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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: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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
Northern Red Oak- Quercus rubra
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.
Willow Oak- Quercus phellos
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
Sassafras- Sassafra albeidum
Characteristics: Smooth red to brown deeply furrowed bark, Leaves are simple and can be 3 lobed
Height: 30-60 ftRange: Southern
and Eastern United States
Uses: Spice, used to flavor root beer
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
Southern Red Oak- Quercus falcata
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
Mockernut Hickory- Carya tomentosa
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
Eastern Red Cedar- Juniperus virginiana
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
American Beech- Fagus grandifolia
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
Eastern Red Bud- Cercis canadenis
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
Virginia Pine- Pinus virginiana
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
American Elm- Ulmus americana
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
Common Persimmon- Diospyros virginiana
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.
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