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Tree Identification
Reviewing Some of the Common Trees Found on the SMEL
Shawnee Mission South H.S.Environmental Science I – Mr. Wright
Compound Leaves Leaf divided up into
leaflets
Often mistaken for being multiple leaves
Black Walnut Look at all the pairs of
leaflets (lots of them).
Large (1½ - 3”) leaflets.
Leaflets pointed.
Black Walnut
Honey Locust Very small leaflets
and lost of them.
Leaflets rounded on ends.
Honey Locust
Ash Leaflets usually 5-7.
Leaflets pointed on end, but larger than walnut.
Ash
Shagbark Hickory Leaflets usually 5-7.
Much larger than other compound leaves.
Shagbark Hickory
Simple Leaves Leaf is not divided up
into leaflets.
Leaf may come in different shapes.
Redbud Heart shaped leaf.
3-4 inches across.
Smooth edge to leaf.
Pointed tip.
Cotton wood Almost heart shape.
Almost flat where petiole is attached.
Smaller than redbud.
State tree.
Cotton wood
Mulberry Leaf often has 1-3
lobes on the side, like thumbs on a mitten.
Leaves 3-5 inches long.
“Mitten for mulberry.”
Mulberry
Red Oak Larger, lobed leaves
Lobes are pointed with bristles on tips for red oaks
Red Oak
Shingle Oak Leaf doesn't look like
an oak leaf, but has acorns.
Oval shaped Larger leaves, several
inches long. Often dark and shiny.
Shingle Oak
Elm Smaller leaves with
saw toothed edge
Rough to the touch
Unsymmetrical base
Elm
Osage Orange Green glossy leaves up
to 8 inches long Smooth edges with a
tapered leaf tip
Fruit is a large, dense, green wrinkled ball up to 6" in diameter
Osage Orange
Dogwood Leaves bigger than an
elm but smaller than redbuds.
Smooth on edges. Veins curve to run
parallel to edge, curving up towards tip.
Dogwood
Sycamore Leaves can be very
large.
Looks a lot like a maple leaf.
Palmate (like a hand).
Sycamore
Willow Long skinny
leaves that hang from drooping branches
Always near a water source.
Several on east side of pond.
Willow
Other Types of Leaves
Eastern Red Cedar Either small and scaly
or needlelike.
Light green to blue green in color.
Stinks.
Eastern Red Cedar
Bald Cypress A series of small,
fine, delicate needles running down a stem.
Light green in color.
Deciduous, fall off in the winter.
Bald Cypress