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alternate - kix breakfast cereal seed clusters - bright red colored buds - steel gray colored bark on new growth.

american linden.

alternate - kix breakfast cereal seed clusters - reddish colored buds - bronze colored bark - tight cone-shaped canopy silhouette.

little leaf linden.

alternate - no noticeable buds - dark brown seeds in cork-screw shaped pods that are 1" wide and 6-10" long.

honeylocust.

alternate - rounded leaf tips - regular (5-9) lobes - sinuses cut deeply toward main vein - bark exfoliates on branchwood in the 2-6" range.

white oak.

alternate - rounded leaf tips - fiddle shaped leaves with 5-10 pairs of lobes - fringed cap on acorns - terminal bud is fringed - very corky bark on small twigs.

bur oak.

alternate - pointed leaf tips - large leaves - sinuses are V shaped and not very deep - 7-11 lobes - large rounded acorns with frisbee cap.

red oak.

alternate - pointed leaf tips - smaller leaves - sinuses C shaped and deep - 5-7 lobes - smaller elliptical shaped acorns are striped.

northern pin oak.

opposite - red colored bark on new growth - small rounded buds - clusters of flower buds present - no seeds - noticeable central leader and no smell.

red maple.

opposite - red colored bark on new growth - small rounded buds - clusters of flower buds present - no seeds - multiple co-dominant stems and has a distinct smell - trunk flakes.

silver maple.

opposite - dark bronze to light brown colored new growth - seeds present - large rounded buds.

norway maple.

opposite - dark bronze to light brown colored new growth - seeds present - pointed buds.

sugar maple.

opposite - dark purplish to green colored bark on new growth - rounded buds with white waxy coating and white waxy coating on twigs - white buds.

boxelder.

opposite - dark purplish to green colored bark on new growth - no waxy layer - glossy twigs - smooth bark on trunk and branchwood over 6" - leaf scars shaped like a smile - cow hoof terminal buds - canoe paddle shaped seeds.

white ash.

opposite - bark on new growth is tan to light gray and slightly pubescent - brown buds - very twiggy growth along main trunk - leaf scars are shaped like a half moon - diamond pattern bark on main trunk - cow hoof terminal buds - canoe paddle shaped seeds.

green ash.

American linden – ARRANGEMENT – BUD COLOR – BARK COLOR.

Littleleaf linden – ARRANGEMENT – BUD COLOR – BARK COLOR – CANOPY SHAPE.

Honeylocust – ARRANGEMENT – WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

White Oak – ARRANGEMENT – ROUNDED OR POINTED – LOBE # - SINUSES - BARK.

Bur Oak – ARRANGEMENT – ROUNDED OR POINTED – LOBE # - SHAPE – ACORNS – TERMINAL BUD – BARK.

Red Oak – ARRANGEMENT – ROUNDED OR POINTED – SHAPE – SINUSES – LOBE # - ACORNS.

Northern pin oak – ARRANGEMENT – ROUNDED OR POINTED – SHAPE – SINUSES – LOBE # - ACORNS.

Red Maple – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BUDS – SEEDS OR NO SEEDS – LEADER OR CODOMINANT.

Silver Maple – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BUDS – SEEDS OR NO SEEDS – LEADER OR CODOMINANT - TRUNK.

Norway Maple – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BUDS - SEEDS OR NO SEEDS.

Sugar Maple – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BUDS - SEEDS OR NO SEEDS.

Boxelder – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BUDS.

White Ash – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BARK/TRUNK – LEAF SCAR SHAPE – TERMINAL BUD SHAPE – SEED SHAPE.

Green Ash – ARRANGEMENT – BARK COLOR ON NEW GROWTH – BARK/TRUNK – LEAF SCAR SHAPE – TERMINAL BUD SHAPE – SEED SHAPE.