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    • PROTISTA & FUNGI (Protist & Fungi kingdoms)
    • PLANTAE Plant kingdom >
      • Trees - ACER to ZELKOVA
      • Trees - PINUS, QUERCUS, ULMUS
      • Shrubs - Large & Small
      • Perennials
      • Vines, Groundcovers, Wildflowers
    • ANIMAL Kingdom >
      • Phyla CNIDARIA, MOLLUSCA, ARTHROPODA
      • Phylum CHORDATA
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    • Morton Street to Christopher Street) (N1) Upper Level
    • Morton Street to Christopher Street) (N1) Mid- and Ground Level
    • Christopher Street to Charles Street ((N2)
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  • Profiles
    • Three Domains and Six Kingdoms of Life >
      • PROTISTA (Protist kingdom)
      • FUNGI (Fungus [and Lichen] kingdom) >
        • AGARIACEAE (Gilled Mushroom family)
        • NIDULARIACEAE (Bird's Nest Fungi family)
        • AGARICALES (Gilled mushroom order)
        • POLYPORALES (Bracket Fungi order)
        • AGARICOMYCETES Mushroom class >
          • Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)
      • PLANTAE Plant kingdom Flora - Plant kingdom (Plantae) >
        • GINKGOPHYTA (Ginkgo division) >
          • Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
        • CONIFEROPHYTA (Conifer division) >
          • PINACEAE (Pine family) >
            • Pines - Asian
            • Pines - U.S., European
            • Pine Needles
            • Pine Cones
          • Cypress family (Cupressaceae) >
            • Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)in
            • Hinoki Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
          • TAXACEAE (Yew family) >
            • TAXUS (Yew genus)
        • MAGNOLIOPHYTA (Flowering Plant division) >
          • Dicot class (Magnoliopsida) >
            • Tree Families >
              • Beech family (Fagaceae) >
                • Oaks - Red (Black) group
                • Oaks - White group
                • Oak Leaf Gallery
                • Acorns
              • Elm family (Ulmaceae) >
                • Elm genus ULMUS
                • Japanese Zelkova (Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase')
              • Maple family (Aceraceae) >
                • Red Maple (Acer rubrum) >
                  • Red Maple in Spring
              • Birch family (Betulaceae) >
                • Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
              • Katsura family (Cercidiphyllaceae) >
                • Katsura Tree (Cercibiphyllum japonicum)
              • Loosestrife (family Lythraceae) >
                • Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Natchez')
              • Soapberry family (Sapindaceae) >
                • Goldenrain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
              • Storax family (Styracacaeae) >
                • Japanese Snow-bell (Styrax japonicus)
              • Linden family (Tiliaceae) >
                • Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa)
            • Tree and Shrub Families >
              • Pea family (Fabaceae) >
                • Peas - shrubs
                • Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius 'Moonlight')
                • Peas - trees - locusts
                • Peas - trees - U.S. - Asian
                • Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia)
                • Japanese Pagoda Tree
            • Mixed Families >
              • Rose family (Rosaceae) >
                • Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
                • Autumn Brilliance Juneberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance')
                • Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima')
                • Black Chokeberry
                • Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)
                • Crabapples >
                  • Sugar Tyme Crabapple (Malus 'Sugar Tyme')
                  • Golden Raindrops Crabapple (Malus transitoria 'Schmidtcutleaf')
                • Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii')
                • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red')
                • Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
                • Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'chanticleer')
                • Spirea
              • Aster family (Asteraceae) >
                • White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
                • Wormwood (Artemisia x 'Powis Castle')
                • Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
                • Blanket Flower (Gaillardia sp.)
                • Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
              • Mint family (Lamiaceae) >
                • Bluebeard (Caryopteris x Clandonensis 'Blue Mist')
                • Catmint
                • LAMIACEAE Mint Family Wildflowers
                • Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
                • Purple Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
                • Russian Sage (Perovskia x Superba)
            • Wildflower families >
              • Potato family (Solanaceae) >
                • Solanus genus
      • Fauna - Animal kingdom (Animalia) >
        • Arthropod phylum (Arthropoda) >
          • Spiders & Kin class (Arachnida) >
            • Spiders (Araneae) >
              • Orbweaver family (Araneidae) >
                • Black-and-Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)
                • Trashline Spider (Cyclosa conica)
                • Spotted Orbweaver Spider (Neoscona crucifera)
              • Other Spider families >
                • Orchard Orbweaver Spider (Leucauge venusta)
                • Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
                • Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
          • Insect class (Insecta) >
            • Butterflies and Moth order (Lepidoptera) >
              • Butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea) >
                • Gossamer-wings (family Lycaenidae) >
                  • Blues (subfamily Polyomattinae) >
                    • Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas)
                    • Azures
                  • Hairstreaks (subfamily Theclinae)
                • Brush-foot (family Nymphalidae) >
                  • Brush-foot (subfamily Nymphalinae) >
                    • Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
                    • Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
                    • Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
                    • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
                    • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
                    • American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
                  • Fritillaries (subfamily Heliconiinae
                  • Milkweeds (subfamily Danainae)
                • Swallowtails (family Papilionidae) >
                  • Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern (Papilio glaucus)
                • Whites and Sulphurs (family Pieridae) >
                  • Whites
                  • Sulphurs >
                    • Colias
                    • Genus Phoebis
              • Untitled >
                • Nessus Sphinx Moth (Amphion floridensis)
                • Snowberry Clearwing Moth (Hemaris diffinis)
                • Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
                • American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana))
                • Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)
                • Sweetheart Underwing Moth (Catocala amatrix)
                • Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)
                • Evergreen Bagworm Moth (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
              • Skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea)
            • Dragonfly and Damselfly order (Odonata) >
              • Dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera) >
                • Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
                • Skimmer family (Libellulidae) >
                  • Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
                  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
                  • Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)
                  • Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
            • Katydid, Cricket, Grasshopper order (Orthoptera) >
              • Long-horned Orthoptera suborder (Ensifera) >
                • Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)
                • Restless Bush Cricket (Hapithus agitator)
              • Grasshoppper suborder (Caelifera) >
                • Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
            • Beetle order (Coleoptera) >
              • Lady Beetle family (Coccinellidae) >
                • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
                • Pink Twelve-spotted Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata lengi))
                • Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) >
                  • Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Life Cycle
                • Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
                • Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata) >
                  • Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle Life Cycle
              • Other Beetle families
            • Cicada and Bug order (Hemiptera) >
              • True Bug suborder (Heteroptera)
              • Swamp Cicada (Tibicen tibicen)
        • Chordate phylum (Chordata) >
          • Bird class (Aves) >
            • Duck, Goose, Swan family (Anatidae) >
              • Dabbling Duck subfamily (Anatinae) Anas genus >
                • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) >
                  • Mallard Ducklings
                • Gadwall (Anas strepera) >
                  • Gadwall Ducklings
                • Black Duck, American (Anas rubripes) >
                  • Black Duck Ducklings - 2013
              • Diving Duck subfamily (Aythyinae) >
                • Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
                • Scaup, Greater (Aythya marila)
              • Merganser subfamily (Merginae) >
                • Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
                • Long-tailed Duck [Oldsquaw] (Clangula hyemalis)
                • Merganser, Red-breasted (Mergus serrator)
                • Merganser, Common (Mergus merganser)
              • Stiff-tailed Duck subfamily (Oxyurinae) >
                • Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
              • Goose subfamily (Anserinae) >
                • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) >
                  • Canada Goose Goslings >
                    • Canada Goose Goslings - 2008 - 2012
                    • Canada Goose Goslings - 2013
                • Brant, Atlantic (Branta bernicla hrota)
              • Swan subfamily (Cygninae) >
                • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
            • Loon family (Gaviidae)
            • Grebe family (Podicipedidae)
            • Cormorant family (Phalacrocoracidae)
  • Resources
    • Index - SCIENTIFIC NAMES - A - Z
    • Index - COMMON NAMES - A - Z
    • Floral Glossary
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    • BRYOPHYTA (Moss division)
  • Pine Grove to West 12th Street
  • PAPILIONIDAE (Swallowtail family)
  • Trees - PINUS, QUERCUS, ULMUS
  • Lady Beetles
  • BASAL ANGIOSPERMS
    • EUDICOTS >
      • CORE EUDICOTS >
        • rosids >
          • eurosid II
          • eurosid I
        • asterids >
          • euasterid II
          • euasterid I >
            • Lamiales (mint order)

List of Wonders - Plant Kingdom - Trees - ACER to ZELKOVA (minus Pinus, Quercus, Ulmus)


SCIENTIFIC NAME /
COMMON NAME
IMAGE
TAXONOMIC
CLASSIFICATION
TIME of FLOWERS /
RIPE FRUIT
LOCATION
COMMON
NAME

Acer rubrum
Red Maple
01
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Aceraceae -
Maple family
March / April
 Sections
West 11th St. to Pine Grove, Pine Grove to West 12th St.

MAPLE, Red

Carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam

02
Picture
Hamamelididae
subclass
Betulaceae -
Birch family
April
Pier 40
area
HORNBEAM, European

Chionanthus
retusus

Chinese Fringetree
03
Picture
Asteridae
subclass
Oleaceae –
Olive family
May / October
Section
Pine Grove to West 12th St.
FRINGETREE, Chinese

Cornus x rutban
Aurora Dogwood
04a
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Cornaceae -
Dogwood family
May
Section
S
DOGWOOD, Aurora
Cornus x rutgan
Stellar Pink Dogwood
04b
Picture
May
Section
S
DOGWOOD, Stellar Pink

Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo


05
Picture
Ginkgophyta
division
Ginkgoaceae –
Ginkgo family
April
Sections
N1, N2, N5
GINKGO

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster'
Shademaster Honey Locust
06a
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Fabaceae - Pea family
May
Section
N2

Piers
45, 46
LOCUST, Honey, Shademaster
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skycole'
Skyline Honey Locust
06b
Picture
Sections
S
LOCUST, Honey, Skyline

Gymnocladus dioicus 'Espresso'
Kentucky Coffeetree
07
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Fabaceae –
Pea family
May/
Sections
N1, N2
COFFEETREE, Kentucky

Koelreuteria paniculata
Goldenrain Tree
08
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Sapindaceae – Soapberry family
June / September
Section
N3
GOLDENRAIN Tree

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine'
American Sweetgum
09
Picture
Hamamelididae
subclass
among most primitive of flowering plants
Hamamelidaceae
family
April
Sections
N1
N3
SWEETGUM, American

Maakia amurensis
Amur maakia
10
Picture

Malus transitoria
Golden Raindrops Crabapple
11
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Rosaceae – Rose family
April
Section
S
CRABAPPLE, Golden Raindrops
Malus 'Prairie Fire'
Prairie Fire Crabapple
12
Picture
April
Pier 40
area
CRABAPPLE, Prairie Fire

Nyssa sylvatica
Black Tupelo
13
Picture
Rosidae
subclass
Cornaceae – Dogwood family
May
Sections
N1, N4
S
TUPELO, Black

Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
Chokecherry
14
Picture
April
CHOKECHERRY

Pyrus calleryana
Callery Pear
15
Picture
Rosidae subclass
Rosaceae – Rose family
March
Sections
N2, N5
PEAR, Callery

Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust, white
XX
Picture
May
LOCUST, Black

Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust, pink
16
Picture
May
LOCUST, Black

Sophora japonica
_Japanese Pagoda Tree
17
Picture
August
PAGODA TREE, Japanese
SCHOLAR TREE, Chinese

Styrax japonicus
Japanese Snow-bell
18
Picture
May
Section
N5
SNOW-BELL, Japanese

Syringa reticulata
Japanese Tree Lilac
19
Picture
June
Pier 40 area
TREE LILAC, Japanese

Tilia tomentosa
Silver Linden
20
Picture
Dilleniidae
subclass
Tiliaceae – Linden family
June
Christopher Street fountain area
LINDEN, Silver

Zelkova serrata
'Green Vase'

Japanese Zelkova
21
Picture
Hamamelididae
subclass
Ulmaceae – Elm family
May
Sections
N3
N4
ZELKOVA. Japanese

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