Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

• Abies balsamea, [27].
• Acacia, Three-thorned, [165].
• Acer dasycarpum, [185].
  • negundo, [193].
  • nigrum, [183].
  • pennsylvanicum, [177].
  • platanoides, [189].
  • pseudo-platanus, [191].
  • rubrum, [187].
  • saccharinum, [181], [185].
  • saccharum, [181], [189].
  • saccharum nigrum, [183].
  • spicatum, [179].
• Aesculus glabra, [199].
  • hippocastanum, [197].
  • hippocastanum, v. flòre plèno, [197].
• Ailanthus, [171].
  • glandulosa, [171].
• Almondleaf Willow, [39].
• Alternate-leaved Dogwood, [207].
• Amelanchier canadensis, [149].
• American Crab, [145].
  • Elm, [127].
• Arborvitae, [31].
• Ash, Black, [221].
  • Blue, [219].
  • Green, [217].
  • Mountain, [147].
  • Red, [215].
  • White, [213].
• Ash-leaved Maple, [193].
• Aspen, [49].
  • Largetooth, [51].
• Austrian Pine, [11].
• Balm of Gilead, [53].
• • Hairy, [55].
• Balsam, [53], [55].
  • Fir, [27].
• Basswood, [201].
• Beech, [93].
  • Blue, [83].
  • Water, [83].
  • White, [93].
• Betula alba papyrifera, [91].
  • alleghanensis, [87].
  • lenta, [87].
  • lutea, [89].
  • papyrifera, [91].
• Birch, Black, [87].
  • Canoe, [91].
  • Cherry, [87].
  • Gray, [89].
  • Paper, [91].
  • Sweet, [87].
  • White, [91].
  • Yellow, [89].
• Bitternut Hickory, [79].
• Black Ash, [221].
  • Birch, [87].
  • Cherry, [155].
  • Gum, [209].
  • Jack, [119].
  • Locust, [169].
  • Maple, [183].
  • Oak, [115], [117].
  • Pine, [11].
  • Spruce, [23].
  • Sugar Maple, [183].
  • Walnut, [65].
  • Willow, [37].
• Blue Ash, [219].
  • Beech, [83].
  • Dogwood, [207].
• Boxelder, [193].
• Boxwood, [205].
• Brittle Willow, [41].
• Buckeye, Ohio, [199].
• Bur Oak, [103].
• Butternut, [63].
• Buttonball-tree, [141].
• Button-wood, [141].
• Canada Plum, [161].
• Canoe Birch, [91].
• Carpinus caroliniana, [83].
• Carya alba, [69], [73].
  • amara, [79].
  • cordiformis, [79].
  • glabra, [75], [77].
  • laciniosa, [71].
  • microcarpa, [75].
  • ovata, [69].
  • porcina, [77].
  • sulcata, [71].
  • tomentosa, [73].
• Castanea dentata, [95].
  • sativa, v. americana, [95].
  • vesca, v. americana, [95].
• Catalpa, [227].
  • bignonioides, [225], [227].
  • catalpa, [227].
  • Hardy, [225].
  • speciosa, [225].
• Cedar, Red, [33].
  • White, [31].
• Celtis occidentalis, [131].
• Cercis canadensis, [167].
• Cherry Birch, [87].
• Cherry, Black, [155].
  • Choke, [157].
  • Pin, [159].
  • Wild Red, [159].
• Chestnut, [95].
  • Oak, [107].
• Chinquapin Oak, [107].
• Choke Cherry, [157].
• Coffeetree, [163].
  • Kentucky, [163].
• Cork Elm, [129].
• Cornus alternifolia, [207].
  • florida, [205].
• Cottonwood, [57].
• Crab, American, [145].
  • Sweet, [145].
• Crack Willow, [41].
• Crataegus, [151].
  • punctata, [150].
• Dogwood, [205].
• • Alternate-leaved, [207].
  • Blue, [207].
  • Flowering, [205].
• Elm, American, [127].
• • Cork, [129].
  • Red, [125].
  • Rock, [129].
  • Slippery, [125].
  • Water, [127].
  • White, [127].
• Fagus americana, [93].
• • atropunicea, [93].
  • ferruginea, [93].
  • grandifolia, [93].
• Fir, Balsam, [27].
  • Scotch, [13].
• Flowering Dogwood, [205].
• Fraxinus americana, [213].
  • lanceolata, [217].
  • nigra, [221].
  • pennsylvanica, [215], [217].
  • pennsylvanica lanceolata, [217].
  • pubescens, [215].
  • quadrangulata, [219].
  • sambucifolia, [221].
  • virdis, [217].
• Ginkgo, [3].
• • biloba, [3].
• Gleditsia triacanthos, [165].
• Gray Birch, [89].
• Green Ash, [217].
• Gum, Black, [209].
• Gymnocladus canadensis, [163].
  • dioica, [163].
• Hackberry, [131].
• Hairy Balm of Gilead, [55].
• Hard Maple, [181].
• Hardy Catalpa, [225].
• Haw, [151].
• Hawthorn, [151].
• Hemlock, [29].
• Hickory, Bitternut, [79].
• • Mocker Nut, [73].
  • Pignut, [77].
  • Shagbark, [69].
  • Shellbark, [69], [71].
  • Small Pignut, [75].
• Hicoria alba, [73].
  • glabra, [77].
  • glabra, v. odorata, [75].
  • laciniosa, [71].
  • microcarpa, [75].
  • minima, [79].
  • odorata, [75].
  • ovata, [69].
• Hill’s Oak, [115].
• Honey Locust, [165].
• Hornbeam, [81].
• Horse-chestnut, [197].
• Ironwood, [81].
• Jack Pine, [9].
• Judas-tree, [167].
• Juglans cinerea, [63].
• • nigra, [65].
• Juniper, Red, [33].
• Juniperus virginiana, [33].
• Kentucky Coffeetree, [163].
• King Nut, [71].
• Largetooth Aspen, [51].
• Larix americana, [17].
• • laricina, [17].
• Liriodendron tulipifera, [137].
• Locust, [169].
  • Black, [169].
  • Honey, [165].
• Lombardy Poplar, [59].
• Maclura aurantiaca, [133].
• • pomifera, [133].
• Maidenhair Tree, [3].
• Malus coronaria, [145].
• Maple, Ash-leaved, [193].
  • Black, [183].
  • Black Sugar, [183].
  • Hard, [181].
  • Mountain, [179].
  • Norway, [189].
  • Red, [187].
  • Rock, [181].
  • Silver, [185].
  • Soft, [185], [187].
  • Striped, [177].
  • Sugar, [181].
  • Sycamore, [191].
• Mocker Nut Hickory, [73].
• Moosewood, [177].
• Morus rubra, [135].
• Mountain Ash, [147].
  • Maple, [179].
• Mulberry, Red, [135].
• Nannyberry, [229].
• Napoleon’s Willow, [43].
• Negundo aceroides, [193].
• Nettle-tree, [131].
• Northern Pin Oak, [115].
• Norway Maple, [189].
• Pine, [15].
• Spruce, [25].
• Nut, King, [71].
• Nyssa multiflora, [209].
• • sylvatica, [209].
• Oak, Black, [115], [117].
• • Bur, [103].
  • Chestnut, [107].
  • Chinquapin, [107].
  • Hill’s, [115].
  • Northern Pin, [115].
  • Pin, [111].
  • Red, [109].
  • Scarlet, [113].
  • Shingle, [121].
  • Swamp, [105].
  • Swamp White, [105].
  • White, [101].
  • Yellow, [107], [117].
• Ohio Buckeye, [199].
• Osage Orange, [133].
• Ostrya virginiana, [81].
• Padus serotina, [155].
• • virginiana, [157].
• Paper Birch, [91].
• Pepperidge, [209].
• Picea abies, [25].
  • alba, [21].
  • canadensis, [21].
  • excelsa, [25].
  • mariana, [23].
  • nigra, [23].
• Pignut Hickory, [77].
  • Small, [75].
• Pin Cherry, [159].
  • Oak, [111].
  • Oak, Northern, [115].
• Pine, Austrian, [11].
  • Black, [11].
  • Jack, [9].
  • Norway, [15].
  • Red, [15].
  • Scotch, [13].
  • Scrub, [9].
  • White, [7].
• Pinus austriaca, [11].
  • banksiana, [9].
  • divaricata, [9].
  • laricio austriaca, [11].
  • resinosa, [15].
  • strobus, [7].
  • sylvestris, [13].
• Platanus occidentalis, [141].
• Plum, Canada, [161].
  • Red, [161].
• Poplar, Lombardy, [59].
  • Tulip, [137].
  • White, [47].
• Populus alba, [47].
  • balsamifera, [53], [55].
  • balsamifera candicans, [55].
  • candicans, [55].
  • deltoides, [57].
  • dilatata, [59].
  • fastigiata, [59].
  • grandidentata, [51].
  • monilifera, [57].
  • nigra italica, [59].
  • tremuloides, [49].
• Prunus americana, v. nigra, [161].
  • nigra, [161].
  • pennsylvanica, [159].
  • serotina, [155].
  • virginiana, [157].
• Pyrus americana, [147].
  • coronaria, [145].
• Quercus acuminata, [107].
• • alba, [101].
  • Alexanderi, [107].
  • bicolor, [105].
  • coccinea, [113].
  • ellipsoidalis, [115].
  • imbricaria, [121].
  • macrocarpa, [103].
  • marilandica, [119].
  • muhlenbergii, [107].
  • palustris, [111].
  • platanoides, [105].
  • rubra, [109].
  • velutina, [117].
• Red Ash, [215].
• • Cedar, [33].
  • Cherry, Wild, [159].
  • Elm, [125].
  • Juniper, [33].
  • Maple, [187].
  • Mulberry, [135].
  • Oak, [109].
  • Pine, [15].
  • Plum, [161].
• Redbud, [167].
• Robinia pseudo-acacia, [169].
• Rock Elm, [129].
  • Maple, [181].
• Salisburia adiantifolia, [3].
• Salix, [35].
  • amygdaloides, [39].
  • babylonica, [43].
  • fragilis, [41].
  • nigra, [37].
• Sassafras, [139].
  • officinale, [139].
  • sassafras, [139].
  • variifolium, [139].
• Scarlet Oak, [113].
• Scotch Fir, [13].
  • Pine, [13].
• Scrub Pine, [9].
• Serviceberry, [149].
• Shagbark Hickory, [69].
• Sheepberry, [229].
• Shellbark Hickory, [69], [71].
• Shingle Oak, [121].
• Silver Maple, [185].
• Slippery Elm, [125].
• Small Pignut Hickory, [75].
• Soft Maple, [185], [187].
• Sorbus americana, [147].
• Spruce, Black, [23].
  • Norway, [25].
  • White, [21].
• Striped Maple, [177].
• Sugar Maple, [181].
  • Black, [183].
• Swamp Oak, [105].
  • White Oak, [105].
• Sweet Birch, [87].
  • Crab, [145].
• Sycamore, [141].
  • Maple, [191].
• Tamarack, [17].
• Thorn, [151].
• Thorn-apple, [151].
• Three-thorned Acacia, [165].
• Thuja occidentalis, [31].
• Tilia americana, [201].
• Toxylon pomiferum, [133].
• Tree, Maidenhair, [3].
• • of Heaven, [171].
• Tsuga canadensis, [29].
• Tulip Poplar, [137].
• Tulip-tree, [137].
• Ulmus americana, [125], [127].
• • fulva, [125].
  • pubescens, [125].
  • racemosa, [129].
  • Thomasi, [129].
• Viburnum lentago, [229].
• Walnut, Black, [65].
• Water Beech, [83].
• • Elm, [127].
• Weeping Willow, [43].
• Whistlewood, [177].
• White Ash, [213].
  • Beech, [93].
  • Birch, [91].
  • Cedar, [31].
  • Elm, [127].
  • Oak, [101].
  • Oak, Swamp, [105].
  • Pine, [7].
  • Poplar, [47].
  • Spruce, [21].
• White-wood, [137].
• Wild Red Cherry, [159].
• Willow, [35].
  • Almondleaf, [39].
  • Black, [37].
  • Brittle, [41].
  • Crack, [41].
  • Napoleon’s, [43].
  • Weeping, [43].
• Yellow Birch, [89].
• • Oak, [107], [117].

Transcriber’s Note

For ease of navigation, the names of the families of trees have been added to the Table of Contents, and as headings at the start of each chapter.