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bitternut hickory
- nut is somewhat heart shaped
- 9-11 leaflets does not have shaggy bark
- catkins produced early in the season
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butternut tree
- oblong fruit, sticky oily hairs on fruit and stem
- light gray bark that is furrowed
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black walnut
- intolerant to shade, gives off chemicals in the ground
- pinnately compound leaves, furrowed bark with
- horizontal cross sections
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shagbark hickory
- wood is hard dense and flexible, 5 leaflets
- bark has large flaying plates, tree irregular shape
- fruit is split top to bottom
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yellow birch
- foothills of the adirondaks, slivery to bronzy color bark
- peels away like a ribbon, in beech family
- simple leaved doubly toothed
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black birch
- tears in bark when they get older
- twigs have wintergreen flavor
- doubly toothed
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paper birch
- chalky white bark, orange color inner bark
- shade intolerant, used to make spindles
- tooth pics etc. bark is waterproof good fire starter
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gray birch
- bark is chalky white with black triangles
- long pointed leaves
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american hornbeam
- small tree of moist soils
- good firewood
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american hopbeam
- shade tolerant, wood tough strong and durable
- fine shaggy bark inflated fruit
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american chestnut
- prolific bearer of nuts, very important tree for wildlife
- important hardwood timber tree, the American Chestnut is highly susceptible to chestnut blight
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American beech
- silver gray bark, leaves dark green, simple
- small teeth. monoecious fruit small angled nut
- important tree in forestry
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