Tree ID

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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Click on the species that you want to learn more about:

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

 

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