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STATE OF ILLINOIS OTTO KERNER, Governor
FOREST TREES OF ILLINOIS
HOW TO KNOW THEM
A POCKET MANUAL DESCRIBING THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS
Revised by Dr. George D. Fuller, Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Chicago, Curator of Botany, Illinois State Museum, and State Forester E. E. Nuuttila.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF FORESTRY SPRINGFIELD WILLIAM T. LODGE, Director
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHITE PINE Pinus strobus L.
SHORTLEAF PINE Pinus echinata Mill.
BALD CYPRESS Taxodium distichum Richard
RED CEDAR Juniperus virginiana L.
QUAKING ASPEN Populus tremuloides Michx.
COTTONWOOD Populus deltoides Marsh.
BLACK WILLOW Salix nigra Marsh.
BLACK WALNUT Juglans nigra L.
BUTTERNUT Juglans cinerea L.
A KEY TO THE ILLINOIS HICKORIES
BITTERNUT HICKORY Carya cordiformis K. Koch
PECAN Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch (Carya pecan (Marsh.) E. & G.)
SHAG-BARK HICKORY Carya ovata K. Koch
MOCKERNUT HICKORY Carya tomentosa Nutt.
PIGNUT HICKORY Carya glabra Sweet
BLUE BEECH Carpinus caroliniana Walt.
HOP HORNBEAM Ostrya virginiana K. Koch
RIVER BIRCH Betula nigra L.
BEECH Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
A KEY TO THE OAKS OF ILLINOIS
WHITE OAK Quercus alba L.
BUR OAK Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
YELLOW CHESTNUT OAK Quercus muhlenbergii Engelm.
POST OAK Quercus stellata Wang.
NORTHERN RED OAK Quercus rubra L. (Quercus borealis Michx.)
BLACK OAK Quercus velutina Lam.
PIN OAK Quercus palustris Muench.
SPANISH OAK Quercus falcata Michx.
BLACK JACK Quercus marilandica Muench.
SHINGLE OAK Quercus imbricaria Michx.
AMERICAN ELM Ulmus americana L.
RED OR SLIPPERY ELM Ulmus rubra Muhl. (Ulmus fulva Michx.)
HACKBERRY Celtis occidentalis L.
OSAGE ORANGE Maclura pomifera Schneid.
RED MULBERRY Morus rubra L.
CUCUMBER MAGNOLIA Magnolia acuminata L.
TULIP TREE Liriodendron tulipifera L.
PAPAW Asimina triloba Dunal
SASSAFRAS Sassafras albidum Nees.
SWEET GUM Liquidambar styraciflua L.
SYCAMORE Platanus occidentalis L.
WILD CRAB APPLE Malus ioensis Britton
SERVICE BERRY Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern. (Amelanchier canadensis Medic.)
COCK-SPUR THORN Crataegus crus-galli L.
RED HAW Crataegus mollis Scheele
WILD PLUM Prunus americana Marsh.
BLACK CHERRY Prunus serotina Ehrh.
HONEY LOCUST Gleditsia triacanthos L.
REDBUD Cercis canadensis L.
BLACK LOCUST Robinia pseudoacacia L.
TREE OF HEAVEN Ailanthus altissima Swingle
SMOOTH SUMAC Rhus glabra L.
SUGAR MAPLE Acer saccharum Marsh.
SILVER MAPLE Acer saccharinum L.
BOX ELDER Acer negundo L.
OHIO BUCKEYE Aesculus glabra Willd.
BASSWOOD Tilia americana L.
FLOWERING DOGWOOD Cornus florida L.
SOUR GUM Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
PERSIMMON Diospyros virginiana L.
WHITE ASH Fraxinus americana L.
BLUE ASH Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx.
CATALPA Catalpa speciosa Warder
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Forestry
Reforestation
Forest Fire Protection
Woodland Management
State Forests
Community Forests
Summary
INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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