1. Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
An evergreen cone-bearing tree. The needle leaves are in twos, limber and
three to six inches long.
2. White Pine (Pinus strobus)
An evergreen cone-bearing tree. The needle leaves are in fives. The mature
cones are long, loose and drooping.
3. Slippery or Red Elm (Ulmus rubra)
A tree with rather rough leaves. The bark is all in red layers as compared
with the American Elm.
4. Wild Crab (Pyrus coronaria)
A tree with small apples flattened at the ends. Very tart.
5. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
This tree is the Common Sugar Maple. The leaves are a whitish-green below.
6. American or White Elm (Ulmus americana)
A tree with smooth leaves. A piece of bark shows white and dark layers in
cross section.
7. Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
A shrub dogwood with gray twigs and white fruit.
8. Sheepberry (Viburnum lentago)
A tall shrub. Leaves opposite with petioles jagged on the sides. Berries
edible and black when ripe.
9. Arbor Vita (Thuga occidentalis)
Common White Cedar grown as an ornamental.
10. Cut-Leaf Maple (Acer saccharinum var. Wieri)
Leaves are deeply indented. A soft maple.
11. Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Notches in leaves not as deep as in the silver maple.
12. Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)
A shrub with prickles and pinnately compound leaves. Very common in low
woods along streams.
13. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Lobes on leaves very variable. Some leaves are barely lobed while others
are cut to the midrib. Leaves bronze-green when they appear.
14. Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
An evergreen conifer with needle leaves in twos, twisted and approximately
1-2 1/2 inches long.
15. Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Leaves needle-like and spirally arranged, 3/8-3/4 inch. Long, yellowish
green, turning brown in the fall and dropping off.
16. Beech (Fagus grandifloria)
A tree with very smooth bark. The leaves are simple with straight side veins
and widely spaced teeth on the margin.
17. Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
A small tree with opposite saw toothed leaves.
18. Black Oak (Quercus valutina)
Note the hairy winterbuds 1/4-1/2 inch long.
19. White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
A tree with opposite pinnately compound leaves. Whitish below. Leaf scars
indented above by the buds.
20. Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Leaves not glossy. Notches halfway into midrib.
21. Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)
Youngest leaves blue or bluish.
22. Black Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Leaves frequently two to seven lobed. Fruit ripe in late June and July and
edible.
23. Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
An evergreen with sharp dark-green glossy leaves.
24. Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Compound thorns. Used as an ornamental and for fence posts.
25. Northern Pin Oak or Scarlet Oak (Quercus elipsoidalis)
One half of length of acorn covered by cup.
26. White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Leaves shiny above. The leaves are the principal food of the silk worm.
Fruit edible.
27. Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)
Flowers white, very fragrant in May or June. Used principally for fence
posts.
28. Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)
The slender columnar crown of short ascending branches makes Lombardy Poplar
easy to recognize from a distance.
29. Bittnernut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
The fruit is very bitter.
30. Choke Berry (Prunus virginiana)
Noted for profusion of early flowers but never produces a lot of fruit.
Birds eat them as fast as they ripen.
31. Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
A woody climber with lobed leavaes. The plants twine around other shrubs
or trees.
32. Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
A tea made from the bark of the roots was used by the pioneers to "thin
the blood."
33. Red Cedar (Juniperus viginiana)
Small evergreen trees, heart wood dull red, fragrant generally used for
fence posts.
34. Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Kernel sweet and oily. Edible, same as black walnut, uses of wood similar
to black walnut.
35. Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Leaves broader than sugar maple. Yields a milky juice when fruit of leaf
stem is broken.
36. Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Surface of capsules is spiny. Leaves and twigs have an unpleasant odor when
bruised.
37. Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
On older trees the bark separates from the tree in thin brittle plates.
38. Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
A tree with star-shaped leaves.
39. Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
A soft maple with leaves silvery underneath.
40. Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
In original forests it was one of the largest of Indiana trees.
41. Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
State tree of Indiana.
42. Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
Leaves are deciduous, alternate, odd-pinnately compound 12-24 inches long
with stout hairy stems.
43. Basswood (Tilia americana)
Note the fruit clusters. Trees used as an ornamental plant and shade tree.
44. Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
Small tree with large simple leaves, inversely egg shaped. Fruit is edible
when ripe.
45. Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
A tree with leaves taper pointed and with blunt teeth.
46. Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
A shrub with opposite leaves.
47. Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
A shrub with thorns on long arching white-coated stems. Fruit edible.
48. Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Leaves are light green above, somewhat silvery below and often hairy. The
flowers appear in late winter or early spring, the staminate flowers soft
and silky..
49. Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
A shurb with pinnately compound leaves. Twigs and leafstalks have velvety
hair.
50. Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
Very thorny but good edible fruit.
51. Washington Thorn (Crataegas phaenopyrum)
Planted as an ornamental. Scarlet autumn foilage and scarlet fruit persist
a long time.
52. Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Commonly used for ornamental planting.
53. Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
Commonly used for ornamental planting and does well.
54. High Bush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)
Not a true cranberry. Grown as an ornamental. Beautiful, colorful fall foilage.
55. Poison Ivy (Rhus radicans)
This is a woody climber poisonous to the touch.
56. Forsythia (Forsythia intermedia)
Fast-growing shrub valued for its very early display of yellow flowers.
Minus 15 degrees will kill flower buds.
57. Swamp White Oak (Ouercus bicolor)
Deciduous leaves, shallowly lobed, lower surface is hairy, acorns are usually
in pairs.
58. Lilac (Syringa vugaris)
Grown as ornamental, very fragrant blooms in May.
59. Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana)
A beautiful ornamental. Birds eat fruit readily.
60. Common Pear (Pyrus communis)
Pears very tasty as edible fruit.
61. Chicksaw Plum (Prunus augustfolia)
Tree with small troughed leaves.
62. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Has flat needles three to seven inches long. Eastern Hemlock grows 60-75
feet tall and one to three feet in diameter with a dense pyramidal "lacy"
crown.
63. Riverbank Grape (Vitis vulpina)
The common wild grape of the area.
64. Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarian)
A shrub with opposite simple, entire leaves. Berries red or yellow.
65. Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Black Walnut is valued for its beauty, its fruit and its rich brown fine-grained
wood.
66. Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
The Ginkgo is the only remaining species of a group of trees widely distributed
in prehistoric times. The fruit gives off a foul odor and the male is grown
as an ornamental.
67. Brittle Willow (Salix fragilis)
A native of Eurasia and introduced from Europe during colonial days. Brittle
twigs snap off readily.
68. Box Elder (Acer negundo)
Belongs to maple family. Rapid-growing but short-lived.
69. Apple (Pyrus malus)
Chief limiting factor to the successful growth of apples is temperature.
Climate is too cold on Great Plains and too hot in Florida.
70. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
The warty gray-to-brown bark is an excellent identification feature.
71. Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Belongs to white ash family. Leaves are fuzzy or hairy.
72. Pale Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
A shrub dogwood with reddish-brown twigs. Fruits blue or pale blue.
73. Arrowwood (Viburnum pubescens var. indianse)
A shrub. Grown as an ornamental.
74. Spirea (Spirea arguta)
This shrub is nursery stock.
75. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
This is the highly ornamental dogwood with large white flowers and opposite
leaves.
76. Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
A smooth-barked tree. Leaves often heart shaped at the base of the blade.
Fruit is edible and tasty.
77. Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Tree has smooth bark. The leaves quake in the breeze.
78. Wahoo (Eunonymus atropurpureus)
A deeply four-lobed, purplish-red capsule with red seeds.
79. Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
Flowers appearing from last of June through July. Hips or fruit are hairy.
80. Shingle Oak (Onercus imbricaria)
It has laurel-like leaves that stay on the tree all winter. The common name
was applied during pioneer days when its wood was widely used for split
shingles.
81. Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia aquifolium)
It is nursery stock. Not a true holly, compound leaves.
82. Sand Bar Willow (Salix longifolia)
A shrub willow. The leaves are yellow-green but darker above than below,
with widely spaced, marginal teeth.
83. Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
Has reddish twigs. Flowers appearing May 15 to June 15.
84. Red Bud or Judas Tree (Cercis canadensis)
A tree with heart-shaped leaves. The fruits look like beans and it belongs
to legume family. Flowers pinkish to lavender in color, appearing before
the leaves.
85. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
The five (occasionally seven to nine) lobes are toothed and pointed. The
nearly round brownish acorns have a shallow cup.
86. Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
The fruit was much favored by pioneers as food and is still used for jellies,
pies and wine. The whole plant is reputed to have medicinal qualities.
87. Woodbine or Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Easily identified by clusters of five leaves and vine.
88. Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima)
A tree with opposite pinnately compound leaves which are green below, not
whitish.
89. Gray Pine or Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
Needle leaves in twos about an inch long. The tips of cones often curved.
90. River Birch (Betula nigra)
Bark on young trees thin and pinkish to reddish brown; on older trunks gray
to black and scaly. River Birch is the only native birch in southeastern
United States.
91. Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Fruit is very good if fully ripe, which is usually after frost. It needs
a male and female tree to produce fruit.
92. Catalpa (Catalpa soeciosa)
A fast-growing shade tree with beautiful blossoms. It is a legume.
93. Smoke tree (Cotinus abovatus)
Sparsely flowered terminal clusters, five or six inches long. An attractive
shrub in the landscape.
94. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glytostroboides)
It was thought to be extinct but was found in Sichuan Province in China.
It was introduced in the United States in 1948. The foliage resembles the
Redwoods but is deciduous.
95. Imperial Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
Showy clusters of orange-red berries for winter banquets. Attracts birds.
96. Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadangulata)
Grows to 60 feet tall and two feet in diameter. In pioneer days a blue dye
was obtained from inner bark.
97. Hop Hornbeam (Ostra virginiana)
Trees are too small to be of much economic importance. It is 30 percent
stronger than white oak. It has a very interesting hoplike fruit or seed.
98. Spice Bush (Lindera beyoin aestivole)
Early spring branches have clusters of greenish yellow blooms tht appear
before leaves. Has beautiful, brilliant foliage in fall.
99. Horse Chestnut (Aescuhis pavia)
A small tree with dark red flowers.
100. Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus diocus)
A rare tree of little economic importance. Seeds are very hard and can be
polished.
101. Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus unbellata)
A wide-spreading shrub with attractive silvery green leaves. Berries can
be used for eating and making jellies and jams. Dense growth provides shelter
and food for small animals and birds.
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