Shade Trees

Silver Maple

Scientific Name: Acer saccharinum
Also known as: The creek maple, soft maple, water maple, swamp maple, white maple

*Easily confused with the Sugar Maple (below)

Sugar Maple

Scientific Name: Acer saccharum
Also known as: The rock maple

*Easily confused with the Silver Maple (above)

Pictured: Pods and foliage of a Honey locust

Locust

Scientific Name:  Trees of the genera Gleditsia or Robinia. Such as Gleditsia triacanthos, Robinia pseudoacacia
Common Types of Locust: The Honey locust, The Black Locust

​The Honey locust has pods with a sweet, edible pulp, while the Black locust's pods are toxic.

Pin Oak

Scientific Name:  Quercus palustris
Common Types of Locust: The Honey locust, The Black Locust

​The Honey locust has pods with a sweet, edible pulp, while the Black locust's pods are toxic.

Sycamore

Scientific Name:  Platanus occidentalis
​(the American sycamore)
Common Type of Sycamore: The American sycamore

The American sycamore is also known as the American planetree, occidental plane, and the buttonwood.
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Hickory

Scientific Name:  Carya ovata
​(the shagbark hickory)
Two varieties of Shagbark hickory:
Carya ovata var. ovata 
Carya ovata var. australis

The shagbark has a sweet, edible nut.

Elm

Scientific Name:  Ulmus americana
​(the American elm)
Also known as:  The white elm or water elm.

Extremely hardy tree