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Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)Observer
kedmondsDescription
medium-sized tree, reddish-brown bark, simple, alternate, oblong and ovate leaves
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
kedmondsDescription
leaves with 5 pointed lobes that are glossy and leathery, fruit is a hard, dry, woody capsule "gumball" with spikes
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Large tree, butress roots, needle-like leaves
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Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Located in field edge, small tree, shiny, dark green leaves, fruit a round black drupe
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Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Medium sized tree, simple and broadly ovate leaves, smooth margins, dark green, stiff and leathery
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Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)Observer
kedmondsDescription
near old barn/homestead, small tree, dark grey bark, bipinnate leaves, leaves oblong
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Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)Observer
kedmondsDescription
near old barn/homestead, acicular needles in fascicles of three, rough bark
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Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Small clearing, medium-sized tree, broad, simple, alternate leaves, sand paper like leaves, fruit is cluster of small drupes
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Maples (Genus Acer)Observer
kedmondsDescription
small tree, field edge, deciduous leaves and 5 palmate lobes, fruit a double samara with two winged seeds
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Black Willow (Salix nigra)Observer
kedmondsDescription
medium-sized tree, field edge near water, alternate, long, thin, leaves with serrated margins,
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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
kedmondsDescription
large tree, open pasture, fruit a large nut with husk, alternate, oddly pinnate leaves
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White Oak (Quercus alba)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Large tree, field edge, light grey bark, alternate leaves with rounded lobes, fruit an acorn
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White Ash (Fraxinus americana)Observer
kedmondsDescription
large tree, field edge, thick dark grey bark, glaucous underside of leaves
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
kedmondsDescription
medium-sized tree, dark grey wood, alternate, simple leaves
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)Observer
kedmondsDescription
In field on edge of pond, mottled and flaky bark, medium-sized tree, alternate, broad palmately veined leaves
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Shining Sumac (Rhus copallinum)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Medium-sized tree, field edge, multiple trunks, red fruit, thin wings on branches
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Small tree, field edge, heteroblastic leaf form
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Small tree, field edge, dark reddish-brown bark, scale-like leaves
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
kedmondsDescription
Small tree, fruit red drupes, opposite, simple, ovate leaves, field edge
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)Observer
kedmondsDescription
2 meter tall tree, edge of field, thin wings on branches, doubly-serrate leaves