Big bone lick park
Growing in a yard in downtown Cincinnati
Tall adult tree. Leaves simple and entire to serrate. Fruit was a red/brown drupe. Both leaves and fruit were withering in the fall.
Old maple tree from when neighborhood was farmland
40 m tree. Straight trunk. Peeling tan bark, white underneath. Light green leaves. Brown round buds with blunt end surrounded by leaf stalk. Fruit round on long peduncle, brown with slightly spiky bumps.
Leaf serrate, but sometimes non-toothed, hairy to glabrous on veins; distinctively green twigs; fruit glabrous, young twigs often have a white waxy coating, likely to be lost with preservation.
Grey to white exfoliating bark; leaves alternate, pale and hairy beneath, leaf base encloses the bud.
Leaves opposite or whorled, hairy beneath; flowers white with tiny yellow and purple spots; fruit is a long capsule; seeds are two winged; deeply furrowed bark.
Near edge of swampy area
Growing on forest edge near vacant park lodging