LEAF CHECKLIST BRISTOL MOUNTAIN AERIAL ADVENTURES BLACK CHERRY SWEET BIRCH BLACK WALNUT Prunus serotina Betula lenta Juglans nigra The Black Cherry is a A deciduous, medium shade A large deciduous tree, the pyramidal to conical tree with tree, the Sweet Birch is a com- Black Walnut bears fruit which pendulous branches. mon forest tree. is prized by confectioners; its wood is sought after by SUGAR MAPLE TULIPTREE WHITE ASH Acer saccharum Liriodendron tulipifera Fraxinus americana New York’s official state tree New York’s Onondaga Indians A member of the olive fam- is the Sugar Maple. In spring, called it “Ko-yen-ta-ka-ah-tas,” ily, the White Ash is one of it yields the sweetest sap for “white tree” because of the America’s leading commercial syrup and sugar, in summer, creamy white grains in its hardwoods. it’s the perfect shade tree. bark. YELLOW BIRCH WHITE POPLAR COMMON HORSECHESTNUT Betula alleghaniensis Populus alba Aesculus hippocastanum Very similar to the Sweet A somewhat whitish-gray bark The Common Horsechestnut Birch, the Yellow Birch can and broad spreading branch- is a large, deciduous, flower- reach up to 100 feet in the es make this tree rather easy ing tree commonly growing to wild. to identify at first glance. between 50 and 75 feet. The tree trunk is usually divided, forming a V-shape, with a dense, symmetrical crown. LEAF CHECKLIST BRISTOL MOUNTAIN AERIAL ADVENTURES BEECH FLOWERING AMERICAN DOGWOOD HORNBEAM Fagus grandifolia Cornus florida Carpinus caroliniana Wide spreading and A small deciduous tree,the The Hornbeam is a multi- deciduous, this tree has a Flowering Dogwood is stemmed, deciduous large short trunk with branches that rounded to somewhat flat- shrub or small tree. generally touch the ground. topped with branches that approach horizontal. NORTHERN RED AMERICAN AMERICAN OAK MOUNTAIN ASH SYCAMORE Quercus borealis Sorbus americana Planatus occidentalis Easily identifiable is this larg- This small tree grows at higher Wide spreading and decidu- est of the black oak group; elevations, preferring moist ous, this tree has a short trunk deciduous with upright areas along riverbanks or in with branches that generally spreading branches. damp woods. touch the ground. RED MAPLE BITTERNUT SASSAFRAS HICKORY Acer rubrum Carya cordiformis Sassafras albidum The Red Maple, a relatively Growing to 100’, the A deciduous tree reaching 40 fast-growing deciduous tree, Bitternut’s most outstanding to 50 feet tall, the Sassafras becomes more spreading with features are its brown bark may have three different age and is often one of the tinged with red and its yellow types of leaves growing on a first trees to change color in winter buds. single branch. autumn..