LEAF LIST – Names – Click here for your name guide for all 42 species for this fall’s field guide and quiz Note the photo list below is not then “official” leaf list for field guide – just a photo reference library!
Paperbark maple Acer griseum
Box Elder Acer negundo
Norway maple Acer platanoides
Sycamore maple Acer pseudoplatanus
Red maple Acer rubrum
Silver maple Acer saccharinum
Sugar maple Acer saccharum
Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
European alder Alnus glutinosa
River birch Betula nigra
Grey birch Betula populifolia
Sweet Birch Betula lenta (Not needed in field guide – see link at top for official list of 41)
Ironwood (fruits) Carpinus caroliniana (Not needed in field guide)
Chinese chestnut Castanea mollissima
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Redbud Cercis canadensis
Korean dogwood Cornus kousa
Hawthorne Crataegus sp.
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
European fernleaf beech Fagus sylvatica (Not needed in field guide)
American ash Fraxinus americana (Not needed in field guide)
Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba
American holly Ilex opaca
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Chinese Sweetgum Liquidambar formosana (Not needed in field guide)
Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Osage Orange Maclura pomifera
Crabapple Malus sp.
Red mulberry Morus rubra
Sourgum or Black Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica
Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Cherry Prunus sp.
Sawtooth oak Quercus acutissima
White oak Quercus alba
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor (Not needed in field guide)
Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria
Overcup oak Quercus lyrata
Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa
Pin oak Quercus palustris
Willow oak Quercus phellos
Chestnut oak Quercus prinus
English oak Quercus robur
Red oak Quercus rubra
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Black willow Salix nigra
Sassafrass Sassafrass albidum
American linden Tilia americana
Big leaved linden Tilia platyphyllos
American elm Ulmus americana
