LIST OF 50 TREES

Each individual tree is linked to its own description page.   On each tree page, the small image is linked to a larger image.   These pages are also accessible directly from the summer and winter keys.

  1. Arborvitae
    (Thuja occidentalis)
  2. Black Ash
    (Fraxinus nigra)
  3. White Ash
    (Fraxinus americana)     
  4. Bigtooth Aspen
    (Populus grandidentata)
  5. Quaking Aspen
    (Populus tremuloides)
  6. Basswood
    (Tilia americana)
  7. American Beech
    (Fagus grandifolia)
  8. Black Birch
    (Betula lenta)
  9. Gray Birch
    (Betula populifolia)
  10. Paper Birch
    (Betula papyrifera)
  1. Yellow Birch
    (Betula alleghaniensis)
  2. Butternut
    (Juglans cinerea)
  3. Black Cherry
    (Prunus serotina)
  4. Pin Cherry
    (Prunus pensylvanica)
  5. American Chestnut
    (Castanea dentata)
  6. Eastern Cottonwood
    (Populus deltoides)
  7. Cucumber Tree
    (Magnolia acuminata)
  8. American Elm
    (Ulmus americana)
  9. Slippery Elm
    (Ulmus rubra)
  10. Balsam Fir
    (Abies balsamea)
  1. Hawthorn
    (Crataegus)
  2. Eastern Hemlock
    (Tsuga canadensis)
  3. Bitternut Hickory
    (Carya cordiformis)
  4. Pignut Hickory
    (Carya glabra)
  5. Shagbark Hickory
    (Carya ovata)
  6. American Hophornbeam
    (Ostrya virginiana)
  7. American Hornbeam
    (Carpinus caroliniana)
  8. American Larch
    (Larix laricina)
  9. Black Locust
    (Robinia pseudoacacia)
  10. Honey-Locust
    (Gleditsia triacanthos)

 

    The Maples
    (about all species)
  1. Red Maple
    (Acer rubrum)
  2. Silver Maple
    (Acer saccharinum)
  3. Sugar Maple
    (Acer saccharum)
    The Oaks
    (about all species)
  4. Black Oak
    (Quercus velutina)
  5. Chestnut Oak
    (Quercus montana)
  6. Northern Red Oak
    (Quercus rubra)
  7. Scarlet Oak
    (Quercus coccinea)
  8. White Oak
    (Quercus alba)
  9. Eastern White Pine
    (Pinus strobus)
  1. Pitch Pine
    (Pinus rigida)
  2. Red Pine
    (Pinus resinosa)
  3. Eastern Redcedar
    (Juniperus virginiana)
  4. Sassafras
    (Sassafras albidum)
  5. Shadbush
    (Amelanchier canadensis)
  6. Red Spruce
    (Picea rubens)
  7. White Spruce
    (Picea glauca)
  8. Sycamore
    (Platanus occidentalis)
  9. Tulip Tree
    (Liriodendron tulipifera)
  10. Black Walnut
    (Juglans nigra)
  11. Black Willow
    (Salix nigra)

 

Common and Scientific Names of Other Trees Mentioned

 

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