Green Ash Bats and other sporting goods are made from this tough, fine grained, elastic wood. Ash leaves turn gold or yellow early in the season. The bark is used to make lightweight canoes. The wood is used for toothpicks and spools. Sugar Maple spring is the season for tapping sugar maples, used to make candies and syrup.
Foliage turns deep red, orange and yellow mid-fall.
These thick shrubs or small trees are recognized by the hairy twigs and leaves which are almost white underneath. Bur Oak Recognized by its distinctive fringed, burlike acorns. Leaves narrowly oval with broad, round tips. American Basswood Basswoods, also called linden trees, are often favored as shade trees. While the dark red, astringent fruits are unpalatable when ripe, birds do eat them.