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
blackhaw
blackgum
boxelder
boxelder or poison-ivy
buckeye, Ohio
buckeye, red
buckeye, yellow
buttonbush
catalpa, northern
chestnut, American
coffeetree, Kentucky
devil’s walking stick
dogwood, alternate-leaf
dogwood, flowering
dogwood, silky
elm, red (aka slippery elm)
fringetree
hazelnut, american
hemlock, eastern
honeylocust
hornbeam, American
magnolia, bigleaf
maple, red
maple, silver
maple, sugar
mulberry, red
oak, chestnut
oak, pin
oak, post
oak, scarlet
oak, shingle
pawpaw
persimmon
pine, eastern white
pine, pitch
pine, red
pine, Virginia
plum, American
poison-ivy
redbud, eastern
redcedar, eastern
serviceberry, downy
sourwood
spicebush
sumac, winged
swamp rose
sweetshrub, common
sycamore, American
tree-of-heaven
yellow-poplar
walnut, black
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