Continuing my collection of tree leaves/twigs….

American Sycamore

Bald Cypress

Black Walnut

Downy Serviceberry

Eastern Redbud

Eastern Red Cedar

Flowering Dogwood

Hackberry

Honey Locust

Ohio Buckeye

Osage orange (note the thorn near where the leaf attaches to the twig)

Pawpaw

Persimmon

Red Mulberry

Sassafras

Short Leaf Pine

Sweet Gum

Yellow poplar (Tulip tree)

Willow

At the end of the class, it was almost dusk. We walked around until it was dark looking at tree like Bur oak, pawpaw, Osage Orange, and Black Cherry.

As I headed home, it occurred to me that maybe I should have brought my leaf press and put some of the specimens in it since they were probably headed to a compost pile!

Last week the Identifying Woody Plants class walked to Phelps Grove Park to add more trees to our list. I used my point-and-shoot (Canon Powershot SX730 HS) to capture some features of the additional trees (plus some trees already on our list). The temperaature was in the 70s…perfect for the hike…but the leaves are beginning to fall on many of the trees. Identification will get harder.

Serviceberry – *Amelanchier arborea* – Rosaceae: stripped bark, multiple trunks, small trees, two toned pointy buds, leaves simple and alternate

Crabapple – *Malus* – Rosaceae: pome without grit, twigs hairy, leaves (lobed, simple, entire)

Hawthorne – *Crataegus* – Rosaceae: thorns, pome, leaves round, bark pealing and patchy, the one we saw was infested with apple cedar rust (i.e. not a healthy tree)

Fig (just for interest…not added to list)

Flowering dogwood (not new) – Cornus florida - Cornaceae

White oak – Quercus alba – Fagaceae: leaves (rounded lobes, smooth, lighter underneath), acorns dark with bumpy cups and often sprout in fall

Hemlock (not new) – Tsuga canadensis - Pinaceae

Black cherry – Prunus serotina – Rosaceae: observed bark…branches too high to see more

Osage orange – Maclura pomifera – Moraceae: bark shaggy and orange in parts, leaves (tapering tip, entire, alternate, simple, size varies), the one we saw was male so no fruit

Red mulberry - *Morus rubra* – Moraceae: milky sap, leaves (toothed, shiny, falling)

Shortleaf pine (note new) – Pinus echinate – Pinaceae

Hackberry – Celtis occidentalis – Cannabaceae: drupe that can taste like a dry raisin, leaves (3 veins, asymmetric, rough), the one we saw had galls, bark rough and gray, large tree

Shingle oak – Quercus imbricaria – Fagaceae: acorn small, leaves (no lobes, long and narrow, soft hair underneath), multiple buds at tend of twigs, bark grayish