Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming Project Tree Species

This is a field guide for an education project at the Harvard Forest.

Red Maple 1
Acer rubrum
apple 2
Malus
black ash 3
Fraxinus nigra
river birch 4
Betula nigra
Rum Cherry 5
Prunus serotina
American Beech 6
Fagus grandifolia
Black Locust 7
Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Black Oak 8
Quercus velutina
Black Spruce 9
Picea mariana
butternut 11
Juglans cinerea
Box Elder 12
Acer negundo
Choke Cherry 13
Prunus virginiana
American Chestnut 14
Castanea dentata
Northern Catalpa 15
Catalpa speciosa
Eastern Cottonwood 16
Populus deltoides
Japanese Cherry
Prunus serrulata
American Elm 17
Ulmus americana
Slippery Elm 18
Ulmus rubra
Flowering Dogwood 19
Cornus florida
Green Ash 20
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Gray Birch
Betula populifolia
Common Hawthorn 21
Crataegus monogyna
honey locust 22
Gleditsia triacanthos
American hornbeam 23
Carpinus caroliniana
Bigtooth Aspen 3
Populus grandidentata
Common Lilac 24
Syringa vulgaris
American Mountain Ash 13
Sorbus americana
Red Mulberry 25
Morus rubra
Norway Maple 26
Acer platanoides
Norway Spruce 27
Picea abies
Pin Cherry 25
Prunus pensylvanica
pears 21
Pyrus
Pignut Hickory 28
Carya glabra
Pin Oak 29
Quercus palustris
Northern Red Oak 30
Quercus rubra
Red Pine 16
Pinus resinosa
Red Spruce 31
Picea rubens
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
serviceberry 32
Amelanchier
shagbark hickory 33
Carya ovata
Sugar Maple 34
Acer saccharum
Scarlet Oak 35
Quercus coccinea
Scots pine 36
Pinus sylvestris
Striped Maple 37
Acer pensylvanicum
Trembling Aspen 20
Populus tremuloides
Tulip Tree 38
Liriodendron tulipifera
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
White Ash 39
Fraxinus americana
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Witchhazel 40
Hamamelis virginiana
Willows 41
Salix
White Mulberry 21
Morus alba
White Oak 16
Quercus alba
Eastern White Pine 42
Pinus strobus
White Spruce 43
Picea glauca
Yellow Birch 3
Betula alleghaniensis
Prickly Ash 25
Zanthoxylum americanum
Pitch Pine 44
Pinus rigida

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