Trees Native To This Region

Identifier3.33823

TypeDrawing

DescriptionA large illustration depicting a cross-section of hill with several types of trees growing down its slope. The trees are drawn in silhouette and are grouped into four categories based on location. Each tree is also accompanied by a line of color across the top indicating the color of its leaves in Fall as well as an outline of its leaf below.

Header: 

• TREES NATIVE TO THIS REGION

Additional text, at bottom left:

• THE COLOR LINE OVER EACH TREE / INDICATES ITS CHARACTERISTIC / FALL COLORING. NATIVE TREES / GIVE US THE BEST COLOR

Types of trees depicted:

• TREES OF OUR UPLANDS
  • witch-hazel -- white oak -- red oak -- Hill's oak -- sugar maple -- ironwood -- shadbush -- shagbark hickory -- black cherry -- blue ash -- bur oak -- white ash -- linden
• TREES of the EDGE of the FOREST
  • aspen -- sumac -- choke cherry -- wild crabapple -- hawthorn -- wild plum
• TREES of our LOWLANDS
  • black ash -- slippery elm -- American elm -- walnut -- hackberry -- cottonwood -- black willow -- silver maple
• TREES of our SWAMPS
  • [sour gum] tupelo -- yellow birch -- tamarack -- red maple -- poison sumac

LanguageEnglish