| Term | Definition |
| Honey Locust | Compound, Alternate leaves, R-selected |
| Red Oak | Alternate leaves, pointy lobes, produces acorns |
| Sweetgum | Produces a natural perfume; lobed; alternate and resemble the maple leaf |
| Shagbark Hickory | Compound leaves, Shaggy bark, dentate and alternate |
| Sugar Maple | Opposite leaves, lobed leaves |
| Eastern white pine | Needles are "modified leaves" with 5 needles per bundle |
| White Oak | Rounded lobes, alternate |
| Bradford Pear | simple and regular looking leaves |
| Black Walnut | Compound, Alternate leaves, produces tennis ball looking nuts |
| Green Ash | Opposite, compound leaves |
| Red Maple | Lobed, Opposite leaves |