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
Box Elder 11
Acer negundo
Choke Cherry 12
Prunus virginiana
American Chestnut 13
Castanea dentata
Northern Catalpa 14
Catalpa speciosa
Eastern Cottonwood 15
Populus deltoides
Japanese Cherry
Prunus serrulata
American Elm 16
Ulmus americana
Slippery Elm 17
Ulmus rubra
Flowering Dogwood 18
Cornus florida
Green Ash 19
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Gray Birch
Betula populifolia
Common Hawthorn 20
Crataegus monogyna
honey locust 21
Gleditsia triacanthos
American hornbeam 22
Carpinus caroliniana
Bigtooth Aspen 3
Populus grandidentata
Common Lilac 23
Syringa vulgaris
American Mountain Ash 12
Sorbus americana
Red Mulberry 24
Morus rubra
Norway Maple 25
Acer platanoides
Pin Cherry 24
Prunus pensylvanica
pears 20
Pyrus
Pignut Hickory 26
Carya glabra
Pin Oak 27
Quercus palustris
Northern Red Oak 28
Quercus rubra
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
serviceberry 29
Amelanchier
shagbark hickory 30
Carya ovata
Sugar Maple 31
Acer saccharum
Scarlet Oak 32
Quercus coccinea
Striped Maple 33
Acer pensylvanicum
Trembling Aspen 19
Populus tremuloides
Tulip Tree 34
Liriodendron tulipifera
White Ash 35
Fraxinus americana
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Witchhazel 36
Hamamelis virginiana
Willows 37
Salix
White Mulberry 20
Morus alba
White Oak 15
Quercus alba
Yellow Birch 3
Betula alleghaniensis
Prickly Ash 24
Zanthoxylum americanum

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