1. Aspen and mixed upland forest species

2. big-leaved aster Aster macrophyllus
Large variability in leaf size
Either big single leaf or aster flower
Rough surface
White hairs on stem

3. trembling aspen Populus tremuloides
Trembling caused by flattened petioles
Leaves as long as they are wide
Bud is shiny, brown colored

4. wild strawberry Fragaria spp.
Low growing (stolons bright red)
3 leaflets
On terminal leaflet, teeth of apex on same plane

5. eastern white pine Pinus strobus
5 (soft) needles per fascicle bundle
Cones big, cylindrical, elongate
Scales are loose and rounded

6. woodbine Parthenocissus inserta
Palmately compound (usually 5)
Leaflets have deep toothed margins
Leaflets coarse
Stems have reddish colorations
Vine

7. pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica
Smaller twig, usually red colored
Leaf is slender
Red glands (tiny) on margin of teeth
Cluster of fruit all rise from single point (pseudo-umbel)

8. choke cherry Prunus virginiana
Branches grey/tan
Leaves are oval/elliptical, widest on the last 2/3 of the length
Fruit forms a raceme (central stalk with side pedicels)

9. green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
“Canoe paddle” samaras in large clusters
Buds dark brown
Leaf compound, opposite, with terminal leaf
Reduced petioles

10. balsam fir Abies balsamea
Resin blisters common on trunk (pitch-pockets)
Terminal buds
Needles grow on horizontal plane when in the shade
Flattened needles
Stomata appears as white line underneath

11. white spruce Picea glauca
Needles terrete (4-sided)
Upward scales on trunk
Cones hang down off branch

12. wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis
3 distinct leaflets
Flower yellow/pink/red
Or a single plant from rhizome

13. frost grape Vitis riparia

14. bigtooth aspen Populus grandidentata
Large serrations
Buds fuzzy, brown, stick out from branch

15. beaked hazel Corylus cornuta
Leaf sharp, doubly serrate
Understory species
Small catkins
Very distinct fruit

16. wild sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis
“Parachute plant”
A forbe
Long petiole grows from rhizome, branches in 3

17. gray dogwood Cornus racemosa
There is only one specimen located in the cage behind the dining room
Opposite, entire margins
“Arcuate” venation
If leaf is pulled apart, “cottony” veins connect 2 pieces
Buckskin tan color on current growth
Remaining stem is ashy gray