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Trees that losses their leaves in the Fall Deciduous Trees Trees that losses their leaves in the Fall

Simple Leaves

American Beech

American Hornbeam Smooth bark that looks like muscles

Black Cherry Most likely will have black spots on leaves

Black Tupelo

Blackjack Oak

Eastern Redbud

Flowering Dogwood

Laurel Oak

Live Oak

Pin Oak

Post Oak

Red Maple

Red Mulberry Leaves have three different shapes

River Birch Has exfoliating bark

Sassafras Leaves have three different shapes

Sourwood

Southern Bayberry

Southern Magnolia

Southern Red Oak Has hairs on the end of lobes

Swamp Chestnut Oak

Sweetbay

Sweetgum Can have corky projectiles on stems, look like wings

Sycamore Leaves can be very large

Turkey Oak

Water Oak

White Oak Bark is light in color

Willow Oak

Winged Elm Most stems will have corky projectiles that look like wings

Yellow Hawthorn

Yellow-Poplar

Compound Leaves

Boxelder

Honeylocust Has large seed pods and large thorns, double pinnately compound

Pecan 13 leaflets normally

Mockernut Hickory 7 leaflets, where stems are broken has unique smell

Red Buckeye Leaves are arrange in an arc from same spot

Shagbark Hickory 5 leaflets, has unique smells where stem is broken

Evergreen

American Holly Broadleaf evergreen, edges are pointed

Baldcypress

Eastern Hemlock

Eastern Redcedar

Leyland Cypress

Loblolly Pine Needles are in bundles of 3

Longleaf Pine Needles are in bundles of 3

Pond Pine

Shortleaf Pine In bundles of 2 and 3

Slash Pine In bundles of 2 and 3

Cabbage Palmetto State Tree, palm tree