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American White birchObserver
cinsalacoDescription
This tree, though slightly young, was difficult to identify. It has several small, simple leaves, with double teeth. The branches were thin and small, and the bark was very smooth and unblemished.
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American Basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
This tree was tall, with several assymterical leaves. It had a thin trunk and the branches were located higher up on the tree. The leaves had a darker to lighter mixed coloration.
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Dogwoods (Genus Cornus)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
Though this tree was young, it had thin branches that drooped slightly (partially due to water shortage) with small lightly colored leaves. The bark seemed to be made up of chips that layered the trunk. The tree also had small red berries that hung in individuals or in small clumps.
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Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
The tree was tall, with several heavily laden branches that reached low to the ground. The leaves are large and compound, with golf-ball sized nuts. The bark peeled all the way up the trunk in long layers, with a red underside.
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Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
This tree was very young, but it had very large, soft leaves with long string bean-like seed pods, which were also soft. The bar seemed to have layers of itself, and chipped off easily. It lived on the edge of the woods.
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
The tree had thin, long branches, with smooth bark. The leaves are small and shiny, and they also had pointed buds with them. The bark was a light gray, whitish color with a rough feeling to it. Several armed nuts also hung from the branches.
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
This tree was on the shorter side, with branches that spread out and hung downwards and around the tree. The leaves were brighter and were accompanied with (helicopter) seed pods. The bark was segmented, with space bewteen every segment.
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Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
Tall, skinny tree with very closely twined branches, and very full branches. The leaves are small with a dark green color and large, fan-shaped lobes on the end. Large, oval-shaped acorns also hung from the tree.
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Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
The tree had smooth, lighter colored bark and stringy branches with spread apart leaves. The leaves were shiny with thick, 1" stems, and a dark green color.
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)Observer
cinsalacoDescription
The tree was found on a farm in Lafayette, Ohio. The sestimated height is about sixty -five feet. The tree was narrower, with round branches, grooved bark and large leaves. The leaveswere simple, and had three main veins originating towards the center bottom of the leaf, and it had several lobes.
