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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Short single trunk tree. Leaves are serrated and fruits are purple and are in clusters at the nodes.
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Roundleaf Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Green vine with no thorns or pricks. Leaves un-lobed and shiny. Fruits are black to dark blue in color and fleshy
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Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Short tree. leaves entire and smooth. veins are very deep and fruits range from red to black and fleshy.
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Tall trees single trunk. Bark ridged and light in color. Distinct leave pattern with a blunt tip to it. Fruit is cone shaped found at the tips of branches.
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Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Very tall tree. Leaves pinnately odd. Fruit is a nut with a soft husk surrounding it green in color until it is dried then turns brown.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Small single trunk tree with tear drop leaves. Red fruits in clusters and white flowers in the spring. Bark small scale like.
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
woody vine that was a dark red found climbing a big rock. fruits are black in color and fleshy.
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Tall tree with needle like leaves. Redish tint bark. Knees coming out of the water. Fruits have fleshy skin around it but still has a naked seed.
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Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Small single trunk tree. Leaves tear shaped and fruit red in color. Bark is light in color and smooth. Fruits are in clusters.
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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Short shrub. Grows in a big group of the same shrubs. Fruits are red and the leaves are tear shaped. Hollow stem.
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Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Tall single trunk tree. Leaves heart shaped. Fruit a long think legume like pod that opens to release seeds. Bark hard and ridged.
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Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Short single truck tree. Has fruit (legumes) all over the branches. Flowers in spring and normally pink in color. Bark is flaky and dark color. Leaves heart shaped.
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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Tall single trunk tree. Leaves odd pinnately compound. Fruit are a large nut with a fleshy husk with a brown corrugated nut. Bark light in color and hard.
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Small single trunk tree. Leaves vary can be 3, 2, or even un-lobed and very colorful in fall. Stem if broken has a smell to it like fruit loops.
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Small young tree double serrated leaves. Has thin pair of corky wings on each side of the branchlets.
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Shining Sumac (Rhus copallinum)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Short single trunk tree. Fruits red in color in a cluster at the end of the branch. Also has leaf wing axis this is a key feature to tell it apart from other sumacs.
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American Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Long woody vine. Good at growing on things. Fruit long and green and flowers are bright orange/redish in color
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Very tall tree. Single trunk park hard and light in color and looks like alligator skin. Fruits globose with many capsules and internal spikes.
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Large tree approx 30 feet tall. Bark near crown peeling revealing white trunk. Leaves large, simple with lobing. Fruit a globose multiple of achenes.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
brentwagnerDescription
Tree was a full grown tree very tall. Looked to be in very good health. Fruits are round and turn orange when ripe and soft and mushy.