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Pines (Genus Pinus)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Tall tree that I found in the neighborhood. Needles are long, sharp and there are 2 in a cluster. I saw small "tassels" in many of the cluster groups. There were a few greenish colored cones as well.
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Norway Spruce (Picea abies)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Tall tree found in my backyard. Needles are tightly packed together but are still all individual (not in clusters). Cones are hanging down from top branches. There is smooth, light brown bark with many branches all up and down the trunk. Sap is oozing out of some of the branches.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Tall tree with many branches all up and down the trunk. Needles droop and are soft. Needles are in clusters of 5.
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River Birch (Betula nigra)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
I found this tree in my yard. There are three branching trunks instead of one main trunk. Whitish bark is paper-like and peeling away. Leaves are double-toothed with a v-shaped bottom.
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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Large tree in neighborhood setting. Pinnately compound leaves with 18-20 leaflets. Grayish-brown rough bark.
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Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Large tree in neighborhood setting with many drooping branches. Branches hung over like a canopy. Leaves are small and thin. Brown bark is rough with thick grooves.
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Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Large tree near businesses. Leaves are huge and smooth, not toothed and heart shaped. Very rough bark with many grooves.
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
Tall slender tree found in the forest behind my house. No lower branches present. Leaves all looked diseased, double-toothed and assymetical. Bark rough with lots of small grooves.
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Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)Observer
ehaymakerDescription
I got the tree in my backyard. The tree is extremely tall with many large branches. Bark is grayish-brown with deep grooves. Leaves are deeply lobed and acorns are green with brown tops.
