native? Ficus carica - common fig

print this native? Firmiana simplex - Chinese parasoltree

print this native? Forsythia spp. - forsythia

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? Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry

print this native? Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry

print this native? Gelsemium sempervirens - false jessamine

print this native? Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Gossypium hirsitum - upland cotton

print this native? Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree

print this native? Halesia tetraptera - silverbell

print this native? Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel

print this native? Hedera helix - English ivy

print this native? Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon

print this native? Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea

print this native? Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea

print this native? Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort

print this native? Ilex coriacea - large gallberry

print this native? Ilex decidua - deciduous holly

print this native? Ilex glabra - inkberry

print this native? Ilex montana - mountain holly

print this native? Ilex opaca - American holly

print this native? Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly

print this native? Ilex vomitoria - yaupon

print this native? Itea virginica - sweetspire

print this native? Iva frutescens - marsh-elder

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 angustifolia - sheep laurel

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? Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe

print this native? Ligustrum amurense - Amur privet

print this native? Ligustrum japonicum - Japanese privet

print this native? Ligustrum obtusifolium - border privet

print this native? Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet

print this native? Ligustrum vulgare - common privet

print this native? Lindera benzoin - spicebush

print this native? Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum

print this native? Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar

print this native? Lonicera canadensis - American fly honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera sempervirens - trumpet honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera tatarica - Tatarian honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera xbella - Belle's honeysuckle

print this native? Lycium barbarum - goji berry

print this native? Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry

print this native? Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia

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? Menziesia pilosa - minniebush

print this native? Mitchella repens - partridgeberry

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? Nandina domestica - heavenly bamboo

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? Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra

print this native? Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper

print this native? Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia

print this native? Persea palustris - swampbay

print this native? Philadelphus coronarius - European mockorange

print this native? Philadelphus inodorus - scentless mockorange

print this native? Philadelphus pubescens - hoary mockorange

print this native? Physocarpus opulifolius - common ninebark

print this native? Picea abies - Norway spruce

print this native? Picea rubens - red spruce     Landowner Factsheet

print this native? Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris

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? Prunus virginiana - choke cherry

print this native? Ptelea trifoliata - hoptree

print this native? Pueraria montana - kudzu

print this native? Pyracantha coccinea - scarlet firethorn

print this native? Pyrularia pubera - buffalo nut

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? Rhododendron atlanticum - dwarf azalea

print this native? Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea

print this native? Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba rhododendron

print this native? Rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron

print this native? Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea

print this native? Rhodotypos scandens - jet blackbead

print this native? Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac

print this native? Rhus copallinum - shining sumac

print this native? Rhus glabra - smooth sumac

print this native? Rhus michauxii - Michaux's sumac

print this native? Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac

print this native? Ribes cynosbati - prickly gooseberry

print this native? Ribes hirtellum - wild gooseberry

print this native? Ribes lacustre - prickly currant

print this native? Ribes rotundifolium - Appalachian gooseberry

print this native? Robinia hispida - bristly locust

print this native? Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust

print this native? Rosa canina - dog rose

print this native? Rosa carolina - Carolina rose

print this native? Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose

print this native? Rosa rubiginosa - sweetbriar rose

print this native? Rosa rugosa - rugosa rose

print this native? Rosa virginiana - common wild rose

print this native? Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany blackberry

print this native? Rubus argutus - prickly Florida blackberry

print this native? Rubus armeniacus - Himalaya blackberry

print this native? Rubus flagellaris - dewberry

print this native? Rubus idaeus - raspberry

print this native? Rubus laciniatus - evergreen blackberry

print this native? Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry

print this native? Rubus odoratus - purple flowering raspberry

print this native? Rubus phoenicolasius - wine raspberry

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 exigua - sandbar willow

print this native? Salix lucida - shining willow

print this native? Salix nigra - black willow

print this native? Salix purpurea - purpleosier willow

print this native? Salvia officinalis - common sage

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? Sibbaldiopsis tridentata - three-toothed-cinquefoil

print this native? Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia

print this native? Smilax bona-nox - saw greenbrier

print this native? Smilax glauca - catbrier

print this native? Smilax laurifolia - laurel greenbrier

print this native? Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier

print this native? Smilax smallii - lanceleaf greenbrier

print this native? Smilax tamnoides - bristly greenbrier

print this native? Solanum dulcamara - bitter nightshade

print this native? Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash

print this native? Spiraea alba var. alba - narrowleaf spiraea

print this native? Spiraea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet

print this native? Spiraea japonica - Japanese spiraea

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? Styrax americanus - American snowbell

print this native? Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry

print this native? Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry

print this native? Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf

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 pubescens - poison-oak

print this native? Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy

print this native? Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac

print this native? Tsuga canadensis - eastern hemlock

print this native? Tsuga caroliniana - Carolina hemlock

print this native? Ulex europaeus - common gorse

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? Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium fuscatum - black highbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry

print this native? Vaccinium myrtilloides - velvet-leaf blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium oxycoccos - small cranberry

print this native? Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry

print this native? Vachellia constricta - whitethorn acacia

print this native? Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum

print this native? Viburnum dentatum - arrowwood

print this native? Viburnum dilatatum - linden viburnum

print this native? Viburnum lantana - wayfaringtree viburnum

print this native? Viburnum lantanoides - hobblebush

print this native? Viburnum lentago - nannyberry

print this native? Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum

print this native? Viburnum opulus var. opulus - European cranberrybush viburnum

print this native? Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw

print this native? Viburnum recognitum - smooth arrowwood

print this native? Viburnum rhytidophyllum - leatherleaf viburnum

print this native? Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw

print this native? Vinca minor - periwinkle

print this native? Vitex agnus-castus - lilac chastetree

print this native? Vitis aestivalis - summer grape

print this native? Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine grape

print this native? Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria

print this native? Wisteria frutescens - American wisteria

print this native? Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria

print this native? Xanthorhiza simplicissima - yellowroot

print this native? Yucca filamentosa - yucca

print this native? Zanthoxylum americanum - common pricklyash

print this native? Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - pricklyash