populus's Identifications

Big bone lick park

Tall adult tree. Leaves simple and entire to serrate. Fruit was a red/brown drupe. Both leaves and fruit were withering in the fall.

Old maple tree from when neighborhood was farmland

Leaf serrate, but sometimes non-toothed, hairy to glabrous on veins; distinctively green twigs; fruit glabrous, young twigs often have a white waxy coating, likely to be lost with preservation.

Grey to white exfoliating bark; leaves alternate, pale and hairy beneath, leaf base encloses the bud.

Leaves opposite or whorled, hairy beneath; flowers white with tiny yellow and purple spots; fruit is a long capsule; seeds are two winged; deeply furrowed bark.

Near edge of swampy area

Growing on forest edge near vacant park lodging

Compound, opposite leaves. Fruit: winged samaras.

Leaves: Opposite, pinnately compound.
Fruit: single, winged samara, seed body is long and thin, wing is long and covers 1/2 of seed body.