Trees and Shrubs of Wabu Woods SNA

• 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: 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 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: 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: 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 ↑