Aceraceae

Acer negundo

epicormic branches,

decidious, pinnately compound opposite

leaflets 3-5, glaborous twigs,

samara fruit, bark is smooth (grey/brown)

Annonaceae

Asimina triloba

alternate, blades ovulate, petioles short

foliage has fetid odor when crushed

large green berry (bean shaped)

Asteraceae

Baccharis halimifolia

decidious evergreen shrub

egg-shaped/rhombric leaf w/ coarse teeth

cotton like flowers invasive

Betulaceae

Betula nigra

blades triangulary ovate, margins double serrate

twigs slender/zigzag, bark is reddish/brown

tiny staminate catskins fruit

nutlets with ciliate wings

Fabaceae

Cersis canadensis

leaves broadly ovate, bases heart shaped

margins entire, palmately veined

purplish petal flower

fruit is legumed flat and oblong

Fabaceae

Lespedeza cuneata

invasive, perrinial herb

fruit is a legume pod

Fabaceae

Robinia pseudoacacia

thick deeply furrowed blackish bark

9-19 pinnate oval leaflets

legume white fruit

Fagaceae

Quercus acutissima

medium sized, decidious tree

bark is dark grey and furrowed

saw-tooth triangular leaf

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia macrophylla

medium understory tree

branches bend under its heavy foliage

Rosaceae

Pyrus calleryana

conic/ rounded crown

white clusterd flowers

Salicaceae

Salix nigra

swampy areas, leaf blades are narrowly-lance

margins finely serrate

twigs are glaborous and brittle

bark forms forking ridges w/ scaly plates

Smilacaceae

Smilax spp.

thorned, easy spreading

brushes up and/or grows up trees

Styracaceae

Halesia spp.

simple ovolate leaves

flowers pendolous, white or pink

flowers produce in clusters in 2-6 together

Vitaceae

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

5 leafed dome shape

rapid growth, red leaf stem occasionaly