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 |
| Abies cilicica - Cilician fir | 08-23-2008 Last updated |
| Acer cissifolium - Ivy leaved maple | |
| Acer forrestii - Forrest maple | |
| Acer griseum - Paperbark maple | |
| Acer japonicum - Fullmoon maple | |
| Acer negundo - Boxelder | 02-02-2009 new!! new!! |
| Acer saccharinum - Silver maple | |
| Acer saccharum - Sugar maple | |
| Acer tegmentosum - Manchurian striped maple | |
| Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye | 01-25-2009 - winter photos uploaded!! |
| Aesculus hippocastanum - Horsechestnut | 01-26-2009 - winter photos uploaded!! |
| Ailanthus altissima - Tree of heaven | |
| Alnus glutinosa - European alder | 01-26-2009 new!! new!! |
| Asimina triloba - Common pawpaw | |
| Betula nigra "Little King" - Fox Valley ® river birch | |
| Betula papyrifera - Paper birch | |
| Carya cordiformis - Bitternut hickory | 02-02-2009 new!! new!! |
| Castanea dentata - American chestnut | |
| Catalpa speciosa - Northern catalpa | 11-30-2008 NEW PHOTO |
| Celtis laevigata - Sugarberry | 06-24-2008 updated!! |
| Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry | 01-01-2009 new Tree added!! |
| Cornus alternifolia - Pagoda dogwood | 08-20-2008 updated!! |
| Cornus florida - Flowering dogwood | |
| Corylus americana - American hazelnut | 12-23-2008 updated!! |
| Diospyros Virginiana - Persimmon | 01-04-2009 new Tree added!! |
| Euonymus hamiltonianus - Himalayan spindle tree | |
| Fagus grandifolia - American beech | 01-24-2009 new Tree added !! |
| Fagus sylvatica - European beech | 02-09-2009 new Tree added !! |
| Fraxinus nigra - Black ash | 01-23-2009 new Tree added !! |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Green ash, Red ash | 02-01-2009 new!! new!! |
| Fraxinus quadrangulata - Blue ash | 01-27-2009 new!! new!! |
| Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree | 01-04-2009 new Tree added !! |
| Hamamelis virginiana - Common witchhazel | 08-22-2008 new!! new!! |
| Juglans cinerea - Butternut | 08-22-2008 updated!! |
| Juglans microcarpa - Little walnut | 07-03-2008 updated!! |
| Juglans nigra - Black walnut | |
| Kalopanax pictus - Castor-leaved aralia | 10-30-2008 updated!! |
| Larix decidua - European larch | 01-04-2009 new Tree added !! |
| Larix laricina - American larch, Tamarack | 01-09-2009 Updated !! |
| Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet gum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree | 01-06-2009 updateD!! |
| Magnolia tripetala - Umbrella-tree | |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn-redwood | 11-21-2008 new Tree added!! |
| Ostrya virgiana - Hophornbeam, Ironwood | 02-01-2009 new!! new!! |
| Pinus cembra - Swiss stone pine | 11-20-2008 new Tree added!! |
| Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore | 02-09-2009 new!! new!! |
| Populus tremuloides - Quaking aspen | 1-23-2009 new Tree added!! |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas-fir | 06-26-2008 updated!! |
| Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth oak | 12-01-2008 NEW Photo!! |
| Quercus alba - White Oak | 10-29-2008 updated!! |
| Quercus bicolor - Swamp white oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa - Bur oak | |
| Quercus robur - English oak | |
| Rhus glabra - Smooth sumac | 06-24-2008 updated!! |
| Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac | 06-24-2008 updated!! |
| Robinia pseudoacacia - Black locust | 01-05-2009 new Tree added!! |
| Sassafras albidum - Sassafras | 11-21-2008 updated!! |
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Taxodium distichum 'Shawnee Brave' - |
08-28-2008 updated!! |
| Ulmus americana - American elm | 10-21-2008 updated!! |
Silver Maples at Mill Street School PowerPoint
Copyright information. Nearly all of the photographs were taken by the Webmaster of this site, Karren Wcisel, at Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
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