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Cercocarpus ledifolius is a large, densely branching tree which can reach heights of 11 metres (36 feet), although it is not uncommon to find the adult plant as a shrub as short as 1 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). Its leathery, sticky, dark green leaves are up to 4 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long and lance-shaped, and the edges may curl under.
Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as tupelo, black tupelo, black gum or sour gum, [2] [a] is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the coastal Northeastern United States and southern Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as Mexico.
Japanese tree lilac Small Non-native Yes Syringa reticulata subsp. pekinensis: Chinese tree lilac Small Non-native Yes Taxodium distichum: Bald cypress Large Non-native Yes Thuja occidentalis: Northern white-cedar Native No Tilia americana: American linden Large Native Yes Tilia cordata: Littleleaf linden Large Non-native Yes Tilia tomentosa ...
They have long been a favorite treat throughout the tree's extensive native range in eastern North America, and on occasion are sold locally at farmers' markets. [ 3 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Pawpaw fruits have a sweet, custard-like flavor somewhat similar to banana , mango , and cantaloupe , [ 3 ] [ 13 ] varying significantly by source or cultivar, [ 3 ...
Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland primarily in the Mississippi–Ohio Valley as far as Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States.It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.
Betula alleghaniensis, forest emblem of Quebec, [6] Canada. Betula alleghaniensis is a medium-sized, typically single-stemmed, deciduous tree reaching 60–80 feet (18–24 m) tall (exceptionally to 100 ft (30 m)) [2] [7] with a trunk typically 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) in diameter, making it the largest North American species of birch.
Prunus emarginata is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 1–15 metres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –49 feet) tall; [3] west of the Cascade Range, it commonly reaches 24–30 m (80–100 ft) tall. It has a slender oval trunk and smooth gray to reddish-brown bark with horizontal lenticels .