North's Nature Trail: Trees

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Common Name Scientific Name Description Origin/Age
Apple

     
Ash - Green   Fraxinus pennsylvanica   Native. 75-100 yrs.
Aspen - Bigtooth

 

Populus grandidentata   Native. 50-75 yrs.
Aspen - Quaking

 

Populus tremuloides   Native. 60-80 yrs.x
Birch - Paper

  

Betula papyrifera   Native. 80-100 yrs.
Boxelder   Acer negundo   Native. 50-60 yrs.
Buckthorn - European   Rhamnus cathartica   Non-native, introduced from Europe. 25-50 yrs.
Cedar - Eastern Red

Juniperus virginiana   Native. 300 yrs.
Cherry - Pin   Prunus pensylvanica   Native. 20-40 yrs.
Cherry - Black   Prunus serotina   Native. 125-150 yrs.
Cottonwood - Eastern   Populus deltoides   Native. 50-200 yrs.
Crab Apple

Malus spp.   Non-native. Escaped from yards or old homesteads. 25-50 yrs.
Dogwood - Eastern Flowering   Cornus florida   Native. 30-50 yrs.
Elm - American

Ulmus americana   Native. 150-200 yrs.
Hickory - Shagbark   Carya ovata   Native. 150200 yrs.
Honey-Locus   Gleditsia triacanthos   Native. 100-125 yrs.
Juneberry   Amelanchier arborea   Native. 10-20 yrs.
Maple - Red   Acer rubrum   Native. 75-100 yrs.
Maple - Sugar   Acer saccharum   Native. 150-200 yrs.
Maple - Black   Acer nigrum   Native. 150-175 yrs.
Maple - Silver   Acer saccharinum   Native. 100-125 yrs.
Maple - Norway   Acer platanoides   Non-native, introduced from Europe. 100-125 yrs.
Mulberry - White   Morus alba   Non-native. Introduced to the U.S. from Russia and China. 50-75 yrs.
Oak - Northern Pin   Quercus ellipsoidalis   Native. 100-150 yrs.
Oak - Swamp White   Quercus bicolor   Native. 150-200 yrs.
Oak - White   Quercus alba   Native. 150-250 yrs.
Oak - Black   Quercus velutina   Native. 175-200 yrs.
Oak - Northern Red   Quercus rubra   Native. 100-150 yrs.
Oak - Bur   Quercus macrocarpa   Native. 150-200 yrs.
Pine - Austrian

 

Pinus nigra   Non-native, introduced from  southern Europe. 100 yrs.
Pine - Eastern White

Pinus strobus   Native. 200-250 yrs.
Pine - Scotch

Pinus sylvestris   Non-native, introduced from Europe. 100-150 yrs.
Sassafras   Sasssafras albidum   Native. 100-150 yrs.
Sycamore   Platanus occidentalis   Native. 200-250 yrs.x
Staghorn Sumac   Rhus typhina   Native. 25-50 yrs.

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