Field Bio Tree Test

Sweetgum

Star shaped leaves and "gumball" fruits

Staghorn Sumac

Alternately branching, rust colored hairs on petiole and stem

Pawpaw

Very large, pinnately veined leaves clustered at end of branch

Ironwood

Leaves w/ serrated margin, trunk fluted and crooked w/ smooth bark

Northern Catalpa

Large leaves and long seedpods, on quad next to swings

Hackberry

Distinct patches and ridges on bark, leaves uneven at base

Flowering Dogwood

Veins curve up toward tip of leaf, bark broken into scale-like blocks

Eastern Redbud

Leaves distinctly cordate, leaf stalk swollen at both ends

Honey Locust

Leaves pinnate and bipinnate, produces large, flat pods, huge thorns

Black Locust

Oval shaped, pinnately compound leaves, similar seedpods to honey