Sedgwick's Rock Preserve 2/9/04

Each row is a species. Click on a species name in the table below or simply scroll down. Hovering your cursor over the first picture in each row will give you the species name and family. Clicking on each picture will give you an expanded version.

Acer saccharum	Aesculus glabra	Carya ovata	Celtis occidentalis	Fagus grandifolia	Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus quadrangulata	Gymnocladus dioica	Juglans nigra	Juniperus virginiana	Liriodendron tulipifera	Ostrya virginiana
Platanus occidentalis	Prunus serotina	Quercus alba	Quercus rubra	Ulmus rubra


mature trunk		apical bud	this species frequently keeps its leaves in winter

young twig on top
older twig below

mature trunk

jumbled canopy


a mature trunk	buds and twigs very stout twigs opposite	note sapling bark	this native species leafs out early (4/5/04), and drops its leaves in June, if shaded -- behaving like a spring ephemeral; leaves are palmately compound


typical trunk	shaggy trunk


young sapling	young tree	mature tree		leaves alternate, finely serrate (4/25)


trunk showing flared plates	young tree	very stout branches	mature trunk


a very corky individual	a more mature stem and less corky	typical young stem	large tree, not very corky


a mature trunk with shreddy bark	a mature canopy	a younger tree	branch showing needle-like scales


young tree	young stem	mature bole	just red layers, no cream	dark, globose apical buds, twigs very fine	leaves doubly-toothed and rough-hairy, "ruuuuubraaaaaa" (4/25)