Forests Vegetation-Canopy

Common tree composition in Central Indiana forests.

This guide is to be used to aid in identification during the West Park Bio Blitz in September, 2018. A comprehensive guide of verified species will replace this upon completion of the Bio Blitz.

white oak 1
Quercus alba
northern red oak 2
Quercus rubra
swamp white oak 3
Quercus bicolor
black cherry 4
Prunus serotina
chinkapin oak 5
Quercus muehlenbergii
silver maple 6
Acer saccharinum
bur oak 7
Quercus macrocarpa
red maple 8
Acer rubrum
sugar maple 9
Acer saccharum
American sycamore 10
Platanus occidentalis
eastern cottonwood 11
Populus deltoides
shagbark hickory 12
Carya ovata
pignut hickory 13
Carya glabra
white ash 14
Fraxinus americana
American sweetgum 15
Liquidambar styraciflua
black locust 16
Robinia pseudoacacia
tulip tree 17
Liriodendron tulipifera
honey locust 18
Gleditsia triacanthos
eastern black walnut 19
Juglans nigra
boxelder maple 20
Acer negundo
common hackberry 11
Celtis occidentalis
basswood 21
Tilia americana
tamarack 22
Larix laricina
baldcypress 23
Taxodium distichum
Callery pear 24
Pyrus calleryana
Chinese elm 25
Ulmus parvifolia
American hornbeam 26
Carpinus caroliniana
black cherry 4
Prunus serotina
pin oak 27
Quercus palustris
eastern white pine 28
Pinus strobus
common pawpaw 29
Asimina triloba
American beech 30
Fagus grandifolia

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