The Friends of Moraine Hills State Park

Trees and Shrubs

Checklist	Species	Scientific Name	Coefficient of Conservatism
	Tamarack	Larix laricina	10 (OBL)
	Red Cedar	Juniperus virginiana	2 (FACU)
	Scotch Pine	Pinus sylvestris	Alien (UPL)
	Black Spruce	Picea mariana	? (FACW)
	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum	3 (FACU)
	Silver Maple	Acer saccharium	0 (FACW)
	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	7 (FACW)
	Boxelder	Acer negundo	0 (FACW)
	Tree of Heaven	Ailanthus altissima	Alien (UPL)
	Japanese Barberry	Berberis thunbergii	Alien (FACU-)
	Dwarf Birch	Betula pumila	10 (OBL)
	Shagbark Hickory	Carya ovata	5 (FACU)
	Catalpa	Catalpa speciosa	Alien (FACU)
	Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis	3 (FAC-)
	Leatherleaf	Chamaedaphne calyculata	10 (OBL)
	Blue-fruited Dogwood	Cornus obliqua	6 (FACW+)
	Gray Dogwood	Cornus racemosa	1 (FACW-)
	Red-osier Dogwood	Cornus stolonifera	6 (FACW)
	American Hazelnut	Corylus americana	5 (FACU-)
	Large-seeded Hawthorn	Crataegus flabellata	5 (UPL)
	Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Alien (FACU-)
	Green Ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima	1 (FAC)
	Red Ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	5 (FACW)
	Honey Locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	2 (FAC)
	Winterberry	Ilex verticillata	9 (FACW+)
	Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	5 (FACU)
	Common Privet	Ligustrum vulgare	Alien (FAC-)
	Showy Fly Honeysuckle	Lonicera canadensis	10 (FACU)
	Iowa Crab	Malus ioensis	3 (UPL)
	Apple	Malus pumila	Alien (UPL)
	White Mulberry	Morus alba	Alien (FAC)
	Eastern Cottonwood	Populus deltoides	2 (FAC+)
	Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides	4 (FAC)
	Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	1 (FACU)
	Choke Cherry	Prunus virginiana	3 (FACU)
	Wafer Ash	Ptelea trifoliata	7 (FACU+)
	White Oak	Quercus alba	7 (FAC)
	Hill’s Oak	Quercus elipsoidalis	5 (?)
	Red Oak	Quercus rubra	7 (FACU)
	Black Oak	Quercus velutina	6 (FAC)
	Swamp White Oak	Quercus bicolor	6 (FACW+)
	Scarlet Oak	Quercus coccinea	4 (UPL)
	Bur Oak	Quercus macrocarpa	5 (FAC-)
	Northern Pin Oak	Quercus palustris	8 (FACW)
	Common Buckthorn	Rhamus cathartica	Alien (FAC)
	Glossy Buckthorn	Rhamus frangula	Alien (FAC+)
	Smooth Sumac	Rhus glabra	1 (UPL)
	Poison Sumac	Rhus vernix	10 (OBL)
	Wild Black Currant	Ribes americanum	7 (FACW)
	Wild Gooseberry	Ribes cynosbati	5 (UPL)
	Pasture Rose	Rosa carolina	5 (FACU-)
	Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Alien (FACU)
	Swamp Rose	Rosa palustris	7 (OBL)
	Rough Rose	Rosa X rudiuscula	5 (UPL)
	Illinois Rose	Rosa setigera	7 (FACU+)
	Common Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis	3 (FACU+)
	Red Raspberry	Rubus idaeus	3 (FACU-)
	Black Raspberry	Rubus occidentalis	2 (UPL)
	Yankee Blackberry	Rubus pensilvanicus	3 (FACU)
	White Willow	Salix alba	Alien (FACW)
	Peach-leaved Willow	Salix amygdaloides	5 (FACW)
	Beaked Willow	Salix bebbiana	8 (FACW+)
	Crack Willow	Salix fragillis	Alien (FAC+)
	Sandbar Willow	Salix interior	1 (OBL)
	Black Willow	Salix nigra	4 (OBL)
	Weeping Willow	Salix babylonica	Alien (FACW)
	Hoary (Sage) Willow	Salix candida	10 (OBL)
	Pussy Willow	Salix discolor	2 (FACW)
	Heart-leaved Willow	Salix eriocephala	5 (FACW)
	Blue-leaved Willow	Salix glaucophylloides	7 (FACW)
	Shining Willow	Salix lucida	10 (FACW+)
	Bog Willow	Salix pedicellaris	10 (OBL)
	Meadow Willow	Salix petiolaris	7 (FACW+)
	Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	1 (FACW-)
	Mountain Ash	Sorbus aucuparia	Alien (FAC)
	Lilac	Syringa vulgaris	Alien (UPL)
	American Elm	Ulmus americana	3 (FACW)
	Siberian Elm	Ulmus pumilla	Alien (UPL)
	Highbush Blueberry	Vaccinium corymbosum	8 (FACW)
	Nannyberry	Viburnum lentago	5 (FAC+)
	European Highbush Cranberry	Viburnum opulus	Alien (FACU)
	Smooth Arrowwood	Viburnum recognitum	Alien (FACW-)
	Highbush Cranberry	Viburnum trilobum	10 (FACW)
	Prickly Ash	Xanthoxylum americanum	3 (UPL)

Wetland Occurrence OBL: obligate wetland species (>99% chance it occurs in wetlands)

FACW: facultative wetland species (67-99% chance it occurs in wetlands)

FAC: 34-66% Chance of being in a wetland

+: 50-66%

-: 34-49%

FACU: facultative upland species (1-33% chance it occurs in wetlands, 67-99% chance in uplands)

UPL: upland species (<1% chance of being in a wetland)

List from Randy Schietzelt

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