no tapping of trees under 12” diameter.With practice, as you spend more time working in your woodlot, identifying maples will become much easier. Basswood – but has alternate branching, round leaf without lobes bark is soft enough that a lead pencil will easily penetrate itįor beginner producers, fall is the best time of year to identify and mark trees for tapping in the following spring since leaves are still present and buds have formed.White Ash – but has a compound leaf and deeply ridged bark with a diamond pattern.(hard maple) Similar to sugar maple simple leaf with distinct, shallow 3 lobe shape, smooth margins and “fuzzy” underside an uncommon component in area woodlots generally has the highest sap sweetness of any maple speciesĬlick here for more photos Most common cases of mistaken identity… Soft maple) Simple leaf 3-5 lobes doubly-toothed margin sides of end lobe nearly parallel to mid-rib notches at almost 90 degree angle and shallow often red leaf stalk commonly brilliant scarlet red in fall twigs same as silver maple but lack unpleasant odour when bruised young bark grey, becoming very dark with age forming scaly ridges seed drops by midsummer Estate Planning & Land Conservation for N.H.(soft maple) Simple leaf-5 lobes deep u-shaped notches sharp, doubly-toothed margin smooth, silvery underside-noticeable in wind Twigs often with dwarf shoots and plump reddish flower buds at the tips twigs unpleasant odour when bruised bark grey when young, becoming grayish-brown with ridges and loose at ends of plates found on more moist sites than sugar maple seed drops by mid-summer.Eastern White Pine Management Institute.Woodlot Management Show Woodlot Management submenu.Forests & Trees Show Forests & Trees submenu.Natural Resources Show Natural Resources submenu.Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.Building Community Resilience in New Hampshire.Healthy Places Show Healthy Places submenu.Healthy People Show Healthy People submenu.Health & Well-Being Show Health & Well-Being submenu.Teaching Through Inquiry & Science Practices.STEM Schoolyard SITES Show STEM Schoolyard SITES submenu.4-H STEM Docents Show 4-H STEM Docents submenu.Tourism, Outdoor Recreation & Nature Economy Show Tourism, Outdoor Recreation & Nature Economy submenu.Main Street Revitalization and Resiliency.Economic Development Show Economic Development submenu.Community Leadership Show Community Leadership submenu.

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Viburnums (arrowwood, maple-leaf viburnum, nannyberry, etc.).

The following families or groups of native trees and shrubs have opposite branching: Observing the branching pattern can narrow down the type of tree or shrub you’re looking at. Either they are opposite, with twigs coming off a branch opposite one another, or they are alternate, with twigs alternating up the length of the branch (see photos). Trees and shrubs have one of two branching patterns. Knowing what trees and shrubs are on your land can help guide management. The frozen ground reduces the impact of heavy machinery, making in an ideal time for a timber harvest or wildlife habitat management. Why might you need to identify trees and shrubs in the winter? Apart from impressing your friends and neighbors, landowners make many management decisions in winter. Without leaves to look at, things definitely get a little difficult, but with a few tricks, and maybe a good book in hand, you can up your botany game and learn to identify trees and shrubs without leaves!įor winter tree and shrub identification, it’s all about the three B’s: Branching, buds and bark. Winter seems like a lousy time to identify trees and shrubs.

Identifying types of maple trees