1. Tulip Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera
Characteristics: Brown furrowed bark, alternate simple 3-6 inch leaves with four lobes
Height: ft
Range: Eastern United States
Uses: Commercial lumber, furniture, toys, and pulpwood

2. Red Maple- Acer Rubrum Characteristics:
Simple leaf, opposite with serrated margins; dark slightly cracked bark
Range: Along Eastern United States
Height: ft
Uses: Maple syrup,
furniture, firewood

3. Northern Red Oak- Quercus rubra
Characteristics: Bark-dark ridges with shiny stripes down the middle
Leaves-alternate, simple, 7-9 lobes, 5-9 inches long
Height: 90 ft
Range: Eastern United States
Uses: Extremely important for timber; used in furniture, fence posts, and pulpwood.

4. Willow Oak- Quercus phellos
Characteristics: Ridged bark; willow shaped leaves, 5-12cm and bright green
Height: ft
Range: Southern and Eastern United States
Uses: acorns for squirrels, ornamental tree and shade tree

5. Sassafras- Sassafra albeidum
Characteristics: Smooth red to brown deeply furrowed bark, Leaves are simple and can be 3 lobed
Height: ft
Range: Southern and Eastern United States
Uses: Spice, used to flavor root beer

6. White Oak – Quercus Alba
Characteristics: Leaves 4-9 inches long, 5-9 lobed, widest beyond middle; Bark-light gray, shallowly fissured
Height: ft
Range: Eastern, Central and Southern United States
Uses: Lumber; used in barrel making and ship building for colonists

7. Southern Red Oak- Quercus falcata
Characteristics: Leaves- deeply divided into long narrow end lobes, bristle- tipped teeth; Bark-dark gray, becoming furrowed into broad plates
Height: ft
Range: Southeastern United States
Uses: marketed as red oak; timber and pulpwood

8. Mockernut Hickory- Carya tomentosa
Characteristics: Leaves- compound with usually 7 leaflets. Bark-gray, irregularly furrowed
Height: ft
Range: Eastern, Central, and Southern United States
Uses: Furniture, flooring, tool handles, and skis

9. Eastern Red Cedar- Juniperus virginiana
Characteristics: Leaves- evergreen, opposite in 4 rows, scale like
Bark-reddish brown, fibrous and shreddy
Height: ft
Range: Southern, Central, and Eastern United States
Uses: Christmas trees, ornamental; berries important food for wildlife

10. American Beech- Fagus grandifolia
Characteristics: Leaves- opposite, saw toothed edges; Bark-light gray, smooth, thin
Height: ft
Range: Eastern United States
Uses: Firewood, shade tree, with nuts serving as important food source for wildlife

11. Eastern Red Bud- Cercis canadenis
Characteristics: Leaves- heart shaped, long stalk; Bark-dark gray or brown, smooth becoming furrowed
Height: 40 ft
Range: Parts of South Central and Eastern United States
Uses: Ornamental

12. Virginia Pine- Pinus virginiana
Characteristics: Leaves- short needles in bundles of two, twisted slightly; Bark-brownish gray, peeling off in flakes
Height: ft
Range: Southern Mid-Atlantic United States
Uses: Pulpwood and lumber

13. American Elm- Ulmus americana
Characteristics: Leaves- Opposite, 3-6 inches long, saw toothed, soft hairs underneath; Bark-light gray, deeply furrowed into broad, forking ridges
Height: 100 ft
Range: Eastern, Central, and Southern United States
Uses: Wood used for furniture, paneling, and containers

14. Common Persimmon- Diospyros virginiana
Characteristics: Leaves- ovate to elliptical, long- pointed, without teeth; Bark- brown, thick, deeply furrowed
Height: ft
Range: Southeastern United States
Uses: Fruits used in cakes, puddings, drinks, food source for animals. Wood used for golf club heads.

15. Tree of Heaven- Ailanthus altissima
Characteristics: Leaves- pinnately compound, leaflets, smells like peanut butter; Bark- light brown, smooth
Height: ft
Range: Native of China but common across temperate United States
Uses: Invasive