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| Sassafras leaves |
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| Sassafras canopy |
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| Sassafras This tree reaches a height of 50 ft. or more. Its leaves are simple, alternate, 3-5" and 1-1/2 to 4" wide. Leaves have 2 to 3 lobes and are aromatic. The bark is reddish- brown to gray. It is irregularly broken into broad flat ridges and aromatic when cut. |
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| Black Cherry leaves |
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| Black Cherry canopy |
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| Black Cherry The Black Cherry may reach heights of 100 ft. or more. Its leaves are simple, alternate, and 2-5" long and 1-1/4 to 2 " wide. The leaf margin is saw-toothed and fine with a pointed tip. The bark is reddish-brown and smooth with gray to black horizontal lenticels, becoming grayish to black and scaly at maturity. |
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| Black Oak leaves |
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| Black Oak canopy |
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| Black Oak The Black Oak may reach heights of 100 ft. or above. Its leaves are simple alternate 4-9" long to 3-6" wide. Its leaf lobes are irregular and bristle-tipped. The acorn is 5/8 to 3/4 " long solitary or paired. The bark is dark brown to black. |
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| Sugar Maple leaves |
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| Sugar Maple canopy |
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| Sugar Maple The Sugar Maple may reach a height of 100 or more feet. Its leaves are simple opposite, 3-5" long, palmately 5 lobe shaped. The bark is light gray to brown-gray. Smooth or ridged when young becoming rough and scaly with age. It is used to make maple syrup and is the WV State Tree. |
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| Shagbark Hickory leaf. (Missing leaflet see tree pic. below for proper leaf formation) |
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| Shagbark Hickory canopy |
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| Shagbark Hickory This tree can reach a height of 120 ft. or more. Its leaves are pinnately compound alternate, 8-14" long with 5 sometimes 7 leaflets. The leaf margins are finely saw-toothed. The bark is gray and smooth on young trees, then becomes shaggy with loose plates with age. |
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| Black Walnut leaves and nut |
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| Black Walnut canopy |
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| Black Walnut This tree may reach heights of 120 ft. or more. It has pinnately alternate compound leaves that are 12-24" long. The leaves have 9-23 leaflets that are 3-31/2" long and are pointy. The bark is grayish-brown to black deeply fur4rowed with broad, rounded ridges. The inner bark is chocolate-brown. The nuts are rich and flavorful. |
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| Pine needles |
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| Pine canopy |
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| Virginia Pine This tree can reach 70 ft. Its evergreen needles are 1-1/2 to 3 " long with 2 needles per bundle. The bark is orange-brown the reddish-brown, scaly, developing scaly plates with age. |
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| Black Locust leaves |
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| Black Locust canopy |
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| Black LocustThe locust may grow to heights of 70 ft. or more. It has pinnately compound alternate 6-12" leaves with 7-19 leaflets paired except at the end. The bark is grey to reddish-brown with deep groves. The inner bark is pale yellow. The wood resist decay and the tree is commonly used for fence post. |
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| Sycamore canopy |
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| Sycamore leaves |
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| American Sycamore This tree can reach heights of more than 140 ft. It has simple alternate leaves 4-8" long. The leaves have shallow lobes. Its bark is reddish-brown, it peels off exposing white bark underneath. The bark is thicker and ridged at the base of older trees. |
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| Silver Maple leaves |
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| Silver Maple canopy |
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| Silver Maple The Silver Maple may reach a height of 100 feet. Its leaves are simple opposite 3-8" long V-shaped recesses, with coarsely toothed sharp points. Leaf bottoms are silvery white thus the name. |
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| Poplar leaves |
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| Poplar canopy |
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| Yellow- Poplar This tree may reach heights of 140 feet or more. It has simple alternate 3-5" long dark green lobed leaves. The bark is gray to gray-brown and the mature trees have bark with long ridges and deep grooves. |
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| Beech leaves |
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| Beech canopy |
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| American Beech The Beech has simple alternate 2-1/2 to 5" leaver with coarsely toothed margins. Its thin smooth blue-grey to light gray bark make it a tree that people love to carve their initials in. |
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| Eastern Hemlock This evergreen can reach 120 feet. Its needles are 3/8 to 5/8 long and have two white narrow bands on the underside. These white bands help differentiate it from the Red Spruce. |
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| Hemlock Canopy |
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| Hemlock needles |
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| White Oak The White Oak car reach a height of 100 or more feet. Its leaves are simple alternate with 4-9" leaves 2-4" wide with 7-11 rounded lobes. The bark is light gray with reddish-brown bark beneath loose ridges. The shaggy shallowly grooved bark i8s loose and peels off at maturity. |
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| White Oak canopy |
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| White Oak leaves |
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