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List of Wonders - Plant Kingdom - Trees - minus Pines, Oaks, Elms
SCIENTIFIC NAME /
COMMON NAME |
IMAGE
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TAXONOMIC FAMILY
|
TIME of FLOWERS /
FRUIT |
LOCATION
|
COMMON
NAME |
red maple
01
|
Aceraceae
maple family Sapindaceae soapberry family
|
March / April
|
W11th - Pine Grove, Pine Grove - W12th
uplands |
MAPLE, red
|
Acer saccharum
sugar maple
|
Aceraceae
maple family Sapindaceae soapberry family
|
Pier 26
|
MAPLE, sugar
|
Amelanchier laevis
'Spring Flurry' Spring Flurry servicberry
|
JUNEBERRY
Serviceberry Shadbush Shadblow Saskatoon |
Betula nigra
river birch
|
Chinese fringetree
02
|
Oleaceae
olive family |
May / October
|
Gallery
Pine Grove to West 12th St. |
FRINGETREE, Chinese
|
Chionanthus virginicus
white fringetree
|
FRINGETREE, white
|
ginkgo
04 |
Ginkgoopsida
class Ginkgoaceae –
ginkgo family |
April
|
Galleries
Morton - Christopher, Christopher Fountain Square, Christopher - Charles, C12th - Horatio |
GINKGO
maidenhair tree |
Gymnocladus dioicus 'Espresso'
Kentucky coffeetree
06
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Rosidae
subclass Fabaceae –
Pea family |
May/
|
Galleries
Morton - Christopher, Christopher - Charles |
COFFEETREE, Kentucky
|
Juniperus virginiana 'Canaerti'
Canaerti juniper
|
Katsura tree
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine'
American sweetgum
08
|
Hamamelididae
subclass among most primitive of flowering plants
Hamamelidaceae
family |
April
|
Galleries
N1 N3 |
SWEETGUM, American
|
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'
Round-lobed fruitless sweetgum
|
Liriodendron tulipifera
tulip tree
|
Magnolia
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Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
chokecherry
14
|
April
|
Gallery
S |
CHOKECHERRY
|
Callery pear
15
|
Rosidae subclass
Rosaceae – Rose family
|
March
|
Galleries
Christopher - Charles |
PEAR, Callery
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Sassafras albidum
sassafras
|
Japanese pagoda tree
17
|
August
|
Pier
46 |
PAGODA TREE, Japanese
SCHOLAR TREE, Chinese |
Japanese snow-bell
18
|
May
|
Gallery
W12th - Horatio |
SNOW-BELL, Japanese
|
Japanese tree lilac
19
|
June
|
Pier 40 area
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TREE LILAC, Japanese
|
silver linden
XX
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Dilleniidae
subclass Tiliaceae – Linden family
|
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
20
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Hamamelididae
subclass Ulmaceae – Elm family
|
May
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Galleries
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ZELKOVA. Japanese
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