TreeTopics.com

This site will be used to display detailed photographs of trees and woody plants. It is my hope that they will be helpful to anyone with a love for, or an interest in trees. Be sure to check the copyright information before using any of the photos in your own projects.

The Comparisons are a helpful feature of this site. - use the comparisons section to compare any 2 plants on the site. Choose a tree for the left side of screen and another for the right side. Then click on the small pictures at the top to see a larger version of each pictures. You might also decide to choose a single tree for both sides and compare the flowers with the fruit or the progression of the tree throughout the year.

Latin Name - Common Name - Link to Facts and Picture Page Recent Activity
Acer cissifolium - Ivy leaved maple  
Acer forrestii - Forrest maple  
Acer griseum - Paperbark maple
Acer Japonicum - Fullmoon maple  
Acer saccharinum - Silver maple  
Acer saccharum - Sugar maple
Acer tegmentosum - Manchurian striped maple  
Ailanthus altissima - Tree of heaven  
Asimina triloba - Common pawpaw  
Betula nigra "Little King" - Fox Valley ® river birch  
Betula papyrifera - Paper birch  
Castanea dentata - American chestnut  
Celtis laevigata - Sugarberry 06-24-2008 text added
Cornus alternifolia - Pagoda dogwood 06-22-2008 NEW
Cornus florida - Flowering dogwood  
Euonymus hamiltonianus - Himalayan spindle tree  
Juglans cinerea - Butternut 07-17-2008 New text & pictures
Juglans microcarpa - Little walnut 07-03-2008 NEW
Juglans nigra - Black walnut  
Kalopanax pictus - Castor-leaved aralia  
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet gum  
Magnolia tripetala - Umbrella-tree  
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas-fir 06-26-2008 New text & pictures
Quercus alba - White Oak  
Quercus bicolor - Swamp white oak  
Quercus macrocarpa - Bur oak  
Quercus robur - English oak  
Rhus glabra - Smooth sumac 06-24-2008 New text & pictures
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac - 06-24-2008 New text & pictures
Sassafras albidum - Sassafras 07-10-2008 New text & pictures of Spring flowers

Silver Maples at Mill Street School PowerPoint

More tree photos at Wcisel.com

Comparisons -

Copyright information. Nearly all of the photographs were taken by the Webmaster of this site, Karren Wcisel, at Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois

Send email to Karrenw@aol.com