Trees and Shrubs of Wabu Woods SNA

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Red rounded cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3-5 lobes, up to 5½ inches long and wide, toothed edges,
• Bark: smooth, grey, becoming darker and furrowed with age
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 2/3-1 inch long, wings at a 45-90 degree angle
• Height: 50-95 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: along shores, hardwood swamps less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Green/yellow rounded cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3 large lobes plus 2 small lobes, up to 6 inches long and 7 inches wide,
• Bark: grey/brown, ridged
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 inch long, wings at a 60-90 degree angle
• Height: 60-100 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: woods
• Other: Most common tree to make maple syrup from due to high sugar content in its sap. less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White elongated cluster
• Leaves: palmetely lobed, 3-5 lobes, toothed edges, heart shaped base, 5 ½ inches long
• Bark: mottled grey
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 inch long, wings at a 90 degree angle
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: forests, thickets, conifer swamps less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Brown/red elongated cluster – catkin, males 1 ¾-3 ½ inches long, females ¼ inch long
• Leaves: 1½-4½ inches long, 1-3 inches wide, egg-shaped edges are jagged and coarsely double-toothed
• Bark: grayish to reddish brown with pale horizontal lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: oval to egg-shaped, cone-like clusters up to 2/3 inch long
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: May - March
• Habitat: bogs, swamps, shores, stream banks, swales, borders of wet meadows less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White-pink bell shaped
• Leaves: evergreen, long and narrow, pointing upward, pointed tip, 1-2 inches long, 1/10-1/3 inch wide
• Bark: brown, smooth
• Fruit/Seed: round 5-sectioned capsule
• Height: 6-20 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: cedar/spruce bogs, sphagnum wetlands, acidic shores less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; groups of 1-3, at tips of year old branches, 2 ¼-4 ½ inches long, female, on new lateral twigs, ¾-1 ½ inches long
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, 2-4 ½ inches long, 1 ¼-2 ½ inches wide, double toothed
• Bark: yellow, thin, translucent, peeling in strips
• Fruit/Seed: egg shaped cone-like cluster, green-brown, ¾-1 inch long
• Height: 50-85 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: hardwood forest less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Brown/yellow and red elongated cluster – catkin, males 2-3 ¾ inches long, females ½-1 inch long with red styles
• Leaves: larger towards base, 2-3½ inches long, 1¼-2 1/3 inches wide, abruptly tapers to sharply pointed tip, base rounded to nearly straight across, edges irregularly double-toothed
• Bark: white, peeling in papery horizontal strips, older bark on lower trunk turns dark gray, furrowed and scaly
• Fruit/Seed: cylindric, cone-like clusters, ¾-1¾ inch long
• Height: 60-90 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: upland forest less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White bell shaped
• Leaves: leathery, elongated oval shaped, ¾-1 ½ inches long, ¼-1/2 inch wide, finely toothed
• Bark: brown, scaly, finely hairy, turns gray with fine exfoliating texture
• Height: 12-40 inches
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: bogs, peatlands, swampy streambanks in coniferous forests less ↑

• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, 2-4 ½ inches long, 1 ¼-2 ½ inches wide, 5-6 prominent veins per side that never reach leaf’s edge
• Bark: green/brown-maroon, waxy, diamond shaped lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: round, dark blue, berry, ¼ inch diameter, on red stalk
• Height: 12-25 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: deciduous and mixed forest understory, floodplains, thickets less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, 6-9 prominent veins per side that never reach leaf’s edge, 2-6 inches long and 1 ½-4 inches wide
• Bark: twigs green-red/brown, older bark on lower stems green-brow/gray and rough
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, ¼ inch diameter, white or with blueish flush, cluster stalks dull red
• Height: 6-10 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: upland deciduous and mixed forest, thickets, rocky slopes less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Males; yellow/brown elongated cluster – catkin, 3 inches long Female; brown bud, red stiles at tip
• Leaves: 2½-4½ inches long, 1¼-3 inches wide, widest above the middle, taper to sharply pointed tip, rounded to somewhat heart-shaped base, edges coarsely double-toothed
• Bark: new twigs are green/yellow, mature bark brown with scattered white lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: round nut, 1/3-½ inch in diameter, within green husk, husk has long tubular beak at least twice as long as the nut, is ruffled at tip, and covered in bristly hairs
• Height: 10-20 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: moist to dry; open woods, thickets, river banks, fence rows less ↑

• Shape: Shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Yellow tubular shaped
• Leaves: egg shaped with pointed tip, 1 ½-3 inches long, 1-2 inches wide,
• Bark: grey/brown, leathery, smooth
• Fruit/Seed: berry-like, oval, ½ inch long, green-purple
• Height: 3-6 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: rich deciduous woods, ravines, wooded slopes, wooded bluffs, river bottoms less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Maroon bead-like rounded cluster
• Leaves: pinnately compound, 9-16 inches long, 7-13 pointed oval leaflets, leaflets 3-5½ inches long and 1-2¼ inches wide, stalkless
• Bark: grey, mature bark has thin flat scale-like texture
• Fruit/Seed: single winged seed, 1-1¾ inches long and ¼-½ inch wide
• Height: 40-100 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: floodplains, swamps, forest less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Green/brown bead-like rounded cluster
• Leaves: pinnately compound, 6-12 inches long, 5-9 pointed oval leaflets, leaflets 2½-5 inches long and 1-1¾ inches wide, very short winged stalk, finely toothed edges
• Bark: grey, diamond patterned furrows
• Fruit/Seed: single winged seed, 1-1 ¾ inch long
• Height: 50-110 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: forests, floodplains, old fields and field edges less ↑

• Shape: Creeping multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White bell shaped, 4 petals
• Leaves: evergreen, oval-round shape, ¼-1/3 inch long and 1/8-¼ inch wide, barely pointed tip, widely spaced bristly hairs along edges
• Fruit/Seed: white berry, ¼ inch diameter, scattered brown hairs on surface
• Height: 8-18 inch creeper
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: sphagnum covered rocks and hummocks in cedar/spruce swamps and bogs less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Pink-purple bell shaped
• Leaves: evergreen, ½-1 ¾ inches long, 1/8-1/2 inch wide, little-no leaf stalk, edges roll under, upper surface green and lower surface whitish
• Bark: grey, smooth
• Fruit/Seed: red,5-chambered round capsule, ¼ inch diameter, long erect pistil at top
• Height: 6-30 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: bogs, acidic lakeshores, fens, muskeg less ↑

• Shape: Small woody plant
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Pink and white, paired, bell shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: evergreen, oval, 1/3 to 2/3 inch long, ¼ to nearly 2/3 inch wide, sparsely hairy on upper surface, nearly smooth underneath, tapering to short stalk
• Fruit/Seed:
• Height: 3-6 inches
• Flowering: June - August
• Habitat: cool northern forest less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Yellow tubular shaped
• Leaves: 1½-3½ inches long, 1-2 inches wide, edges toothless but fringed in fine hairs
• Bark: brown – gray, often peeling in strips
• Fruit/Seed: pair of berries, bright red, oval, each ¼-1/3 inch long, the pair point in opposite directions
• Height: 2-4 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: woods less ↑

• Shape: Vine
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Yellow tubular shaped
• Leaves: egg shaped with pointed tip, 2-5 inches long, 1 ½-3 inches wide, pair at tip of flowering branch join around the stem
• Bark: thin, gray, peeling
• Fruit/Seed: round-oval berry, 1/3-1/2 inch long, orange/red
• Height: 3-16 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: woodland edges, forest clearings, thickets, stream banks, forested swamps less ↑

• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; ¾-2 ¼ inches long, red/brown, composed of tightly closed scales, female; 1/8-1/2 inch long, green, nondescript

• Leaves: oval, pointed tip, double toothed, finely hairy, 2-5 inches long and 1-2 inches wide
• Bark: grey/brown, long “stripy” textured rectangular plates
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of inflated, 1/3-1 inch long papery sacs
• Height: 20-50 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: hardwood forest, upland slopes, wooded bluffs, old fields less ↑

• Shape: Vine
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Green/yellow rounded cluster
• Leaves: palmately compound with 5 leaflets, leaflets; up to 5 inches long and 2½ inches wide, end leaflets smallest, oval-elliptic shaped, widest at or above middle, coarsely toothed at least on tip half, tapering to sharply pointed tip
• Bark: Grey/brown, hairless, pale lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: round, blue-black berry about 3/8 inch in diameter
• Height: up to 70 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Other: Easily confused with Parthenocissus quinquefolia less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, 1 ¼-3 ¼ inches long, tiers of red stamens/stigmas, white silky hairs
• Leaves: round with pointed tip, 1 ¼-3 inches long, small rounded teeth, flat leaf stalk
• Bark: white, dark furrows at bases of mature trees
• Fruit/Seed: elongate cluster of green, conical, capsules that split when mature, releasing cottony seed
• Height: 60-100 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: upland forest less ↑

• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White elongated cluster
• Leaves: oval, abruptly pointed tip, 2 ½-4 inches long, 1-2 1/3 inches wide, finely serrated
• Bark: brown/grey, smooth with pale lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: red/purple – black berry, 1/3 inch diameter
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: open woods, forest edges and openings, fencerows, riverbanks, roadsides less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: males 1 ½-3 inch long string-like cluster, females short, stubby, and green with red styles
• Leaves: pinnately lobes, bristle tips at end of lobes, sinuses between lobes indent less than halfway to midvein, 4-8 inches long, 4-5 ½ inches wide
• Bark: grey with smooth “ski tracks” that run vertically
• Fruit/Seed: acorn, ½-1 inch long, beret-like cap
• Height: 60-80 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: forest less ↑

• Shape: Multi- stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Yellow/green elongated cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3-5 lobes, coarsely toothed, prominent veins, 1-2 inches long
• Bark: new twigs green, hairy, and gland-dotted, older twigs dark reddish with white lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: smooth, round berry, 1/3 inch diameter, green-black
• Height: 2-5 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: open woods, streambanks, swamps, wet meadows, ravines less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Green bell shaped
• Leaves: palmately lobed, ¾-2 inches long, heart shaped base, 3-5 notched lobes, hairy
• Bark: new twigs are green and have short hairs and prickles, second year twigs are gray-brown and thin sometimes splitting to reveal reddish stems, older lower stems are brown/gray with persistent prickles and spines
• Fruit/Seed: round, prickly berry, 1/3-2/3 inch diameter, green-purple/red
• Height: 2-4 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: hardwood or mixed forest, thickets, outcrops, floodplains, swamps less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed creeping shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 5-7 lobes, 1-2 inches long, 1 ¼-3 inches wide, coarsely toothed, heart shaped base
• Bark: smooth, gray, tiny brown lenticels, the thin outer layer peels away
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, ¼-3/8 inch diameter, covered in bristly and glandular hairs, ripens to translucent red
• Height: 1-3 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: swamps, bogs, conifer and mixed forests, thickets, ravines, rocky shores
• Other: leaves and stems emit skunk-like odor when broken less ↑

• Shape: Small shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Green/pink elongated cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3-5 primary lobes, 1 ½-3 ½ inches long, 2-4 inches wide, coarsely toothed, prominent veins
• Bark: smooth, reddish brown, thin outer layer peels away
• Fruit/Seed: shiny, smooth, bright red berry ¼-3/8 inch in diameter
• Height: 1-3 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: bogs, coniferous woods, stream banks, seeps less ↑

• Shape: Bramble
• Leaf/Branch arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5-6 petals
• Leaves: Alternately arranged, compound with three leaflets, leaflets 1¼ to 3 inches long, ¾ to 2 inches wide, lance-elliptic, center leaflet short-stalked and mostly diamond-shaped, lateral leaflets stalkless, tapering to a pointed tip, the base wedge shaped to round, the compound leaf stalk hairy and ¾ to 3 inches long, lower surface hairy
• Bark: smooth to moderately hairy, lack prickles and thorns
• Fruit/Seed: round clustered berry, ¼ to ½ inch in diameter, turning red to dark red when mature
• Height: 4-6 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: stream banks, forest or shrub swamps, upland forest, open moist meadows less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongate fuzzy cluster – catkin, 1-4 inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: 1-3 inches long, 1 3/8 inches wide, 2-4 times longer than wide, pointed tip, irregularly toothed
• Bark: grey
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of elongated green capsules with and inflated base
• Height: 6-30 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: swamps, marshes, shores, thickets, seeps, swales, wet meadows, wet ditches less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; yellow, up to 1 inch long, female; green-red, 1 ½ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: rounded tip, ¾-2 ¼ inches long, ¾ inch wide, 2-5 longer than wide, upper surface green and lower surface white
• Bark: Brown
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of pear shaped capsules, brown/red
• Height: 1-5 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: bogs, fens, swamps, peatlands, floating mats less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: uneven heart shaped, finely toothed, 4-6 inches long
• Bark: grey, ridged and furrowed
• Fruit/Seed: greenish, round, woody nut-like berry, ¼-1/3 inch diameter, covered in minutes hairs
• Height: 60-110 feet
• Flowering: June - August
• Habitat: deciduous forests, woodland/field edges, urban landscapes less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White bell shaped
• Leaves: leathery, pointed oval, ¾-1 ½ inches long and 1/3-2/3 inch wide, finely serrated edges
• Bark: green, smooth appearance
• Fruit/Seed: round, blue berry, ¼-1/3 inch diameter
• Height: 12-20 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: open woods, rock outcrops, pine barrens, peatlands less ↑

• Shape: Small woody plant
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White nodding simple shaped, 4 petals
• Leaves: leathery, tapered tip, evergreen, toothless, hairless, ¼-1/ inch long and 1/10-2/10 inch wide, edges rolled under
• Bark: brown, branches wiry
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, shiny dark red, ¼-1/2 inch diameter
• Height: 3-5 inches
• Flowering: June
• Habitat: sphagnum bogs, fens less ↑