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List of Wonders - Plant Kingdom - Trees - ACER to ZELKOVA (minus Pinus, Quercus, Ulmus)
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SCIENTIFIC NAME /
COMMON NAME |
IMAGE
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TAXONOMIC
CLASSIFICATION |
TIME of FLOWERS /
RIPE FRUIT |
LOCATION
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COMMON
NAME |
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Red Maple
01
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Rosidae
subclass Aceraceae -
Maple family |
March / April
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Sections
West 11th St. to Pine Grove, Pine Grove to West 12th St. |
MAPLE, Red
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Carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam
02 |
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Hamamelididae
subclass Betulaceae -
Birch family |
April
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Pier 40
area |
HORNBEAM, European
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Cornus x rutban
Aurora Dogwood
04a
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Rosidae
subclass Cornaceae -
Dogwood family |
May
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Section
S |
DOGWOOD, Aurora
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Cornus x rutgan
Stellar Pink Dogwood
04b
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May
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Section
S |
DOGWOOD, Stellar Pink
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Ginkgo
05 |
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Ginkgophyta
division Ginkgoaceae –
Ginkgo family |
April
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Sections
N1, N2, N5 |
GINKGO
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Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster'
Shademaster Honey Locust
06a
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Rosidae
subclass Fabaceae - Pea family
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May
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Section
N2 Piers
45, 46 |
LOCUST, Honey, Shademaster
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Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skycole'
Skyline Honey Locust
06b
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Sections
S |
LOCUST, Honey, Skyline
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Gymnocladus dioicus 'Espresso'
Kentucky Coffeetree
07
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Rosidae
subclass Fabaceae –
Pea family |
May/
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COFFEETREE, Kentucky
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Koelreuteria paniculata
Goldenrain Tree
08
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Rosidae
subclass Sapindaceae – Soapberry family
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June / September
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Section
N3 |
GOLDENRAIN Tree
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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine'
American Sweetgum
09
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Hamamelididae
subclass among most primitive of flowering plants
Hamamelidaceae
family |
April
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Sections
N1 N3 |
SWEETGUM, American
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Maakia amurensis
Amur maakia
10
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Malus transitoria
Golden Raindrops Crabapple
11
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Rosidae
subclass Rosaceae – Rose family
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April
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Section
S |
CRABAPPLE, Golden Raindrops
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Malus 'Prairie Fire'
Prairie Fire Crabapple
12
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April
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Pier 40
area |
CRABAPPLE, Prairie Fire
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Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
Chokecherry
14
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April
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CHOKECHERRY
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Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust, white
XX
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May
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LOCUST, Black
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Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust, pink
16
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May
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LOCUST, Black
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Japanese Pagoda Tree
17
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August
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PAGODA TREE, Japanese
SCHOLAR TREE, Chinese |
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Japanese Snow-bell
18
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May
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Section
N5 |
SNOW-BELL, Japanese
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Japanese Tree Lilac
19
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June
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Pier 40 area
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TREE LILAC, Japanese
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Silver Linden
20
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Dilleniidae
subclass Tiliaceae – Linden family
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June
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Christopher Street fountain area
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LINDEN, Silver
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Zelkova serrata
'Green Vase' Japanese Zelkova
21
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Hamamelididae
subclass Ulmaceae – Elm family
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May
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Sections
N3 N4 |
ZELKOVA. Japanese
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