“Just the Facts” 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
FALL COLOR 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
BALD CYPRESS 70' Pyramidal, Med. None - has dangling None - has small round Yellowish to soft brown Conifer that drops its needles and 
Taxodium distichum with clusters of pollen- cone. young twigs in Winter. 
horizontal making structures. Autumn 
branching Spring 
BITTERNUT HICKORY __50-75'_— Slender, with _—Fast Inconspicuous, male Heart-shaped nut. Gold Best fuel for giving meat true 
Carya cordiformis rounded Acsuaniin cotideis. Autumn “hickory smoked” flavor. Distinctive 
awn April/May sulfur-yellow buds in Winter 
BLACK WALNUT 50'-150’ Round, Fast Inconspicuous, male Spherical nut. Bright yellow Striking Winter silhouette with 
Juglans nigra spreading flowers in catkins. Autumn thick, heavy twigs. 
Spring 
a Clusters of small, flat, : ttled bark. 
CHINESE ELM 40'-70' Broad, Fast Inconspicuous. wafer-like fruits . Yellowish & reddish purple Colorful, mo 
Ulmus parvifolia rounded Aug/Sept Sept/Oct 
CHINESE SPINDLETREE 30' Rounded, wiht , Slows’... <Iaoodepicuous, Yellow to pink with rose- Yellow Uncommon in USS. horticulture. 
Euonymus bungeana pendulous yellowish green. colored seeds (resembles Poisonous. 
branching May/June related bittersweet). 
Autumn 
CORKTREE 30'-45' Broad, Med. Inconspicuous yellow- Clusters of small black pea- Yellow Attractive, ridged corky bark. 
Phellodendron amurense spreading to Fast green clusters. sized fruits on female trees 
May/June only. Ripen Oct, persist 
through Winter 
CUCUMBERTREE 50'-80'  Upri Shaped like small Ashy b Exceedingly hardy for a magnolia. 
pright,oval Med.to Large and vaguel sm y brown a 
Magnolia acuminata Fast - cpap ee y cucumber, reddens late in Less showy than other magnolias. 
inconspicuous, yellow- apnon. 
green. May/June 
DAWN REDWOOD 70'-120' Pyramidal, Fast None - has dangling None - has small cone. Brown, orange/ red brown Living fossil, compare with bald 
Metasequoia glyptostroboides with short clusters of pollen- Autumn cypress. 
horizontal making structures. 
branching Spring 
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EUROPEAN BEECH 50'-60' Densely Siow 1s“ Wecnnepieasen: Small nut in bristly husk. Deep reds & golden bronze Low branches from massive trunk, 
Fagus sylvatica pyramidal Med. April/May Autumn colorful cultivars. 
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