Trees and Shrubs of Watrous Island SNA

• Shape: Small tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Green/red rounded cluster
• Leaves: compound in groups of 3-7, when only 3 leaflets it looks similar to poison ivy, leaflets; oval with pointed tip, coarsely toothed, up to 3 ¾ inches long and 2 ¼ inches wide
• Bark: gray-brown with blocky, vertical ridges and furrows
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 ¼-2 inches long,
• Height: 30-50 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: river bottoms, lakeshores, windbreaks, woods less ↑

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Red rounded cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 5 lobes, sinuses between lobes deeply indented, lacey, coarsely toothed, up to 6 ½ inches long
• Bark: grey/brown, coarse, scaly, shaggy
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 ½-2 1/3 inch long, wings at about 90 degree angle
• Height: 60-100 feet
• Flowering: March - April
• Habitat: low wet woodlands, floodplains, riverbanks 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: 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: 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: 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: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Green nondescript
• Leaves: 4-8 inches long, 2-6 inches wide, base deeply lobed, rest of leaf shallowly lobed and fan shaped, lower surface densely fuzzy
• Bark: dark grey, furrowed
• Fruit/Seed: acorn, ½-1 inch long, hat is fringed with thick and course hairs
• Height: up to 100 feet
• Flowering: Early spring
• Habitat: forest, open prairie less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Pink simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: compound, 5-7 leaflets, leaflets 1-1¾ inch long and 2/3-1 inch wide, oval, finely serrated, sometimes double toothed
• Bark: reddish brown and densely covered in long, stiff bristles
• Fruit/Seed: berry-like fruit - rose hips, bright red, oval, ½-3/4 inch long
• Height: 4-8 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: boreal forest, woodland edges, rocky openings, lakeshores, thickets less ↑

• Shape: Bramble
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: compound, 3-5 leaflets, leaflets 1½-3½ inches long, 1- 2¼ inches wide, center leaflet stalked and sometimes 2-3 lobed, lateral leaflets stalkless and unlobed, edges single or double toothed
• Bark: green with red bristles
• Fruit/Seed: round clustered berry, 1/3-1/2 inch diameter, purple/red, separates easily from receptacle
• Height: 3-4 feet
• Flowering: May - July
• Habitat: open woods, woodland edges, meadows, lakeshores, roadsides, railroads less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, yellow, ½-1 inch long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: 1 ½-4 inches long, ¾ inch wide, 4-9 times longer than wide, pointed tip, finely toothed
• Bark: green-gray
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of pear shaped capsules, yellow/green
• Height:3-20 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: shores, river banks, wet meadows, wet ditches, 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: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Red and green rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval, uneven base, pointed tip, doubly toothed, rough texture, 3-5¾ inches long, 1½-3½ inches wide
• Bark: grey, cork-like texture, red and white alternating layers in cross-section
• Fruit/Seed: single winged seed, egg-shaped, flat, 1/3-1/2 inch long, fringe of dense white hairs along edge
• Height: 60-125 feet
• Flowering: March - May
• Habitat: floodplains, deciduous forest, swamps, fields, fencerows less ↑

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, 2-4 inches long, 1 ¼-2 ¼ inches wide, short sharp teeth
• Bark: dark gray, deeply checkered furrows
• Fruit/Seed: slightly flattened, oval, berry, 1/3-½ inch long, green-purplish/red-blue/black
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: hardwood forest openings, swamps, fens, wet meadows, lake shores, river banks less ↑

• Shape: Vine
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Yellow/green elongated cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, heart-shaped, edges hairy and sharply toothed, 4-8 inches long
• Bark: brown, peeling in long strips
• Fruit/Seed: round grape, ¼-1/2 inch diameter, blue/black
• Height: up to 75 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: riverbanks, floodplain forest, wooded swamps, fence rows, woodland edges less ↑