Trees and shrubs of the upland Clayplain forest

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Trees and shrubs of the upland Clayplain forest
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Species Listare the most common species

• TREES
• White oak Basswood
• Swamp white oak Red maple
• Bur oak Sugar maple
• Red oak White ash
• Shagbark hickory SHRUBS
• American Beech Witch Hazel
• Hophornbeam Maple-leaf viburnum
• Musclewood Arrowwood
• White Pine Gray Dogwood
• Eastern Hemlock

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White OakQuerces alba

• Leaf arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• Shape Obovate/oblong-obovate
• Rounded deep lobes

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Swamp white oakQuerces bicolor

• Leaf Arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• Shape obovate
• Shallow lobes almost look like big rounded teeth

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Bur oakQuerces macrocarpa

• Leaf arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• 5-9 lobes with a pair of deep sinuses about half
  way up the leaf

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Northern red oakQuerces rubra

• Leaf Arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• Long, pointed lobes

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Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata

• Leaf arrangement alternate/compound
• 5-7 leaflets
• Leaflet margin finely toothed
• Terminal leaflet is often much larger than side
  leaflets

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American BeechFagus grandifolia

• Leaf arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin coarse teeth curve inward and have a
  very fine point
• Veins are parallel and end at the tip of each
  tooth

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HophornbeamOstrya virginia

• Leaf arrangement alternate/simple
• Leaf margin doubly toothed

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MusclewoodCarpinus caroliniana

• Sometimes called American hornbeam
• Leaf arrangement simple/alternate
• Leaf margin doubly toothed
• Bark is smooth and looks like muscle tissue

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Eastern White PinePinus strobus

• Coniferous tree keeps its needles over the winter
• 5 needles in each bundle (same number as the word
  white)
• Can perform photosynthesis year round

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Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis

• Coniferous tree keeps its needles over the winter
• Needles are short and flat
• Can perform photsynthesis year round

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American BasswoodTilia americana

• Leaf arrangement simple/alternate
• Leaf margin coarsely toothed
• Leaf base unequal and heart-shaped

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Red mapleAcer rubrum

• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin coarsely toothed
• Leaf shape 3 lobes
• Leaf margin is not smooth like Sugar maple

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Sugar mapleAcer saccharum

• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• Leaf shape 3 lobes
• Looks like the Canadian flag

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White AshFraxinus americana

• Leaf arrangement opposite/compound
• Leaflet margin smooth (sometimes fine teeth)
• 7-9 leaflets
• Only opposite/compound tree family in New England

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Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana

• Shrub with multiple stems instead of one trunk
• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin wavy, not toothed
• Leaf shape ovate

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Mapleleaf viburnumViburnum acerifolium

• Shrub with multiple stems instead of one single
  trunk
• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin coarse teeth
• Leaf shape 3 lobes
• Leaf very similar to the Red maple, only much
  smaller

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ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum

• Shrub with multiple stems instead of one single
  trunk
• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin coarsely toothed
• Leaf shape almost oval and arrow-shaped
• Leaf is tiny, 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches long

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Gray DogwwodCornus racimosa

• Shrub with multiple stems instead of one trunk
• Leaf arrangement opposite/simple
• Leaf margin smooth
• Veins of leaf run somewhat parallel to leaf
  margin
• White berries in fall are easy to see