How To Identify Trees

The characteristics of these fruiting bodies will determine the type of fungus that infects the tree. For example, Armillaria spp., Grifola frondosa, and Xylaria polymorpha affect the roots and butt of the tree.

The second tallest locust, it reaches 40 to 70 feet tall. The showy spring flowers are rosy pink and fragrant and followed by reddish-brown, bristly, flat seedpods. Pods are 2 to 4 inches long and have a narrow wing.

The white oak, on the other hand, takes only one year to reach maturity and do not produce acorns consistently, sometimes dropping many in just a few months only to not drop any until the next year, when they will drop a much smaller amount scattered...

This sap will smell strongly of aged cedar. The berries are very strong with cedar smell.Inspect the branches and trunk for sap. Juniper trees leak a sticky, resinous sap from the trunk and along the branches.

Russian olive leaves are long, narrow, light green above, gray underneath, and covered with silvery scales. Crabapple leaves have broad bases, serrated edges and come to a point at the tip.

You may see a strange blueish mildew-like color that appears all over the leaves, as well as spots on the leaves that are wilting.One homemade remedy to treat tree fungus uses baking soda.

Redbud is a widely used landscape tree in both county and urban landscapes. Redbud, or Cercis canadensis, the Oklahoma state tree, may be found throughout the state on the edge of forests, in open meadows and roadside ditches.

Make your best guess before you open the book to look for the answer. Oaks and sugar maple trees both have rough bark. Finally, the ridges on a green ash tree's bark will create diamond shapes.Use your nose! Some tree barks actually have distinguishing...

Fruit tree blossoms have widely different shapes. By looking on the United States Department of Agriculture's Plant Hardiness Zone map, you can eliminate some of the choices. Fruit trees are not only prized for their produce, but also for their striking...

Coconut seeds are deep, reddish purple, about the size and shape of a plum. Mark it with a stake to help you remember where it is because it may take months to germinate. If you come across one during a morning stroll on the beach, pick it up and look...

Don't wait for your fruit tree to bear fruit to identify it. Some leaves are evergreen, like those in the citrus family.Observe any other identifying characteristics. For example, peach tree leaves curve inward and mango leaves are thick and leathery.Compare...

If the needles are tiny—between less than an inch and three inches—the tree could be a white, Virginia or Scotch pine.Smell the tree. There are more than one hundred species of pine that grow globally; over 30 different types of pine trees grow in...

If the leaf is densely hairy, it comes from a paper mulberry tree. If the leaf is short and the base is heart-shaped, it is probably a black mulberry leaf. If the leaves have rounded teeth on the edges, it is either white or red mulberry; white mulberry...

It is used as both an ornamental tree in yards and as a windbreak in rural areas.The berries on a juniper are often pale blue with a silverish cast.Check the height and shape of the tree.

They are dark green on the top and light green on the bottom.Analyze the bark on the tree. Amur chokecherry has black colored fruit, while serviceberry trees have round blue colored fruit.Examine the flowers on the tree.

And don't disregard ecological and geographic aspects: Use a tree field guide with distribution maps and habitat characteristics to narrow down your likely candidates. The vast majority of legumous trees have alternate, pinnately compound trees, which...

Florida strangler fig, weeping fig and rusty fig each produce small fruit that generally have a diameter no larger than 1/2 inch. Common fig produces the showiest of fruits, which are spherical and purple to red when ripe.A strangler fig tree grows over...

With a digital camera or a camera phone, take a picture of a small leaf cluster and place the sample in a small sandwich bag.Use an online plant identification manual, or one from a store, and compare the photograph to apple tree leaf examples in the...

They are essentially winged seeds that twirl to the ground when ripe, much to the delight of children who get caught in a shower of “whirlybirds.”Here are a few distinguishing characteristics of some of the more common types of Acer maple trees:may...

The needles and shoots may eventually wilt, die and fall off the tree. Although it is usually found in forest areas, it can also affect redwoods in urban areas that run up to undeveloped wildland.

The seeds will be prevalent but the tissues surrounding the seeds will be moist to wet. Caprifig has inedible fruit and is used exclusively to pollinate other edible figs, while female trees produce edible fruit.Look for five stamens that stick out of...

Silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) is the earliest flowering tree in Wisconsin. The Scotch rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia) normally flowers in early June, however, depending on the severity of the winter, yellow, white or pink flowers may appear from May...

Pennsylvania has a number of berry-picking compounds, including Mount Joy Berry Farm, Boyer Nurseries & Orchards and Yellow Hill Farm.Make sure the berries you pick from trees are edible and not poison.Look for areas with far-traveling birds, as berries...

Several Texas trees follow this fruiting pattern, including common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) and sugarberry (Celtis laevigata). Online tools, such as "ID By Leaf" from Texas A&M Forest Service's website Trees of Texas or "What Tree Is That?" from...

When a male-female tree is pollinated, seeds reflect an even gender distribution between male, female and male-female trees. The panicles of stamen-bearing, male papaya flowers may stretch 5 or 6 feet long.

Underneath the dark brown layer, the kernel is a light tan color and softer. Hazelnuts grow on trees in clusters. The American Hazel is normally between eight and fifteen feet tall, and it has a spread of five to ten feet.

Oregano tends to sprawl out as it grows, so pinching the flowers back will keep the plant compact and produce quality leaves.Taste the leaf. Marjoram will taste slightly minty and have a mild citrus flavor.