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Acer negundo
box elder
Aceraceae
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Acer rubrum
red maple
Aceraceae
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Acer saccharinum
silver maple
Aceraceae
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Betula nigra
river birch
Betulaceae
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Carya cordiformis
bitternut or yellow-bud hickory
Juglandaceae
FAC
Key features: long yellow bud. |
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Carya illinoinensis
pecan
Juglandaceae
FACW
Key features: Greater number of leaflets (9-19) than other hickories. The black walnut and bitternut hickory have a partitioned pith. |
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Carya laciniosa
shellbark or kingnut hickory
Juglandaceae
FACW
Key features: shaggy bark & large leaflets like shagbark hickory, but shellbark hickory has orange-dotted twigs and usually 7 (5-9) leaflets which lack minute tufts of hairs at the tip of each tooth. Also, they have long petioles that often stay attached. |
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Carya ovata
shagbark hickory
Juglandaceae
FACU
Key Features: shaggy bark, usually 5 large leaflets, winter buds. |
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Celtis occidentalis
hackberry
Ulmaceae
FAC-
Key Features: warty/corky bark |
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Diospyros virginiana
persimmon
Ebenaceae
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Fraxinus americana
white ash
Oleaceae
FACU
Key features: Opposite leaves with 5-9 leaflets, leaf scar is often crescent-shaped. |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima (or F. lanceolata)
green ash
Oleaceae
FACW
Key features: bud sits ontop of leaf scar, twigs/petioles are glaborous (otherwise red ash). |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica
red ash
Oleacecae
FACW
Key Features: bud sits ontop of leaf scar, twigs/petioles are pubescent (if glaborous then green ash). |
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Gleditsia triacanthos
honey locust
Caesalpinaceae
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Juglans nigra
black walnut
Juglandaceae
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Liquidambar styraciflua
sweet gum
Hamamelidaceae
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Maclura pomifera
osage orange/hedge apple |
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Morus alba
white mulberry
Moraceae
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Nyssa sylvatica
black/sour gum
Nyssaceae
UPL |
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Platanus occidentalis
sycamore
Platanaceae
FACW |
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Populus deltoides
cottonwood
Salicaceae
FAC+ |
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Prunus serotina
wild black cherry
Rosaceae
FACU |
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Quercus bicolor
swamp white oak
Fagaceae
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Quercus imbricaria
shingle oak
Fagaceae
FAC- |
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Quercus macrocarpa
burr oak
Fagaceae
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Quercus palustris
pin oak
Fagaceae
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Salix amygdaloides
peachleaf willow
Salicaceae
FACW
Key Features: broader leaf than most willows in Illinois. Pale lower surface distinguishes from black willow. |
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Salix nigra
black willow
Salicaceae
OBL
Key features: narrow lance-shaped leaves, may have fine teeth, green under side. |
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Ulmus americana
American elm
Ulmaceae
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