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Pignut Hickory -- Carya glabra
 
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
The gray bark becomes furrowed with forking ridges. |
| Flowers: |
Male, slender drooping catkins. Female, 2-10 flowers at tip of same twig. |
| Fruit: |
Slightly pear shape or rounded, about 1 1/2 inches long, Thin husk. |
| Leaves: |
5 sharp pointed lanceolate leaflets , 8- 12 inches
long, finely toothed. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: 50-75 feet, Width: 3 - 4 feet. |
Silver Maple -- Acer
saccharinum
 
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Young trees gray
and smooth, old trunks furrowed and separating into large scales. |
| Flowers: |
1/4 inch long reddish buds turning
greenish yellow, male and female in separate clusters. |
| Fruit: |
1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inch long broad
winged seed. |
| Leaves: |
Leaves are opposite, with five lobes, each sharply tooth. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: Attaining 100 feet or more, Width: 3 - 4 feet. |
Sycamore -- Platanus occidentalis
 
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Grayish-brown
outer bark, flakes off exposing the whitish underneath layer giving the
sycamore its characteristic mottled multi-colored appearance. |
| Flowers: |
Tiny green roundish drooping
clusters. |
| Fruit: |
One inch brown sphere, hanging on stalk,
ripens to disperse small elongated seeds in winter. |
| Leaves: |
Leaves alternate, broadly ovate with 3 to 5 shallow broad short pointed lobes. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: Attaining 100 feet or more, Width: 10 feet or more. |
Sweetbay --
Magnolia virginiana
  
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Gray and
smooth. |
| Flowers: |
Are completely
white and fragrant, 2 to 3 inches broad. |
| Fruit: |
1 1/2 -
2" long conelike, composed of many separate dark red fruit. |
| Leaves: |
Leaves are
oblong to elliptical shaped, 4" to 6" long and 1-3" wide.
Shiny bright green on top and pale or whitish underneath. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: Attaining 20 to 30 feet, Width: 1 to 1 1/2 feet. |
Sweetgum
-- Liquidambar styraciflua
 
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Gray, becoming
deeply furrowed. |
| Flowers: |
Male and
female, greenish ball-like clusters. |
| Fruit: |
Brown ball 1
inch or more in diameter composed of many individual fruits, each ending
in curved prickly points. |
| Leaves: |
Leaves alternate, star shaped with 5 sometimes 7 long pointed saw-tooth lobes. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: 60-100
feet, Width 1 1/2 - 3 feet. |
Willow Oak -- Quercus
phellos
 
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Deeply
furrowed and blackish. |
| Flowers: |
Drooping
catkins, yellow-green in color. |
| Fruit: |
Round acorns
about 1/2 " long with a scaly cup. |
| Leaves: |
Leaves are 2-5
inches long, smooth-edged, narrow with bristle tips. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: 80-100
feet, Width to 3 feet. |
Yellow Poplar -- Liriodendron
tulipifera
  
© Private Residence, Baltimore 21221 Md.
| Bark: |
Light gray to brown, becomes fissured
with age. |
| Flowers: |
Tulip-like 1 1/2 - 2 inches across, with
yellowish-green petals and reddish-orange bands near their base. |
| Fruit: |
Cone like and Light brown , 2 1/2 - 3
inches long that breaks up when matures. |
| Leaves: |
Distinctive shape, Composed of four
large lobes, leaves are about as long as broad. |
| Tree Size: |
Height: Attaining 100 feet or more, Width: 3 - 4 feet. |
This page was last updated on 05/07/04
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