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Tulip Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera. Characteristics: Brown furrowed b ark , alternate simple 3-6 inch leaves with four lobes Height: 80-120 ft Range: Eastern United States Uses: Commercial lumber, furniture, toys, and pulpwood. Red Maple- Acer Rubrum. Characteristics:

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Tulip Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera

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  1. Tulip Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera • Characteristics: Brown furrowed bark, alternate simple 3-6 inch leaves with four lobes • Height: 80-120 ft • Range: Eastern United States • Uses: Commercial lumber, furniture, toys, and pulpwood

  2. Red Maple- Acer Rubrum • Characteristics: Simple leaf, opposite with serrated margins; dark slightly cracked bark • Range: Along Eastern United States • Height: 60-90 ft • Uses: Maple syrup, furniture, firewood

  3. Northern Red Oak- Quercusrubra • Characteristics: Bark-dark ridges with shiny stripes down the middle Leaves-alternate, simple, 7-9 lobes, 5-9 inches long • Height: 90 ft • Range: Eastern United States • Uses: Extremely important for timber; used in furniture, fence posts, and pulpwood.

  4. Willow Oak- Quercusphellos • Characteristics: Ridged bark;willow shaped leaves, 5-12cm and bright green • Height: 50-80 ft • Range: Southern and Eastern United States • Uses: acorns for squirrels, ornamental tree and shade tree

  5. Sassafras- Sassafra albeidum • Characteristics: Smooth red to brown deeply furrowed bark, Leaves are simple and can be 3 lobed • Height: 30-60 ft • Range: Southern and Eastern United States • Uses: Spice, used to flavor root beer

  6. White Oak – Quercus Alba • Characteristics: Leaves 4-9 inches long, 5-9 lobed, widest beyond middle; Bark-light gray, shallowly fissured • Height:80-100 ft • Range: Eastern, Central and Southern United States • Uses: Lumber; used in barrel making and ship building for colonists

  7. Southern Red Oak- Quercusfalcata • Characteristics: Leaves- deeply divided into long narrow end lobes, bristle- tipped teeth; Bark-dark gray, becoming furrowed into broad plates • Height: 50-80 ft • Range: Southeastern United States • Uses: marketed as red oak; timber and pulpwood

  8. Mockernut Hickory- Caryatomentosa • Characteristics: Leaves- compound with usually 7 leaflets. Bark-gray, irregularly furrowed • Height: 50-80 ft • Range: Eastern, Central, and Southern United States • Uses: Furniture, flooring, tool handles, and skis

  9. Eastern Red Cedar- Juniperusvirginiana • Characteristics: Leaves- evergreen, opposite in 4 rows, scale like Bark-reddish brown, fibrous and shreddy • Height: 40-60 ft • Range: Southern, Central, and Eastern United States • Uses: Christmas trees, ornamental; berries important food for wildlife

  10. American Beech- Fagusgrandifolia • Characteristics: Leaves- opposite, saw toothed edges; Bark-light gray, smooth, thin • Height: 60-80 ft • Range: Eastern United States • Uses: Firewood, shade tree, with nuts serving as important food source for wildlife

  11. Eastern Red Bud- Cerciscanadenis • Characteristics: Leaves- heart shaped, long stalk; Bark-dark gray or brown, smooth becoming furrowed • Height: 40 ft • Range: Parts of South Central and Eastern United States • Uses: Ornamental

  12. Virginia Pine- Pinusvirginiana • Characteristics: Leaves- short needles in bundles of two, twisted slightly; Bark-brownish gray, peeling off in flakes • Height: 30-60 ft • Range: Southern Mid-Atlantic United States • Uses: Pulpwood and lumber

  13. American Elm- Ulmusamericana • Characteristics: Leaves- Opposite, 3-6 inches long, saw toothed, soft hairs underneath; Bark-light gray, deeply furrowed into broad, forking ridges • Height: 100 ft • Range: Eastern, Central, and Southern United States • Uses: Wood used for furniture, paneling, and containers

  14. Common Persimmon- Diospyrosvirginiana • Characteristics: Leaves- ovate to elliptical, long- pointed, without teeth; Bark- brown, thick, deeply furrowed • Height: 20-70 ft • Range: Southeastern United States • Uses: Fruits used in cakes, puddings, drinks, food source for animals. Wood used for golf club heads.

  15. Tree of Heaven- Ailanthus altissima • Characteristics: Leaves- pinnately compound, 13-25 leaflets, smells like peanut butter; Bark- light brown, smooth • Height: 50-80 ft • Range: Native of China but common across temperate United States • Uses: Invasive

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