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Cypresses, Cedars, Junipers, and Allies (Subfamily Cupressoideae)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦scale-like
◦scales flattened into sprays
Fruit Characteristics
◦cone or cone-like
Tree Size
height 25' - 50'
diameter 1' - 2'
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦scale-like
◦scales rounded, close to twig
Fruit Characteristics
◦other fruit (not cone, winged, acorn, or in pod or capsule)
Tree Size
height 30' - 50'
diameter 1' - 2'
Photos / Sounds
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦needle-like
◦needles in clusters of 5
Fruit Characteristics
◦cone
◦cones mostly larger than 1"
◦each scale of cone with an end wing
Photos / Sounds
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
zcaiDescription
London Planetree
Platanus acerifolia
Leaf Characteristics
◦broad, flat leaves
◦simple leaves
Fruit Characteristics
◦other fruit (not cone, winged,
Tree Size
height up to 70'
diameter up to 2'
Photos / Sounds
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Thornless Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis)Observer
zcaiDescription
Thornless Honey Locust
Leaf Characteristics
◦broad, flat leaves
◦compound leaves
◦pinnately
Fruit Characteristics
◦in a pod or capsule
◦in a flat pod
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦broad, flat
◦simple
◦pinnately lobed
Fruit Characteristics
◦acorn
Tree Size
height 60' - 100'
diameter 2' - 4'
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Rose Family (Family Rosaceae)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦broad, flat
◦simple
◦not lobed
Fruit Characteristics
◦single winged
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf Characteristics
◦broad, flat
◦simple
Fruit Characteristics
◦other fruit (not cone, winged
Tree Size
height 80' - 100+'
diameter 3' - 8'
Photos / Sounds
What
River Birch (Betula nigra)Observer
zcaiDescription
Leaf:
◦broad, flat
◦simple
◦not lobed
◦fine, double teeth
◦small teeth
Fruit Characteristics
◦single winged
◦oval to circular
◦wing edges hairy
Tree Size
height 75' - 100+'
diameter 2' - 4'
Photos / Sounds
What
Subsection CoccineaeObserver
zcaiDescription
Normal name: Shumard Oak
Scientific name: Quercus shumardii
Location:South to Texas and Oklahoma, and up the Mississippi or Ohio Valleys to Kansas, Indiana and southern Michigan. North of CVCA
edge of forest
Characteristic:
1.Acorn:
cup without fringe, with short stalk
1" to 1.5" long
2.Leaf:simple leaves
lobed leaves
deeply lobed
Large
3.Height:
25 ft tall
4.Flower
brown
inconspicuous and not
showy
5.Roots:
surface roots are usually not a problem
6.Winter interest:
no special winter interest
