What’s the Difference? The difference between Work still needs to be done to add to our trees and shrubs is that of size. Trees are understanding of trees and shrubs at Schiff. generally defined as a woody plant with Please send comments or interesting Trees & only one erect stem at least three inches sightings to: [email protected] in diameter at four and a half feet above or call the Nature Center at 973-543-6004. the ground, and growing to a height over Reports should include sighting date, exac t Shrubs thirteen feet. A shrub is any woody plant location, and photographs, if possible. smaller than that. A general rule of thumb OF SCHIFF NATURE PRESERVE is: if you can walk under it, it’s a tree; if The most comprehensive resource for you have to walk around it, it’s a shrub. learning about invasive plant species in our area is The Central Jersey Invasive Invasive Species. Invasive plants are one Species Strike Team. http://www.cjisst.org/ of the greatest threats to New Jersey’s biodiversity. In New Jersey, 94 invasive Special thanks to Jon Wagar, Bruce Taterka plants have been identified. Many invasive and the 2009 High School Wildlife Project species out-compete important native species Participants. Funding for this project was which are essential for food and cover to provided by NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife’s native wildlife. Thus, when invasive plants Conserve Wildlife Matching Grant Program. invade a habitat we lose not just our native plants; we also lose the animals which List updated: January 2010. depend on them for food and shelter. Learning to identify and eradicate invasive All photos courtesy of Blaine Rothauser plants is an essential task for land managers www.e-naturaleyes.com as well as backyard gardeners.

Flowering Dogwood Virgina Creeper Shagbark Hickory This list contains 120 species of trees and shrubs known to have been found at the Schiff Nature Preserve.

Celebrating 25 Years 1984 - 2009

Schiff Natural Lands Trust 339 Pleasant Valley Road Mendham, NJ 07945 973-543-6004 www.schiffnaturepreserve.org Celebrating 25 Years 1984 - 2009 Paper info to come Trees & Shrubs Checklist of Schiff Nature Preserve Area K Hickory, Pignut Carya glabra K Bayberry Morella pensylvanica Key To Status K Hickory, Shagbark Carya ovata K Bittersweet, American Celastrus scandens * Most recent identification in 1962 by the Boy Scouts (I) Invasive species K Holly, American Ilex opaca K Bittersweet, Asiatic or Celastrus orbiculatus Oriental - I Common Name Latin Name K Hop, Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana K K Ironwood Olneya tesota Blackberry, Common Rubus allegheniensis K Trees K Japanese Angelica Tree - I Aralia elata Blackhaw, Smooth Viburnum prunifolium K Ailanthus - I Ailanthus altissima K K Laburnum, Scotch * Laburnum alpinum Blueberry, Highbush Vaccinium corymbosum (Tree of Heaven) K Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia K Blueberry, Southern Low Vaccinium angustifolium K American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia K Maple, Amur - I Acer ginnala K Creeper, Virginia Parthenocissus quinquefolia K American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana K Maple, Norway - I Acer platanoides K Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum K Apple Tree * Malus domestica K Maple, Red Acer rubrum K Dewberry, Creeping Rubus hispida K Ash, Green or Red Fraxinus pennsylvanica K Maple, Silver * Acer saccharinum K Forsythea * Forsythia spp. K Ash, Mountain * Fraxinus texensis K Maple, Sugar Acer saccharum K Grape, Fox Vitis labrusca K Ash, Pumpkin or Red * Fraxinus profunda K Mulberry, White Morus alba K Grape, Summer Vitis aestivalis K Ash, White Fraxinus americana * K K Greenbrier, Common Smilax rotundifolia K Aspen, Bigtooth Populus grandidentata Oak, Blackjack Quercus marilandica K K Hawthorn, Washington * Crataegus phaenopyrum K Aspen, Quaking Populus tremuloides Oak, Chestnut Quercus prinus K K Honeysuckle, Japanese Lonicera japonica K Basswood Tilia americana Oak, Eastern Black Quercus velutina (American Linden) K Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra K Honeysuckle, Tartarian - I Lonicera tatarica K Beech, American Fagus grandifolia K Oak, Scarlet Quercus coccinea K Huckleberry, Blue or Gaylussacia frondosa Dangleberry K Birch, Black Betula lenta K Oak, White Quercus alba K Ivy, English - I Hedera helix K Birch, Gray Betula populifolia K Olive, Autumn - I Elaeagnus umbellata K Ivy, Poison Toxicodendron radicans K Birch, Yellow Betula alleghaniensis K Pine, Eastern White Pinus strobus K Laurel, Mountain Kalmia latifolia K Boxelder Acer negundo K Pine, Red Pinus resinosa K Lespedeza, Bicolor * Lespedeza bicolor K Butternut Juglans cinerea K Redbud Cercis canadensis K Lespedeza, Sericea - I Lespedeza cuneata K Cedar, Eastern Red Juniperus virginiana K Sassafras Sassafras albidum K K Cherry, Sweet Prunus avium K Serviceberry or Shadbush Amelanchier spp . Lilac * Ceanothus spp. K K Cherry, Wild Black Prunus serotina K Spicebush, Northern Lindera benzoin Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia K K Chestnut, American Castanea dentata K Spruce, Norway Picea abies Northern Baberry Myrica pensylvanica K K Club, Hercules - I * Aralia spinosa K Sumac, Smooth * Rhus glabra Photinia, Oriental - I Photinia villosa K K Coffee-tree, Kentucky * Gymnocladus dioicus K Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis Privet, Regal - I Ligustrum obtusifolium K K Cucumbertree Magnolia Magnolia acuminata K Tuliptree (Tulip poplar) Liriodendron tulipifera Raspberry, Flowering Rubus odoratus K K Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida K Walnut, Black Juglans nigra Raspberry, Wild or Rubus idaeus K American Red Dogwood, Red-Pannicled * Cornus racemosa K Willow, Black Salix nigra K K Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron maximum Elderberry Sambucus canadensis K Willow, Pussy * Salix discolor K K Rose, Multiflora - I Rosa multiflora Elm, American * Ulmus americana K Willow, Weeping * Salix sepulcralis K K Rose, Wild * Rosa acicularis Elm, Scotch * Ulmus glabra K Witch hazel Hamamelis virginiana K Elm, Siberian - I * Ulmus pumila K Sweetfern Comptonia peregrina K Elm, Slippery * Ulmus fulva Shrubs K Viburnum, Linden - I Viburnum dilatatum K Gum, Black Nyssa sylvatica K Alder, Speckled * Alnus incana K Viburnum, Maple-leaf Viburnum acerifolium K Hackberry * Celtis occidentalis K Aralia, Fiveleaf - I Eleutherococcus sieboldianus K Viburnum, Nannyberry * Viburnum lentago K Hemlock, Eastern Tsuga canadensis K Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum K Viburnum, Siebold's - I Viburnum sieboldii K Hickory, Bitternut * Carya cordiformis K Azalea, Pink Populus tremuloides K Wineberry - I Rubus phoenicolasius K Hickory, Mockernut Carya alba K Barberry, Japanese - I Berberis thunbergii K Wisteria, American - I Wisteria frutescens