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Trees of Missouri

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Carl Settergren
MU Extension

R.E. McDermott
School of Forestry, Pennsylvania State University

This publication covers essentially all native and some of the more common naturalized trees of Missouri. With approximately one-third of its land forested, Missouri has an interesting mix of trees from all regions of the country. For example, no other state has more hybrids of oak (34) than Missouri. This text gives a detailed description and black-and-white photos of leaves and fruits of 161 species of trees in the state. A state map with each entry documents the Missouri counties in which a particular tree species may be found. A glossary and index are included at the end of the text.

Keywords

• Alternate leaved dogwood (Cornus alternifolia L.)
• American basswood (Tilia americana L.)
• American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh)
• American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia L.)
• American chestnut (Cstanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh)
• American elder (Sambucus canadensis L.)
• American elm (Ulmus americana L.)
• American hazel (Corylus americana Walt.)
• American holly (Ilex opaca Ait.)
• American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana Walt.)
• American plum (Prunus americana Marsh.)
• American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.)
• Apple (Malus pumila Mill.)
• Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei Buchholz)
• Austrian pine (P. nigra Arnold)
• Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.)
• Bartram oak (Quercus X heterophyulla Michs. f.)
• Beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta Marsh.)
• Bebb oak (Quercus X bebbiana Schneid.)
• Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata Michx.)
• Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.)
• Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.)
• Black hickory (Carya texana Buckl.)
• Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium L.)
• Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica Muenchh.)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.)
• Black maple (Acer nigrum Michx. f.)
• Black oak (Quercus velutina Lam.)
• Black walnut (Juglans nigra L.)
• Black willow (Salix nigra Marsh.)
• Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx.)
• Bottom oak (Quercus X runcinata (a.DC.) Engelm.)
• Boxelder (Acer negundo L.)
• Buckthron bumelia (Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers.)
• Bur oak (Quercus Macrocarpa Michx.)
• Bushes oak (Quercus X bushii Sarg.)
• Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.)
• Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis L.)
• Carolina buckthorn (Rhamnus caroliniana Walt.)
• Cherrybark oak (Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia Ell.)
• Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia Marsh)
• Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.)
• Chinkapin oak (Quercus meuhlenbergii Engelm.)
• Cockspur hawthron (Crataegus crus-galli L.)
• Common hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata L.)
• Common prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.)
• Corkwood (Leitneria floridana Chapm.)
• Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata L.)
• Devils-walkingstick (Aralia spinosa L.)
• Downy hawthron (Crataegus mollis Scheele)
• Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern.)
• Drummond red maple (Acer rubrum var. drummondii (Hook & Arn.) Sarg.)
• Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.)
• Eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch)
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.)
• Eastern wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.)
• Eastern white Pine (P. strobus L.)
• Eggleston oak (Quercus X egglestonii Trel.)
• Engleman hawthron (Crataegus engelmannii Sarg.)
• European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)
• European white Birch (Betula pendula Roth.)
• Fernow oak (Quercus X fernowii Trel.)
• Fleshy hawthron (Crataegus succulenta Schrad.)
• Florida basswood (Tilia floridana Small)
• Florida maple (Acer barbatum Michx.)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.)
• Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus L.)
• Frosted hawthron (Crataegus pruinosa (H.L. Wendl.) K. Koch, Gattinger hawthron (Crataegus gattingeri Ashe)
• Glossy hawthron (Crataegus nitida (engelm.) Sarg.)
• Goose plum (Prunus munsoniana Wight and Hedr.)
• Gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa Lam.)
• Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.)
• Green hawthorn (Crataegus viridis L.)
• Gum bumelia (Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers., hackberry (Celtis occidentalis L.)
• Hannibal hawthron (Crataegus hannibalensis Palmer)
• Hawkins oak (Quercus X haukinsiae Sudw.)
• Hazel alder (Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.)
• Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.)
• Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos L.)
• Hortulan plum (Prunus hortulana Bailey)
• Jack pine (P. banksiana Lamb)
• Kansas hawthron (Grataegus coccinioides Ashe)
• Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch)
• Lea oak (Quercus X leana Nutt.)
• Lance leaved buckthorn (Rhamnus lanceolata, Prush.)
• Littlehip hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata Michx.)
• Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica Muenchh.)
• Makenzie hawthorn (Crataegus makenzii Sarg., Margaret Hawthorn (Crataegus margaretta Ashe)
• Mexican plum (Prunus mexicana S. Wats.)
• Mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa Nutt.)
• Noel hawthorn (Crataegus noelensis Sarg.)
• Northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa Warder)
• Northern pin oak (Q. ellipsoidalis E. J. Hill)
• Northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.)
• Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra Willd.)
• Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid.)
• Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata Walt.)
• Ozark chinkapin (Castanea Ozarkensis Ashe)
• Ozark witch-hazel (Hamamelis vernalis Sarg.)
• Palmer hawthorn (Crataegus palmeri Sarg.)
• Paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh)
• Paper-mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent)
• Parsley haw (Crataegus marshallii Eggl.)
• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal)
• Peachleaf willow (S. amygadaloides Anderss)
• Pear (Pyrus communis L.)
• Pear hawthorn (Crataegus calpodendron (Ehrh.) Med.)
• Pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch)
• Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.)
• Piedmont hawthorn (Crataegus ragalis Beadle)
• Pignut hickory (Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris Muenchh.)
• Planertree (Planer aquatica Gmel.)
• Possumhaw (Ilex decidua Walt.)
• Post oak (Quercus stellata Wangenh.)
• Prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis (Wood) Britton)
• Pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda (Bush) Bush)
• Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)
• Redbud (Cercis canadensis L.)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum L.)
• Red mulberry (Morus rubra L.)
• Reverchon hawthorn (Crataegus reverchonii var discolor (Sarg.) Palmer)
• River birch (Betula nigra L.)
• Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii Sarg.)
• Roughleaf dogwood (Cornus rummondii C. A. Meyer)
• Rusty blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum Raf.)
• Sandbar willow (S. interior Rowlee)
• Sandhill hawthorn (Crataegus collina Chapm.)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees)
• Scarlett oak (Quercus coccinea Muenchh.)
• Schuette oak (Quercus schuettei Trel.)
• Scotch pine (P. sylvestris L.)
• Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch)
• Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) Loud.)
• Shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria Michx.)
• Shinglepin oak (Quercus X exacta Trel.)
• Shining sumac (Rhus copallina L.)
• Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.)
• Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii Buckl.)
• Siberian elm, (Ulmus pumila L.)
• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.)
• Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra Muhl.)
• Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus Raf.)
• Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra L.)
• Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides Walt.)
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata Michx.)
• Spicebush (Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume)
• Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina L.)
• Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina Mill.)
• St. Clair hawthorn (Crataegus fucunda Sarg.)
• St. Landry oak (Quercus X ludoviciana Sarg.)
• St. Louis hawthorn (Crataegus acutifolia Sarg.)
• St. Louis oak (Quercus X tridentata (A. DC.) Engelm.)
• Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata Willd.)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)
• Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii Nutt.)
• Swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla L.)
• Swamp dogwood (Cornus obliqua Raf.)
• Swamp-privet (Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.)
• Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor Willd.)
• Sweet crabapple (Malus coronaria (L.) Mill)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.)
• Texas sugarberry (Celtis laevigata var. texana (Scheele) Sarg.)
• Treeofheaven (Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle)
• Tree sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.)
• Ward's willow (S. caroliniana Michx.)
• Washington thron (Crataegus phaenopyrum (L.f.) Med.)
• Water hickory (Cary aquatica (Michx. Ff.) Nutt.)
• Waterlocust (Gleditsia aquatica Marsh.)
• Water oak (Quercus nigra L.)
• Water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica L.)
• Weeping willow (S. babylonica L.)
• Western soapberry (Sapindus drummondii Hook and Arn.)
• White ash (Fraxinus americana L.)
• White basswood (Tilia heterophylla Vent.)
• White mulbery (Moras alba L.)
• White poplar (Populus alba L.)
• White oak (Quercus alba L.)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos L.)
• Winged elm (Ulmus alata Michx.)
• Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana L.)
• Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.)
• Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea (Michx. f.) K. Koch)

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SB767, reviewed November 2000