Aceraceae

Acer rubrum

decidious, simple, opposite

sinuses V-shaped, red petioles

reddish terminal bud blunt

bark is light gray, smooth on young trees

whitish/silverish underneath of leaves

Anacardiaceae

Toxicodendron radicans

decidious trifoliate, leaflet clusters are opposite

Araliaceae

Aralia spinosa

aromatic, decidious shrub

very large bypinnate leaves, grows in clusters

flowers are creamy white, purplish crown

very distinct

Bignoniaceae

Catalpa bignonioides

distinctive large fruit, heart shaped leaf

leaf is smooth on top/fuzzy bottom

NOT shade tolerant

Cornaceae

Cornus florida

decidious, opposite, simple leaves

veins running along margin

bark is alligator like

red fruit/white flowers

Fagaceae

Fagus grandifolia

distinct, serrate margin

cigar shaped twig (pointy)

prominent/parrallel leaf veins

bark is bluish/grey  carving initials tree

Fagaceae

Quercus alba

decidious, simple alternate, 7-10 rounded lobes

staminate catskins

lengthwise fishers

Fagaceae

Quercus falcata

pubesence under leaf, dimorphic (bell-shape) leaf

dark bark, red resin in cracks

bristle tipped at end of leaf

Fagaceae

Quercus nigra

spatula shaped leaf, cosmopolitian species

Hamamelidaceae

Liquidambar styraciflua

star shaped leaf

corky ridged branches sometimes

fruit is a annoying ball (hate em')

Juglandaceae

Carya illinoinensis

pinnately compound, lance shaped to obuvate

nut in clusters 3-12, ribbed shell

Magnoliaceae

Liriodendron tulipifera

leaf are abruptly truncated or w/ shallow sinus

bark is light gray smooth

leaf is tulip shaped, and flowers are yellowish

Paulowniaceae

Paulownia tomentosa

opposite heart shaped leaves, pubescent sides

notched leaf scars

Rosaceae

Prunus serotina

horizontal lentacels, black glands on leaf twig

rusty pubescense midrib

fruit is little berry