Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
mostly inconspicuous, which results in part from its 
minuteness and partly from its dull coloring. 
INCONSPICUOUS-FLOWERING, NON-AMENTACEOUS 
TREES 
Sour Gum Staghorn Sumach 
Persimmon Hop-tree 
Sassafras Angelica-tree 
Alligator Pear White Ash 
Large Tupelo Red Ash 
Basswood Black Ash 
Downy-leaved Basswood Green Ash 
White Basswood Blue Ash 
American Elm Carolina Water Ash 
Slippery Elm Silver-leaf Maple 
Corky White Elm Ash-leaved Maple 
Winged Elm Sugar Maple 
Nettle tree Striped Maple 
Alder Buckthorn Mountain Maple 
Planer-tree Cut-leaved Maple 
Sweet Gum Honey-locust 
Buttonwood Water-locust 
Devilwood Prickly Ash 
Kentucky Coffee-tree Red Mulberry 
Poison Dogwood White Mulberry 
Ailanthus 
The amentaceous (catkin-bearing) trees exhibit the 
lower flower-types as explained above, and the flower- 
clusters as a rule are not in the least degree ornamental ; 
but the rule has a few notable exceptions, as in the chest- 
nut and some of the birches, the graceful effect of whose 
long, pendent tassels, white or golden, is not inferior to 
that of many of the more pretentious blossoming trees. 
In the beech the catkin takes the form of a globular mass. 
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