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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
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Large, deciduous tree with gray-black bark. Alternate, odd pinnate green leaves. Fruit is brownish-green with semi fleshy husk and brown nut.
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Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)Observer
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Large, heart-shaped leaves that has 5 lobes and arragned in opposite pairs. Fruit is dry, egg shaped capsule that are green and in large heavy clusters.
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Trifoliate Orange (Citrus trifoliata)Observer
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Very large thorns on shoots, leaves deciduous with three leaflets. Leaves smell spicy when crushed. Fruits are yellow and pubescent and resemble a small orange.
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Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata)Observer
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Leaves are needlelike and in bundles of 2-3 per fascicle. Ovules are 2 per scale.
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
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Reddish brwon bark with scale like leaves arranged in opposite pairs. Berry like seeds that are dark purple-blue with white waxy covering.
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
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Pinnatley compound green leaves and leaflets. Fruit a flat legume. Large, thick thorns growing out from branches
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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)Observer
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Large berries dark purple to almost black. Deciduous vines with leaves that are slightly lobed, rounded, and serrated margins
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Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)Observer
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Leaves alternate, compound with serrated margins. Large panicles of crimson red berries. Bark smooth and grayish brown.
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American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)Observer
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Tall tree with smallish gray-brown trunk. Alternate, simple leaves with serrated margins. Fruit is a long pendulous creamy white tear shaped fruit. Bark peeled in narrow flat scales. Hop like fruit.
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
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Leaves broad, dark green, smooth, and star shaped. The fruit is hard, dry, and globose. The bark is light brown with a hint of red. The fruit is spiny seed balls.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
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Oval, entire leaves with very short fruit stalks that bear a subglobose fruit. Fruit is yellowish-green and the bark is dark brown with scaly surface. The leaves are alternate and simple.
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Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)Observer
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Large deciduous tree with large lobed leaves. Very large acorns with a large cup and overlapping scales.
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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)Observer
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Large clusers of purple berries with bright green leaves that are pubescent. Berries grow where no leaves grow.
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Water Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)Observer
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Large, aquatic tree with swollen base. Alternate, simple leaves with reddish purple fruits. Tear shaped drupe.
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Greenbriers (Genus Smilax)Observer
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Woody vine with glossy green leaves. Alternate and heart shaped leaves with green berries. Round and green stems without thorns.
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Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)Observer
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Medium sized deciduous tree with large opposite leaves, pubescent underneath. Fruit is a long legume like pod that has many flat brown seeds and two papery wings.
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Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)Observer
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Small bright red berries and bright green leaves. Terminal leaf very odd shaped. Viney and stems entangled and growing up concrete wall.
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observer
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Approximately 30-40 foot tall tree with uniquely shaped bright green leaves. Fruit is a red berry but has a white film covering it. Smells like dog feces.
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Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)Observer
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Medium height tree with large, simple, leathery leaves. Adaxial surgace is green while the abaxial is pubescenet and brown. Fruit is large with red seeds.
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Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)Observer
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Small shrub to medium height tree. Alternate leaves with entire margins. Fruit is a small drupe, red in color. Tightly packed fruits on trees, abundant in numbers. Leaves with silvery underside.