Name – Silver Maple
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Furrowed, Gray
Two Facts:
- Sugar can be obtained from the sweet sap
- Branches easily broken in storms

Name – Blue Ash
Leaf Type – Pinnate Compound
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Rough, Gray
Two Facts:
- Pioneers produced blue dye for cloth with the bark of this tree
- Sap inside bark turns blue when exposed to oxygen

Name – Honey Locust
Leaf Type – Pinnately and Bipinnately Compound
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown and gray, smooth
Two Facts:
- Pods from this tree produce sweet pulp, edible for animals.
- Pulp can be used to make a type of beer.

Name – White Mulberry
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – No, native to China
Bark Texture and Coloration – Orange and brown, furrowed
Two Facts:
- Silkworms eat leaves for food.
- Seeds litter cities, causing trees to grow like weeds.

Name – Eastern Cottonwood
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Grey, deeply furrowed.
Two Facts:
- It is the fastest growing native tree.
- Has potential to live 200 to 400 years.


Name – Ohio Buckeye
Leaf Type – Palmate
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Rough, light brown
Two Facts:
- Pioneers carried Buckeyes to ward off Rheumatism
- Seeds are poisonous, very bright brown, and smooth

Name – Northern Catalpa
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – No, from the southwest
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown/Gray, rough
Two Facts:
- Produces 8-18 inch long seed pods
- Also known as the “cigartree” and it produces white flowers

Name – American Sycamore
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – White/Grey, rough
Two Facts:
- Hollow trunks used as homes for the poor in early times
- Wood used for various things such as flooring, millwork, and fiberboards.

Name – American Basswood
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Gray, smooth, becomes furrowed
Two Facts:
- Bee’s surround tree in swarms when flowered
- Usually has two or more trunks


Name – Eastern Redbud
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown, Smooth
Two Facts:
- Judas Iscarrot hanged himself in a tree related to this one
- The flowers produced on this tree can be eaten


Name – American Elm
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Light Gray, Deeply Furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Sugar Maple
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Light Gray, Furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Hackberry
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Altnerate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Gray/Light Brown, smooth
Two Facts:
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Name – Ginkgo
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – No, native to China
Bark Texture and Coloration – Gray, Rough
Two Facts:
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Name – Common Hoptree
Leaf Type – Palmate
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown/Grey, Smooth
Two Facts:
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Name – Swamp Cottonwood
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown, Furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Pumpkin Ash
Leaf Type – Pinnate
Leaf Arrangement – Opposite
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Gray, Furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Osage-Orange
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – No, native to Southwest
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown, Thickly Furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Yellow-Poplar
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Dark Gray, becomes furrowed
Two Facts:
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Name – Scarlet Oak
Leaf Type – Simple
Leaf Arrangement – Alternate
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Dark Gray, Smooth
Two Facts:
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Name – Eastern White Pine
Leaf Type – 5 Needles in a bunch
Leaf Arrangement – N/A
Native? – Yes
Bark Texture and Coloration – Brown, Furrowed
Two Facts:
- Indians used wood for bows
- Served as natural fences before barbed wire


WILDFLOWERS:

Name – Queen Anne’s Lace
Native? – Yes
Two Facts:
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Name – Tall Goldenrod
Native? – Yes
Two Facts:
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Name – Smartweed
Native? – Yes
Two Facts:
- This flower serves as an excellent food source for many birds.
- Commonly grows on freshwater mudflats.

Name – Bushy Aster
Native? – Yes
Two Facts:
- It’s a perennial, meaning everything dies but the roots
- Is prey to a parasitic plant called Dodder

Name – Chicory
Native? – Yes
Two Facts:
- Used as a substitute for coffee in US prisons
- Believed to be able to open locked doors in European folklore