Post on 04-Jan-2016
Shade Tress – Part 1
Nursery Landscape Plant ID
Shade Trees
• Bald Cypress• Ginkgo• Honey Locust• Japanese Maple • Little Leaf Linden• Northern Red Oak• Norway Maple
• Pin Oak• Red Maple• River Birch• Sugar Maple• Sweet Gum• Tulip Tree• White Ash
Tree Stem Leaf Arrangement Type of Leaf
Bald Cypress Alternate, with blades generally
spreading around the twig
linear, and flat
Ginkgo Alternate 2-4 inches
Honey Locust Smooth reddish-brown zigzag stem
Alternate Pinnately or bipinnately compound 6-8” long
with alternate leaflets
Japanese Maple Opposite 2 to 5" simple leaf with 5 to 9 lobes;
Little Leaf Linden Slender brown stems Alternate Simple 1 ½ - 2” long
Northern Red Oak Quite stout, red-brown and glabrous;
terminal buds multiple; covered with red-brown,
mostly hairless scales
Alternate simple, 5 to 8 inches long, oblong in shape with 7 to 11 bristle-
tipped lobes
Norway Maple Opposite Simple 4”-7” wide with 5 lobes
Bald Cypress Alternate, with blades generally
spreading around the twig
linear, and flat
Bald Cypress Alternate, with blades generally
spreading around the twig
linear, and flat
Bald Cypress
Ginkgo Alternate 2-4 inches
Ginkgo Alternate 2-4 inches
Ginkgo
Honey Locust Smooth reddish-brown zigzag stem
Alternate Pinnately or bipinnately compound 6-8” long
with alternate leaflets
Honey Locust Smooth reddish-brown zigzag stem
Alternate Pinnately or bipinnately compound 6-8” long
with alternate leaflets
Honey Locust Smooth reddish-brown zigzag stem
Alternate Pinnately or bipinnately compound 6-8” long
with alternate leaflets
Honey Locust
Japanese Maple Opposite 2 to 5" simple leaf with 5 to 9 lobes;
Japanese Maple Opposite 2 to 5" simple leaf with 5 to 9 lobes;
Japanese Maple Opposite 2 to 5" simple leaf with 5 to 9 lobes;
Japanese Maple
Little Leaf Linden Slender brown stems Alternate Simple 1 ½ - 2” long
Little Leaf Linden Slender brown stems Alternate Simple 1 ½ - 2” long
Little Leaf Linden Slender brown stems Alternate Simple 1 ½ - 2” long
Little Leaf Linden
Northern Red Oak Quite stout, red-brown and glabrous;
terminal buds multiple; covered with red-brown, mostly hairless
scales
Alternate simple, 5 to 8 inches long, oblong in shape with 7 to 11 bristle-
tipped lobes
Northern Red Oak
Norway Maple Opposite Simple 4”-7” wide with 5 lobes
Norway Maple Opposite Simple 4”-7” wide with 5 lobes
Norway Maple Opposite Simple 4”-7” wide with 5 lobes
Norway Maple Opposite Simple 4”-7” wide with 5 lobes
Norway Maple