Ohio Trees

Bulletin 700-00

Department of Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
T. Davis Sydnor, Professor Urban Forestry
William F. Cowen, Professor Emeritus

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Ohio Trees
• The Value of Trees
• Identifying Trees
• Some Historic Trees of Ohio
• Key to Deciduous and Evergreen Trees of Ohio
• General
• Using This Key to Identify the Tree in My Yard
• Key to Classes, Groups, Subgroups, and Genera
• Trees of Ohio
  • Ginkgo – Ginkgo
  • Juniperus – Juniper
  • Thuja – Arborvitae
  • Taxodium – Bald-Cypress
  • Abies – Fir
  • Pseudotsuga – Douglas-Fir
  • Tsuga – Hemlock
  • Picea – Spruce
  • Larix – Larch
  • Pinus – Pine
  • Populus – Poplar
  • Salix – Willow
  • Juglans – Butternut, Walnut
  • Carya – Hickory
  • Betula – Birch
  • Carpinus – Hornbeam
  • Ostrya – Hophornbeam
  • Fagus – Beech
  • Castanea – Chestnut
  • Quercus – Oaks
  • Ulmus – Elm
  • Celtis – Hackberry
  • Morus – Mulberry
  • Maclura – Osage-Orange
  • Magnolia – Magnolia
  • Liriodendron – Tuliptree
  • Asimina – Pawpaw
  • Sassafras – Sassafras
  • Liquidambar – Sweetgum
  • Platanus – Planetree
  • Crataegus – Hawthorn
  • Sorbus – Mountain-Ash
  • Malus – Crabapple
  • Amelanchier – Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry
  • Prunus – Plum, Cherry
  • Cercis – Redbud
  • Gleditsia – Honeylocust
  • Robinia – Locust
  • Gymnocladus – Kentucky Coffeetree
  • Zanthoxylum – Pricklyash
  • Ptelea – Hoptree (Wafer-Ash)
  • Ailanthus – Tree of Heaven
  • Rhus – Sumac
  • Cotinus – Smoketree
  • Euonymus – Euonymus
  • Acer – Maple
  • Aesculus – Buckeye, Horsechestnut
  • Tilia – Linden
  • Nyssa – Blackgum (Tupelo)
  • Aralia – Aralia
  • Cornus – Dogwood
  • Oxydendrum – Sourwood
  • Diospyros – Persimmon
  • Fraxinus – Ash
  • Chionanthus – Fringetree
  • Paulownia – Paulownia
  • Catalpa – Catalpa
  • Viburnum – Viburnum
• Glossary