Index of Trees
Primarily a small understory tree to 20 feet in height found in moist alluvial soils. Occurs throughout Indiana. Bark is smooth...
Also Known As: Hornbeam, American
The most widely distributed of North American maples. Most commonly found on moist soils, it is also drought tolerant, and can...
Seeds are smooth and dark brown with a large tan attachment scar, the whole seed resembling an eye. Seeds have a prickly husk or...
Seeds are smooth and dark brown with a large tan attachment scar, the whole seed resembling an eye. Husk or cover of seed is...
Butternut grows best on well-drained streambanks. Nuts are similar to Black Walnut, but are oblong in shape. During the past...
Leaves are generally heart-shaped and among the largest of any Indiana tree. Flowers are in large showy clusters, white with...
Arborvitae or White Cedar grows in swamps on acidic, peat-rich soil, and also on limestone cliffs and alkaline soils. It can...
Also Known As: Arborvitae, Eastern
Black Cherry bark is distinctive, dark gray-black. On young trees it is smooth and shiny with prominent lenticels or corky...
Once the dominant tree throughout the eastern deciduous forests of the United States where it grew to impressive dimensions of...
Bark is characteristically coarse with deep scale-like ridges. Brownish-black leather seed pods hang on the tree into winter...
One of the largest trees of the Indiana forests, Eastern Cottonwood can be extremely fast-growing under favorable conditions. It...
Infrequent in Indiana, Swamp Cottonwood grows on sites too wet for other poplars, usually in swamps. Leaves are fairly large in...
Prairie Crabapple is a small tree to 20 feet in height. Flowers are single, deep pink in bud, pink to white when open. Stems...
Wild Sweet Crabapple is a small tree to 30 feet in height. Leaves can be lobed. It usually grows in colonies, sprouting...
Devil's Walkingstick is a small tree to 20 feet in height. Because of its suckering habit, it often forms thickets. Its stout...