Acer barbatum

Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337

Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337

Photo source: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=337

NAMING

Scientific Name: Acer barbatum
Family: Aceraceae
Common: Florida maple

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Upland coastal
Range: Virginia -> FL -> TX

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 60ft tall
Bark: Smooth when young, furrows with maturity
Twigs: smooth, green

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: *entire margins between the sinuses
Leaf shape: palmately lobed (squared rather than pointed)
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: palmate
Leaf color: green
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara pairs

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds

Commercial – used for flooring and veneers, planted as an ornamental

TOLERANCES

Shade – Yes
Salt – No
Fire – No
Drought – Low
Flood – No

Acer negundo

Photo source: http://www.coloradotrees.org/feature_trees/boxelder_sens.php

Photo source: http://www.coloradotrees.org/feature_trees/boxelder_sens.php

Photo source: https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/aceneg01.htm

NAMING

Scientific Name: Acer negundo
Family: Aceraceae
Common: boxelder

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Rivers, creeks, edges of swamps
Range: All over North America

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 60ft tall
Bark: Thin, brown and grey (very green when branches are young)
Twigs: Green with a glaucous sheen

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: odd-pinnately compound, trifoliate
Leaf margin: serrated to dentate
Leaf shape: lobed
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: pinnate, reticulate
Leaf color: scatter pubescence
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara pairs

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds

Commercial – little pulp use

TOLERANCES

Shade – Yes
Salt – No
Fire – No
Drought – High
Flood – Med

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Photo source: http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/class/for356/species/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica.html

Photo source: http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/class/for356/species/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica.html

Photo source: http://classes.hortla.wsu.edu/hort231/List05/FraxPenn.html

Photo source: http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/frpe.html

NAMING

Scientific Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Family: Oleaceae
Common: green ash

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Wet sites, river floodplains, swamp
Range: Canada, Rockies -> Eastern US

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 100ft tall
Bark: Straight trunk with high limbs, sometimes swollen base. Bark is corky, soft with interlacing braid pattern.
Twigs: Terminal buds are short and blunt. Axillary buds are very visible. *Leaf scar is in the shape of a Knight’s shield*

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: opposite
Leaf type: odd-pinnately compound
Leaf margin: can be serrate or crenate, but mostly entire
Leaf shape: oblong -> elliptical ->olanceolate
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: pinnate
Leaf color: dark green above
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: semara (single winged seed)

USES

Wildlife – small mammals and birds eat the seeds, beavers use bark for damming

Commercial – hardwood markets (good for furniture and veneers)

TOLERANCES

Shade – Mod
Salt – Low
Fire – Mod
Drought – Mod
Flood – Mod

Pinus echinata

Photo Resource: http://washburnphotos.com/default3A.html

Photo Resource: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bot356/species/species/p_tSpecie/PinuEchi.html

Photo Resource: Madison Lynn Haughie

Photo Resource: Madison Lynn Haughie

NAMING

Scientific Name: Pinus echinata
Family: Pinaceae
Common: shortleaf pine

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Dry, well-drained soils
Range: NY->TX->FL

TREE TRUNK

Size: Up to 100ft tall, grows very straight and prunes well
Bark: Flaky and thin, reddish brown in color. When you peel back bark you can see the resin ducts (pictured above)
Twigs: thin, brown or green

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: alternate or spiral
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: entire
Leaf shape: needle-like
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: parallel
Leaf color: green
Leaf persistence: evergreen

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: inconspicuous
Fruit: cone-like (pictured above)

USES

Uses: Not very desirable to replant because of slow growth

TOLERANCES

Shade – No
Salt – No
Fire – High
Drought – Mod