Types of Trees By: Mary Clevenger Pd.6/7

Table of Contexts Beech22Beech22 Black Cherry 7Black Cherry 7 Black Locust 16Black Locust 16 Black Spruce 1Black Spruce 1 Black Walnut15Black Walnut15 Box Elder 12Box Elder 12 Colorado Blue Spruce4Colorado Blue Spruce4 Dogwood6Dogwood6 Eastern Red Bud20Eastern Red Bud20 Eastern White Pine2Eastern White Pine2 Hemlock3Hemlock3 Linden18Linden18 Mimosa (Silk tree)19Mimosa (Silk tree)19 Mulberry17Mulberry17 Paper Birch10Paper Birch10 Pin Oak5Pin Oak5 Red Maple8Red Maple8 Red Oak23Red Oak23 Silver Maple11Silver Maple11 Sugar Maple9Sugar Maple9 White Ash24White Ash24 White Birch21White Birch21 Witch Hazel13Witch Hazel13 Yellow Wood14Yellow Wood14

Dichotomous Key 1A: If the tree is evergreen go to 2 1A: If the tree is evergreen go to 2 1B: If the tree is deciduous go to 5 1B: If the tree is deciduous go to 5 2A: If it is arranged in clusters of 5 it is an Eastern White Pine go to page 2 2A: If it is arranged in clusters of 5 it is an Eastern White Pine go to page 2 2B: If it is arranged singly go to 3 2B: If it is arranged singly go to 3 3A: If it has round needles go to 4 3A: If it has round needles go to 4 3B: If it is round with smooth bark it is a Black Spruce go to page 1 3B: If it is round with smooth bark it is a Black Spruce go to page 1

Dichotomous Key Continued: 4A: If it has a whitish blue tint it is a Colorado Blue Spruce go to page 4 4A: If it has a whitish blue tint it is a Colorado Blue Spruce go to page 4 4B: If it has flat and round needles it is a Hemlock go to page 3 4B: If it has flat and round needles it is a Hemlock go to page 3 5A: If its lobbed go to 5B 5A: If its lobbed go to 5B 5B: If it is alternate it is a Pin Oak go to page 5 5B: If it is alternate it is a Pin Oak go to page 5 6A: If it is opposite go to 6B 6A: If it is opposite go to 6B 6B: If it is green and red it is a Red Maple go to page 8 6B: If it is green and red it is a Red Maple go to page 8

Dichotomous Key Continued: 7A: If the bark is light brown go to 87A: If the bark is light brown go to 8 7B: If the bark has gashes it is a Sugar Maple go to page 97B: If the bark has gashes it is a Sugar Maple go to page 9 8A: If it has multiple barks it is Silver Maple go to page 118A: If it has multiple barks it is Silver Maple go to page 11 8B: If it is smooth go to 98B: If it is smooth go to 9 8C: If it is toothed go to 9B8C: If it is toothed go to 9B 9A: If it has a thin yellow line it is a Mimosa go to page 199A: If it has a thin yellow line it is a Mimosa go to page 19

Dichotomous key continued: 9B: If it has small or tiny teeth go to 9C 9B: If it has small or tiny teeth go to 9C 9C: If it has little black glands it is a Black Cherry go to page 7 9C: If it has little black glands it is a Black Cherry go to page 7 9D: If it has thin lines in the tree it is a Beech go to page 22 9D: If it has thin lines in the tree it is a Beech go to page 22 10A: If it is smooth go to 10B 10A: If it is smooth go to 10B 10B: If it has acorns and a deep cut it is a Red Oak go to page 23 10B: If it has acorns and a deep cut it is a Red Oak go to page 23

Dichotomous key continued: 11A: If it has 7 leaflets it is an White Ash go to page 24 11A: If it has 7 leaflets it is an White Ash go to page 24 11B: If it has large gashes go to 12 11B: If it has large gashes go to 12 12A: If it has light brown bark it is a Linden go to page 18 12A: If it has light brown bark it is a Linden go to page 18 12B: If it toothed with big gashes it is a Box Elder go to page12 12B: If it toothed with big gashes it is a Box Elder go to page12 13A: If it is smooth go to 13B 13A: If it is smooth go to 13B

Dichotomous key continued: 13B: If it has a small thin trunk it is a Black Locust go to page 16 13B: If it has a small thin trunk it is a Black Locust go to page 16 13C: If it has almost a green bark it is a Mulberry go to page 17 13C: If it has almost a green bark it is a Mulberry go to page 17 14A: If it has brown bark go to 14B 14A: If it has brown bark go to 14B 14B: If it has shaggy bark/ wavy it is a Dog Wood go to page 6 14B: If it has shaggy bark/ wavy it is a Dog Wood go to page 6 15A: If it is smooth it is a Yellowwood go to page 14 15A: If it is smooth it is a Yellowwood go to page 14 15B: If it is toothed go to 16 15B: If it is toothed go to 16

Dichotomous key continued: 16A: If it is has light brown bark go to 17 16A: If it is has light brown bark go to 17 16B: If it has paper like bark it is a Paper Birch go to page 10 16B: If it has paper like bark it is a Paper Birch go to page 10 17A: If it has light brown bark and is smooth it is a Witch Hazel go to page 13 17A: If it has light brown bark and is smooth it is a Witch Hazel go to page 13 17B: If it has black walnuts it is a Black Walnut go to page 15 17B: If it has black walnuts it is a Black Walnut go to page 15 18A: If it has a leaves shaped like hearts it is an Eastern Red Bud go to page 20 18A: If it has a leaves shaped like hearts it is an Eastern Red Bud go to page 20 18B: If it has weak branches and is white in color it is a White Birch go to page 21 18B: If it has weak branches and is white in color it is a White Birch go to page 21

Black Spruce Common names- Black spruce, Bog Spruce, Swamp Spruce Genus- Picea Species- Mariana Scientific name- Picea mariana Facts- sharp needles with 4 sides to them pine cones Page 1

Eastern White Pine Scientific name- Pinus strobus Height- 50 to 80 feet Width feet Page 2

Hemlock Scientific name- Conium maculatum Hemlock is poisonous Family- apiaceae Page 3

Colorado Blue Spruce Scientific name- Picea pungens Height- 30 to 90 feet Width- 10 to 20 feet Page 4

Pin Oak Scientific name- Quercus palustris Height- 60 to 80 feet Width- 40 to 50 feet Page 5

Dogwood Scientific name- Cornus mas Height- 20 to 25 feet Width- 15 to 20 feet Page 6

Black Cherry Scientific name- Prunus sertina Family- rose The fruit of the tree is important to many animals like birds, red fox, game birds, etc. Page7

Red Maple Scientific name- Acer rubrum Height- 40 to 60 feet Width- 25 to 45 feet Page 8

Sugar Maple Scientific name- Acer saccharum Height- 50 to 75 feet Width- 30 to 45 feet page 9

Paper Birch Scientific name- Betula papyifera Height- 50 to 70 feet Width- 25 to 45 feet page 10

Silver Maple Scientific name- Acer saccharinum Height- 50 to 70 feet Width- 40 to 60 feet page 11

Box Elder Scientific name- Acer negundo Height- 30 to 50 feet Width- 20 to 40 feet page 12

Witch Hazel Scientific name- Hammelis virginiana Height- 15 to 30 feet Width- 15 to 25 feet page 13

Yellowwood Scientific name- Cladrastis kentukea Height-30 to 65 feet page 14

Black Walnut Scientific name- Juglans nigra Juglans comes from 2 Latin words Jouis meaning Jupiter; nigra Latin for dark or black Page 15

Black Locust Scientific name- Robinia pseudoacacia Height- 30 to 50 feet Width— page 16

Mulberry Scientific name- Morus nigra Family- Maraceae page 17

Linden Scientific name- Tilia americana Grows more then 100 feet page 18

Mimosa ( Silk Tree) Scientific name- Albizia julibrissin Height- 20 to 35 feet Width- 25 to 30 feet page 19

Eastern Redbud Scientific name- Cercis canadensis Height- 20 to 30 feet Width- 25 to 35 feet page 20

White Birch Scientific name- Betula papyifera Means paper-bearing birch page 21

Beech Scientific name- Fagus grandifolia Fruit is a three-winged nut Golden into the winter page 22

Red Oak Scientific name- Quercus rubra Height- 70 to 90 feet Width- 2 to 3 feet page 23 page 23

White Ash Scientific name- Fraxinus americana Height- 70 to 90 feet Width- 1 to 2 feet Page 24