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Wild About Illinois Trees!

bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)

black oak (Quercus velutina)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

chinquapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii)

common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)

pecan (Carya illinoinensis)

persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

pin oak (Quercus palustris)

red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

redbud (Cercis canadensis)

river birch (Betula nigra)

sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)

swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)

sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

white oak (Quercus alba)