DECIDUOUS TREES of ILLINOIS Common Name Botanical Name 1 Amur Maple 2 Boxelder Maple 3 Norway Maple 4 Red Maple 5 Silver Maple 6

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DECIDUOUS TREES of ILLINOIS Common Name Botanical Name 1 Amur Maple 2 Boxelder Maple 3 Norway Maple 4 Red Maple 5 Silver Maple 6 DECIDUOUS TREES OF ILLINOIS Common Name Botanical Name 1 Amur Maple Acer ginnala 2 Boxelder Maple Acer negundo 3 Norway Maple Acer platanoides 4 Red Maple Acer rubrum 5 Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 6 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 7 Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra 8 Common Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 9 Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima 10 Black Alder Alnus glutinosa 11 Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis 12 River Birch Betula nigra 13 White/Paper Birch Betula papyrifera 14 European White Birch Betula pendula (Betula verrucosa) American Hornbeam/Muscle 15 Wood/Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana 16 Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis 17 Pecan Carya illinoensis 18 Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata 19 North Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 20 Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 21 Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum japonicum 22 Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis 23 Yellowwood Cladastis lutea 24 Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli 25 Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis 26 Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum 27 Persimmon Diospyros virginiana 28 Russian-Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia 29 American Beech Fagus grandifolia 30 European Beech Fagus sylvatica 31 White Ash Fraxinus americana 32 European Ash Fraxinus excelsior 33 Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica 34 Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata 35 Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba 36 Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos 37 Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 38 Butternut Juglans cinerea 39 Black Walnut Juglans nigra 40 Goldenrain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata 41 European Larch Larix decidua 42 Larch Tamarack Larix laricina 43 Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 44 Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera 45 Cucumbertree Magnolia Magnolia acuminata 46 Saucer Magnolia Magnolia soulangiana 47 Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata 48 Osage Orange Malcura pomifera 49 Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides 50 White Mulberry Morus alba 51 Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana 52 Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense 53 Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 54 White Poplar Populus alba 55 Eastern Poplar/Cottonwood Populus deltoides 56 Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata 57 Lombardy Poplar Populus nigra 'Italica' 58 Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides 59 Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina 60 Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana 61 Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor 62 Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria 63 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 64 Chinquapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii 65 Pin Oak Quercus palustris 66 Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus 67 English Oak Quercus robur 68 Red Oak Quercus rubra 69 Black Oak Quercus velutina 70 Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra 71 Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina 72 Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia 73 Weeping Willow Salix alba var. tristis 74 Black Willow Salix nigra 75 Sassafras Sassafras albidum 76 European Mountainash Sorbus aucuparia 77 Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 78 American Linden Tilia americana 79 Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata 80 American Elm Ulmus americana 81 Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia 82 Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila 83 Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra 84 Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata EVERGREENS OF ILLINOIS 85 White Fir Abies concolor 86 Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis 87 Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana 88 Norway Spruce Picea abies 89 Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens 90 Austrian Pine Pinus nigra 91 Red Pine Pinus resinosa 92 White Pine Pinus strobus 93 Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris 94 Douglasfir Pseudotsuga menziesii 95 Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata 96 White Cedar Thuja occidentalis 97 Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis MAD Buck/Horse-opposite leaves Maples, Ash, Dogwood, Buckeye/Horse Chestnut Larch, Dawn Redwood, Bald Cypress-conifers.
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