Index of Trees
Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Bark of older trees is tight, with long, narrow, interlacing ridges. Winter buds are sulfur yellow. Nuts are bitter and...
Black Ash is found in northern swampy woodlands and seasonally flooded areas. It is tolerant of a wide range of pH. Leaves have...
Black Cherry bark is distinctive, dark gray-black. On young trees it is smooth and shiny with prominent lenticels or corky...
One of the largest and most valuable trees of Indiana’s forests. Its dark wood is used for fine furniture. Nuts are flavorful...
Butternut grows best on well-drained streambanks. Nuts are similar to Black Walnut, but are oblong in shape. During the past...
A white oak type found on dry limestone outcrops and alkaline soils. Leaves have coarse, gland-tipped teeth, and are downy on...
Eastern Redcedar has a wide natural distribution, and grows well under various and extreme climatic conditions but prefers a...
A tree of medieval appearance, its trunk is dark with very large spines. On old trees, spines form dense, branched clusters...
Needles are short, to 1 1/2 inches long, in bundles of 2. Grows from the Arctic Circle south. In Indiana, it naturally occurs...
Bark of this tree is tight and rough, not shaggy like Shagbark Hickory. Compound leaves have 7 to 9 leaflets, and the underside...
A northern species, its range closely follows the northern limit of tree growth across North America and extends into the...
This is the trees' leaves have 9 to 17 leaflets. Its natural range is primarily the lower Mississippi River Valley, but it is...
A red oak type, its leaves are glossy above, deeply 5 to 7 lobed with bristle tips, and persistent through winter. Strongly...
Post Oak is a white oak type. In Indiana, it is restricted to the south where it occupies rocky or sandy ridges and dry...
Naturally grows in moist soil along streams and in bottomlands. Trunks of young trees are shiny and peeling, and vary in color...