Name that native

I spent this late afternoon at Bickelhaupt in Clinton, IA. The sun sets early these days, so pics leave a little something to be desired. Pic #1:

Pic #2. Is this too easy?

#3 - this one is growing on an upland site and looks none too stressed. ;)

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10 (you thought it would never end)

Are these all the same plant? If no, better to start a new thread for each one. Otherwise, following what's what gets too complex!

Going by the first few pics, looks like Yellowwood Cladrastis kentuckea.

Resin

I'll play-
is 8 a Calycanthus floridus?

There you go, sallyg! Number 8 is Calycanthus. Help yourself to a free pastry this morning. :)

Resin, I apologize for the confusion. Since they don't allow more than five pics in a single posting, I came up with this scheme. Each post is a different plant. I thought the foliage would make that clear, but maybe not. :)

haha thanks!!!

#3 - an alder Alnus

#4 - a hickory Carya

#5 - a magnolia, probably Magnolia acuminata

#6 - Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus

Resin

1. reminds me a lot of Cotinus obovatus - American Smoketree; would've been nice to have closeup of leaves
2. agree - Cladrastis kentukea - Yellowwood
3. I want to call this a Betula nigra - River Birch (but have least confidence with information provided)
4. agree - Carya ovata (if I see exfoliating bark) - Shagbark Hickory
5. agree - Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber Magnolia
6. agree - Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak
7. Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
8. agree - Calycanthus floridus - Carolina Allspice
9. I want so much to call this Ostrya virginiana - Hophornbeam
10. agree - Halesia tetraptera - Carolina Silverbell (if I see four wings on those seeds)

Goodness, that ViburnumValley knows his native trees. Mostly correct, but the hickory is laciniosa and the silverbell is monticola. Arboreal Olympic scoring rules requires half point deductions for such errors. You were so close to being the MLR of DG.

Here's the most obscure tree I could find at Bickelhaupt. I had never even heard of this conifer. The first one to correctly name this tree wins four ginormous acorns I collected from a Bur Oak in Davenport, IA. How special is that?!

I'm going out to sulk amongst my viburnums - now bathed in silvery starlight - and indulge in imbibition of an inimitable Eiswein...

There's a lot of obscure spruce that can be grown in Iowa...

Those needles look sharp. How about Picea polita?

VV, it's not very polita of you to get all the answers. BTW, Dreaming Tree Crush for me...

It's only 'cause Resin is already in bed...

The only true vintages come from the bosom of all fine German wines - der Pfalz. The rest just pretend.

Dreaming of the Deutsche Weinstrasse, am Deidesheim...

Oooooh I know these trees even tho they are not native.

Photo #1: on the left dead trees, on the right a Christmas tree
Photo #2: a bunch of dead trees
Photo #3: in the planter are plastic ferns
photo #4: Street trees, also dead
Photo #5: Dead Gewurztraminer plants that have been hung up to dry on wires.

Did I win this round?

More seriously (anything would be more serious than that)- a zillion years ago I got pretty good at identifying Midwest and Eastern trees, especially in winter because that is when I started learning. I eventually settled near Seattle and never really took it up again. When I did try to figure something out, frequently it would be a non-native ornamental and I couldn't figure it out with a simple key for natives. Do you folks have any advice on what key or book would be most useful? I am not afraid of a dichotomous key. Or a picture book.
G'night

I've tried the German wines and found them wanting. I guess I just haven't found the right one.

Oh I thought it was Der tannenbaum (that's genus and species!)

Let's get all geeky. Tanne is German for Fir - which would be Abies sp. - so while you are right that it's a Christmas tree, you missed the one that they wrote the holiday song about.

It took an Scots explorer to bring the Douglas-fir to Europe from North America...

So a fir by any other name would smell as....a Pseudotsuga?
btw here in Washington the Noble Fir is a pricier xmas tree,

No doubt!

We'd love to have some of your handsome Abies sp. back here in the Ohio River valley - would be the envy of all who settle for Juniperus virginiana or Pinus sylvestris...