The Scenic Lawrence Brook - Plants (3)
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- All  pictures have been taken along  the  Lawrence Brook

Trees and shrubs [invasives are indicated in red]
Its leaves look like poison ivy leaves, but its winged seeds are unmistakable
Silver maple
(Acer sacharinum)		 Box elder, a maple 
(Acer negundo)		 Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Branch of Pin oak (Quercus palustris). This oak can be planted in flodable areas.    
White oak (Quercus  alba) Pin oak
(Quercus palustris)		 Black oak
(Quercus velutina)		 Red oak
(Quercus rubra)
Also named glossy sumac. Leafy membranes (wings) between leaflets Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
Winged Sumac
(Rhus copallinum)		 Smooth  sumac
(Rhus glabra)		 Tree of  Heaven [invasive]
(Ailanthus altissima)		 White oak (Quercus  alba)
One of the few remaining groves of the flood-tolerant white cedar (Chanaecyparis thyoides). Was already used by native American to treat external inflammationst
White cedar in winter
(Chanaecyparis thyoides)		 Witch hazel
(Hamamelis virginiana)		 Tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera)
  Matures as a large tree. Invasive in parts of the U.S., endangered in Japan. It was introduced in the 19. c. from its seeds used as packaging filler for chinaware.
Arrow wood 
(Viburnum dentatum)		   Catalpa (Catalpa sp.) Paulownia[invasive]
(Paulownia tomentosa)
Indians used to extract oil by boiling the meat of the nuts.
American beech
(Fagus  grandifolia)		 Shagbark hickory
(Carya oveata)		 Black  walnut (Juglans nigra)
Rhodora (Rhododendron canadense), a wild rhododendron, locally rare Montain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) also calledb blackgum, pepperidge, sourgum, and beetlebung
Rhodora
(Rhododendron canadense)		 Montain laurel
(Kalmia latifolia)		 Silky Dogwood
(Cornus amomum)		 Black gum (late summer)
(Nyssa sylvatica)
Easily mistaken for chokecherry
Mulberry (Morus rubra) Black cherry
(Prunus serotina)		 American hazelnut
(Corylus americana)		 Black  locust
 (Robinia pseudoacacia)
swamp rrose hips (fall) Invasive plant, native to Asia. Notice the clusters of many small berries.
Swamp rose (Rosa palustris) Multiflora rose [invasive] (Rosa multiflora)
Unlike blackberry, it has bluish stems Established non-native plante; its stems are hairy. Sometimes listed as invasive Sweet Pepperbush, Anne Bidwell or Summersweet. Flowers have a sweet and spicy fragrance. Good plant for preventing erosion of riverbanks
Black raspberry
(Rubus occidentalis)		 Wineberry 
(Rubus phoenicolasius)		 Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) Sweet  pepperbush
(Clethra alnifolia)
Leaves are gigantic (3 feet long, 3 feet wide). What appears to be a leave is a leaflet. berries, very attractive to bird  
Devil's walking  stick (Aralia spinosa)  
buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
 Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) American elder, elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Buttonbush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis)
  Winter picture. Female bush ; most hollies are dioecious (male and females plants are separate)
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium		 Blueberry
(Vaccinium sp.)		 Norway  maple [invasive]
(Acer platanoides)
 American Winterberry
(Ilex verticillata)
hazel alder, smooth alder Alnus serrulata (serrulata=fine-toothed), syn. Alnus noveboracensis also named ironwood, blue beech and musclewood. Its branches look like muscles
Sassafras [autumn]
(Sassafras albidum)		 Hazel alder, smooth alder
(Alnus serrulata)		 American Holly
(Ilex opaca)		 American hornbean
(Carpinus  caroliniana)
Opposite leaves, invasive and toxic. (Not to be confused with Elaeagnus spp., w. alternate leaves.) See section ' invasive plants'
Bush  honeysuckle[invasive] (Lonicera maacki) Bush  honeysuckle[invasive] (Lonicera maacki) Autumn  olive [invasive]
(Elaeagnus umbellata),		 Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
   
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styracflua)