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American Elm
A large, handsome, graceful tree. Elm leaves 3-6" long and 1-3" wide;
turning yellow, in the mid-season. |
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Pin Cherry
The tiny, sour cherries are used to make jelly and provide food for birds and animals.
Leaves 2 1/2-4 1/2" long and 3/4-1 1/4" wide; turning bright yellow or
red early in the season. Fruit matures in summer. |
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Green Ash
Bats and other sporting goods are made from this tough, fine grained, elastic wood.
Ash leaves turn gold or yellow early in the |
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Paper Birch
The bark is used to make lightweight canoes. The wood is used for toothpicks and
spools. Leaves are oval and long-pointed, turning vivid yellow mid-fall. |
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Sugar Maple
spring is the season for tapping sugar maples, used to make candies and syrup.
Leaves 3 1/2-5 1/2" long and as wide, with 5 sharp lobes. Foliage turns deep
red, orange and yellow mid-fall. |
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Staghorn Sumac
These thick shrubs or small trees are recognized by the hairy twigs and leaves which are
almost white underneath. Leaflets are 2-5" long and turn scarlet in fall. |
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Bur Oak
Recognized by its distinctive fringed, burlike acorns. Leaves narrowly oval with
broad, round tips. Turns yellow-brown during mid-fall. |
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Black Ash
Common in swamps and moist soils, the wood is heavy, brown and tough. Leaves are
12-16" long, with 7 to 13 oblong leaflets. Leaflets are 4-6" long, 1 1/2
wide and turn gold and yellow early in fall. |
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American Basswood
Basswoods, also called linden trees, are often favored as shade trees. Leaves
3-6" long, and nearly as wide, are rounded or heart shaped; turning pale yellow or
brown in mid-color season. |
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Choke Cherry
While the dark red, astringent fruits are unpalatable when ripe, birds do eat them.
Leaves change early in season to yellow red. |
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Slippery Elm
The "slippery" layer of bark is edible. When dried and moistened, the bark
can be used as a cough medicine or poultice. Leaves 4-7: long, turning dull yellow in
fall. |
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Quaking Aspen
Known in France as the "woman's tongue," an allusion to the incessant movement
of the leaves. 1 1/2-3" long, the leaves produce the brilliant yellow and gold
tones seen late in the season. |
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Black Cherry
The wood is used in furniture and cabinetry, the bark and fruit for cough syrup, wine and
jelly. Leaves are 2-5" long and turn brilliant red and yellow. |
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Red Maple
Leaves 2 1/2-4" long and about as wide, with 3 shallow lobes. A brilliant
display of color is seen in the mid-fall season when the leaves turn fiery scarlet, orange
or yellow. |
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Red Oak
An important timber species used to make furniture, floors, pulpwood, fence posts and
pilings. Leaves 4-9" long and 3-6" wide. Turn brown-red shades in
mid-color season. |
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