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Trees > Celestraceae - Fabaceae

Celestraceae- Burning Bush Family
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Burning Bush Eunonymus sp.	Shrub to 25ft; bark smooth gray; leaves opposite, elliptic,  finely serrate and fine-haired underneath. Axillary cymes of 7 or more purple flowers appear during June;  fruit  scarlet, four-lobed capsule containing brown seeds with scarlet arils	! Warning, leaves, bark, and  fruits are poisonous! Contains Cholagogue (increases flow of bile to the intestine), used as diuretic, expectorant, laxative, and tonic.
Cornaceae- Dogwood Family
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Alternate-Leaf Dogwood Cornus alternifolia	Shrub to 25ft; alternate, ovate leaves with entire margins; fruits small, fleshy and clustered at twig ends, blue-black with red stems	Fruits eaten by many birds, including ruffed grouse; twigs browsed on by deer and rabbits
Silky Dogwood Cornus ammonum	Shrub to 15ft; oval, opposite leaves; stems hairy when young but usually become smooth with age, green at first but become reddish or purplish; pith brown.	Silky Dogwood was known as kinnikinnick by the Indians who reportedly smoked the inner bark for its alleged tonic affect
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida	Showy deciduous tree, 10-30ft; leaves ovate; veins follow leaf margins; flowers white or pink with 4 bracts surrounding true flowers; fruits scarlet, dry, and inedible	Astringent root-bark tea used during Civil war for malarial fevers and chronic diarrhea; twigs used as “chewing sticks” before toothbrushes were invented; contains verbanalin which has been reported as pain-reducer, anti-inflammatory, and cough suppressant
Cupressaceae- Cedar Family
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Northern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis	Evergreen tree, to 60ft; leaves scalelike and in flattened sprays; cones small, bell-shaped, with loose scales;	! Leaf oil is toxic!; Native Americans used leaf tea for headaches and colds; inner-bark tea used for congestion and coughs;
Eleagnaceae
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Russian Olive Eleagnus angustifolia	Exotic shrub from Europe; linear, green leaves with silver scale-like pubescence underneath; stems have silver scale-like pubescence; bark is reddish-brown and thin, with shallow fissures, and exfoliates into long strips.	Promoted as a suitable windbreak species, as living snow fences, for erosion control and as a food source, particularly in the form of the edible fruits, for birds and other wildlife
Ericaceae - Heath Family
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Blueberry Vaccinium sp.	Shrub; alternate, leathery, deciduous,  leaves; blue berry fruit;	Fruits consumed by humans and wildlife.
Fabaceae - Family
Common & Scientific Name	Description	Uses
Black Locust Robinia psuedoacacia	Deciduous tree that grows 70-90ft; has paired thorns; leaves alternate, pinnately compound with 7-21 oval to elliptic shaped leaflets; flowers white, fragrant, and in racemes; small, smooth pods.	Root used as a purgative and emetic in China. Flowers contain robinin, a glucoside that is an experimental diuretic.