Watch the videos below to learn more about the characteristics used to identify a tree species. Be sure to check this page every Tuesday for a new video!
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arborvitae
ash, white
aspen, bigtooth
azalea, flame
azalea, pinkster
baldcypress
basswood, American
beech, American
birch, river
birch, sweet
birch, yellow
bladdernut
blackberry
blackhaw
blackgum
boxelder
boxelder or poison-ivy
buckeye, Ohio
buckeye, red
buckeye, yellow
buttonbush
catalpa, northern
cherry, black
chestnut, American
coffeetree, Kentucky
cottonwood, eastern
devil’s walking stick
dogwood, alternate-leaf
dogwood, flowering
dogwood, silky
elderberry, American
elm, American
elm, red (aka slippery elm)
fringetree
ginkgo
greenbrier, common (aka saw brier)
hackberry
hazelnut, american
hemlock, eastern
hickory, bitternut
hickory, mockernut
hickory, pignut
hickory, shagbark
hickory, shellbark
holly, American
holly, winterberry
honeylocust
honeysuckle, coral
hornbeam, American
larch, eastern
locust, black
magnolia, bigleaf
magnolia, umbrella
maple, black
maple, red
maple, silver
maple, sugar
mulberry, red
ninebark, common
oak, chestnut
oak, black
oak, pin
oak, post
oak, scarlet
oak, shingle
oak, swamp white
oak, white
Osage-orange
partridgeberry
pawpaw
pear, Callery
persimmon
pine, eastern white
pine, pitch
pine, red
pine, shortleaf
pine, Virginia
plum, American
poison-ivy
raspberry, black
redbud, eastern
redcedar, eastern
rose, swamp
sassafras
serviceberry, downy
sourwood
spicebush
spruce, Norway
strawberry bush
sumac, smooth
sumac, staghorn
sumac, winged
sweetgum
sweetshrub, common
sycamore, American
tree-of-heaven
Virginia creeper
wahoo, eastern
walnut, black
willow, pussy
witch-hazel
yellow-poplar
Tree ID Basics – Dave Apsley (OSU Extension) and Stephanie Downs (ODNR-Forestry)
Identifying the Trees in Your Woods:Using Leaf ID Key and References– Dave Apsley (OSU Extension), Jim Downs (Hocking College), Tom Macy (ODNR-Forestry), and Stephanie Downs (ODNR-Forestry)
Winter Tree Identification – Dave Apsley, OSU Extension, and Jim Downs, Hocking College