Local Trees

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Local Trees
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Acer negundo

• Common Name Boxelder
• Opposite, compound leaves
• Branchlets green
• Young stage looks like poison ivy

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Carya illinoensis

• Common name Pecan
• Alternate phyllotaxy
• Falcate leaves
• Heart shaped leaf scars
• Deeply furrowed bark

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Celtis spp.

• Common name Hackberry
• Looks compound, but simple
• Oblique leaves (uneven leaf base)
• Warty bark

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Juglans nigra

• Common Name Black walnut
• Alternate phyllotaxy
• Compound leaves
• 11-21 leaflets
• Heart shaped leaf scars
• Chambered pith

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Maclura pomifera

• Common Name Osage orange
• Alternate phyllotaxy
• Very hard wood
• Inner bark orange
• Sap milky
• Several trunks

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Quercus spp.

• Common name Oak
• Alternate, simple leaves
• Multiple terminal buds
• Leaf scars raised

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Tamarix chinensis

• Common name Salt Cedar
• Alternate, simple leaves
• Scale like leaves
• Reddish brown stem
• Takes up a lot of water

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Taxodium distichum

• Common name Baldcypress
• Alternate, compound leaves
• Finely dissected leaves
• Raised roots

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Ulmus americana

• Common name American Elm
• Alternate phyllotaxy
• Oblique leaf base
• Pinched apex
• Twisting trunk

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Salix nigra

• Common name Black willow
• Alternate phyllotaxy
• Lanceolate leaves
• Serrated, 7-9 teeth per cm
• Branchlets light brown