Dendrology
Species List 2
Family Fagaceae
Blackjack Oak
Quercus marilandica
Leaves alternate, simple, fan-shaped, leathery, apex with three
broad and bristle tipped lobes. Acorn cap densely hairy and
covering on half of the nut.
Family Fagaceae
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Leaves alternate, simple, unlobed, elliptical, margin with
curved, callous-tipped teeth.
Family Fagaceae
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Leaves alternate, simple, elliptical, each with lateral vein ending
at a margin tooth. Buds large, long pointed, cigar-like; fruit a
triangular nut, 2-3 enclosed in a weakly spiny bur; bark smooth
and blue-gray.
Family Fagaceae
Alleghany Chinkapin
Castanea pumila
Leaves alternate, simple, elliptical, margin with coarse bristle-
tipped teeth, underside pubescent to tomentose, twigs
tomentose. Fruit a round nut. Each enclosed in a spiny bur.
Family Fagaceae
American Chestnut
Castanea dentata
Leaves alternate, simple, elliptical, margin with bristle-tipped
teeth; twigs and buds glabrous; fruit a triangular nut, 2-3
encased in a spiny bur.
Family Aceraceae
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Leaves opposite, simple, palmately five lobed, margin entire,
apices long and attenuated, underside pale and glabrous; Fruit
a double samara with swollen seed cavity; bark gray-brown and
smooth, becoming loose and flaky on large trees. Interior angle
of lobes not acute
Family Aceraceae
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Leaves opposite, simple, palmately 3-5 lobed, sinuses shallow
forming an acute angle, margin irregularly doubly serrate; Fruit
a bright red to brown double samara; Bark smooth, becoming
darker, plated, and scaly on large trees.
Family Aceraceae
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Leaves opposite, simple, palmately 5 lobed, margin coarsely
serrate, sinuses deeply V-Shaped, Underside silvery-white, Fruit
a large double samara with widely divergent wings; Bark with
loose silvery gray plates.
Family Aceraceae
Boxelder
Acer negundo
Leaves opposite, pinnately compound, leaflets 3-7, margin
coarsely toothed or shallowly lobed; twigs bright green; fruit a
double samara with flattened seed cavity.
Family Aceraceae
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Leaves opposite, simple, palmately 3-5 lobed, margin doubly
serrate; bark on twigs and young stems green with vertical
stripes
