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Information: Mein Baum

Dead tree due to disease or injury

e.g. infestation with harmful bugs, fungi or bacteria

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Krankheit

Photos: Wolfgang Schödel (1), Janina Deutschmann (2)

Actively cut tree

 

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Felling

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Martina Gehret (2)

Tree killed by storm and severe weather

e.g. uprooting, toppling, splitting, lightning strike

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Sturm

Fotos: Wolfgang Schödel (1), Sonja Kreil (2)

Tree death caused by excessive pruning

 

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Photo: Martina Gehret

Lack of tree planting

e.g. empty tree discs, entire streets, squares without trees

Nicht bepflanzt

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Photos: Christopher Busch (1), Thomas Stephan (2)

Dead tree due to construction sites

e.g. due to construction work in the root area, damage to the tree due to lack of root protection, soil compaction

Impact of the injury or impairment is usually delayed

Construction work

Photo: Thomas Stephan

Tilia spp.

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: gray to black-brown bark, longitudinally fissured
  • Leaves: heart-shaped, 3-15 cm long, angled, serrated edges (small spikes)
  • Flowers: in June/July, strongly scented, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: small, spherical nut fruits (approx. 5 mm) with 1 wing, stemmed
  • Other: common urban tree

Linde Winterlinde Blätter Früchte Janina Deutschmann

Linde Winterlinde ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

PA120025Linde Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)

 

Tilia cordata

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: gray-brown, longitudinally cracked bark with age
  • Crown: broadly spread and round, very dense and variegated with age
  • Leaves: heart-shaped, 3-10 cm long, angled, finely toothed with dark green upper side, lighter underside with small tufts of dark hair in leaf vein axils
  • Flowers: yellowish-white, in drooping, corymbose inflorescences, strongly scented in June/July, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: small, spherical nut fruits (approx. 5 mm) with 1 wing, stemmed 

Linde Winterlinde Blattunterseite Janina Deutschmann

Linde Winterlinde Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Linde Winterlinde ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann
Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Tilia platyphyllos

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: gray to black-brown bark, longitudinally fissured
  • Leaves: heart-shaped, 7-15 cm long, angled, serrated edges, upper side loosely hairy, with small tufts of white hair in leaf vein axils
  • Buds: ovoid
  • Flower: in June/July, strongly scented, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: small, spherical nut fruits (approx. 5 mm) with 1 wing, stemmed
  • Other: common urban tree

Linde Sommerlinde Blätter Knsopen Janina Deutschmann

Linde Sommerlinde ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2)

Aesculus hippocastanum

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: gray-brown to red-brown bark, flat, striped
  • Leaves: palmate, consisting of 5-7 individual leaves, up to 25 cm long
  • Buds: fawn-brown, up to 3 cm long, very sticky
  • Flowers: conspicuous, large, upright flowers in May/June
  • Fruits/seeds: green, spherical fruits with spines, shiny chestnut seed
  • Other: common urban tree

 Ross Kastanie Wolfgang Schödel Endknospe

Rosskastanie Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Rosskastanie ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2
Photos: Wolfgang Schödel (1), Janina Deutschmann (2,3)

Quercus spp.

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: gray-brown bark, longitudinally fissured, ribbed
  • Leaves: clearly lobed, 6-17 cm long 
  • Buds: Light brown buds clustered at the end of the branch
  • Fruit/seed: ovoid with a fruit cup

Eiche Traubeneiche ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

Früchte der Eiche Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA120022Eiche Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (2,3)

Quercus robur

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: already branched at the base, grey-brown bark, longitudinally fissured, deeply furrowed
  • Leaves: clearly lobed, 5-15 cm long, deep green glossy upper side, with short petioles (4-8 mm)
  • Buds: light brown, clustered at the end of the branch
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid fruits with small fruit cups on long stalks, arranged in clusters
  • Other: very gnarled appearance with age

 Eiche Stieleiche Blatt Eichel Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Stieleiche Blätter Janina Deutschmann 2

Eiche Stieleiche ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Quercus petraea

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: only branched at the top, grey-brown bark, longitudinally fissured, deeply furrowed
  • Leaves: clearly lobed, 6-17 cm long, with tufts of hair on the underside, with long petioles (2-5 cm), small ears at the base of the leaves
  • Buds: light brown, clustered at the end of the branch
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid fruits with small fruit cups on short stalks, clustered in groups
  • Other: very gnarled appearance with age

Eiche Traubeneiche Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Traubeneiche Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2)

Quercus rubra

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Stem: grey-brown bark, smooth, only furrowed with age
  • Leaves: clearly and pointedly lobed, 10-22 cm long, reddish-brown tufts of hair on the underside, with long petioles (2-5 cm)
  • Buds: light brown, clustered at the end of the branch
  • Fruits/seeds: spherical, compact fruits with small fruit cups on short stalks, clustered in groups
  • Other: striking red autumn colouring

Eiche Roteiche Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Roteiche ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Roteiche Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Roteiche Martina Gehret

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Martina Gehret (4)

Quercus cerris

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: dark grey, longitudinally fissured bark
  • Leaves: elongated elliptical, deeply lobed in variegated shapes, shiny dark green
  • Buds: surrounded by thread-like stipules (approx. 2 cm long)
  • Flowers: yellow catkins in April, bee-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid fruits with spiky fruit cups, clustered in groups 

Zerreiche von Hans auf Pixabay

Blatt Zerreiche von Hans auf Pixabay

Photos: Hans via Pixabay (1,2)

Platanus x hispanica

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: conspicuously flat, smooth, peeling bark with clearly lighter-coloured bark underneath, ‘camouflage pattern’
  • Leaves: 12-25 cm wide, 3 to 5-lobed, with a 3-10 cm long stem
  • Fruits/seeds: spherical, hanging on long stems
  • Other: cross between American and Oriental plane tree

Platane vor Spitalkirche Hersbruck Heide Frobel large 

London plane

Photos: Heide Frobel (1), Charles Risen, Pixabay (2)

Robinia pseudoacacia

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: deeply longitudinally fissured, gray to dark brown bark
  • Leaves: pinnate, alternate leaves with smooth edges, 20-30 cm long, with stipules
  • Flowers: striking white butterfly flowers hanging down in clusters, strongly scented, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: 5-10 cm long pods, remain on tree for a long time
  • Other: common urban tree, nitrogen-enriching 

Robinie Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Robinie Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Robinie ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Betula spp.

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Crown: usually narrow
  • Trunk: strikingly white (betulin), smooth bark, cracks and darkens with age
  • Leaves: diamond-shaped to triangular, ovate, 4-7 cm long
  • Fruits/seeds: elongated catkins
  • Other: very thin, fine twigs, often drooping 

Birke Hängebirke Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Birke Hängebirke ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

PA120002Birke Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)

Betula pendula

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: strikingly white (betulin), smooth bark, cracking and darkening with age
  • Leaves: diamond-shaped to triangular, 4-7 cm long, hairless
  • Fruits/seeds: 2-3 cm long catkins
  • Other: overhanging branches, covered with small cork warts 

Birke Hängebirke Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Birke Hängebirke ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

PA120002Birke Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)

Betula pubescens

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: strikingly white (betulin), smooth bark, cracking and darkening with age, reddish in colour
  • Leaves: broadly ovate, 4-6 cm long, hairy on top and underneath
  • Fruits/seeds: 2-3 cm long catkins
  • Other: overhanging densely hairy branches 

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Photos: Andreas Röhr via Pixabay (1)

Carpinus betulus

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: smooth bark, often deeply furrowed with age, twisted growth
  • Leaves: ribbed surface, double serrated at the leaf edge (large and small serrations)
  • Buds: fawn-brown with light-coloured edges on the individual bud sheds
  • Fruits/seeds: conspicuous seed clusters
  • Other: very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary 

Hainbuche Blätter Janina Deutschmann

Hainbuche Thomas Stephan Früchte LV KG OG

PA120012Hainbuche Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Thomas Stephan (2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)

Fraxinus excelsior

  • Height: up to 30 m, exceptions up to 40 m
  • Trunk: grey to olive green bark when young, finely furrowed with age
  • Leaves: opposite, odd-pinnate leaves, 20-40 cm long, consisting of individual leaflets (7-13)
  • Buds: large buds, with black felt-like hairs
  • Fruits/seeds: winged fruits in clusters
  • Other: common disease ash dieback, recognisable by dying branches, starting in the crown

Esche Wolfgang Schödel Früchte der Esche

Esche Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Wolfgang Schödel (1), Janina Deutschmann (2), Sonja Kreil (3)

Populus spp.

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Stem: grey, dark bark
  • Leaves: mostly heart-shaped or triangular with long petioles
  • Flowers: drooping catkins
  • Fruits/seeds: Capsules containing many small, hairy seeds (wind dispersal)
  • Other: fast-growing deciduous tree that belongs to the willow family

Pappel Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Pappel Populus deltoides ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Pappel Populus deltoides Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Silberpappel Martina Gehret

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Martina Gehret (4)

Populus nigra ‘Italica‘

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: grey bark, deeply longitudinally fissured
  • Crown: narrow, columnar
  • Leaves: triangular to diamond-shaped, with fine serrated edges, 5-12 cm long, on flattened stem
  • Flowers: drooping, red catkins in March/April before leaves emerge
  • Other: frequent urban tree, cultivated from native black poplar

SäulenpappelMartina Gehret

Säulenpappel Martina Gehret

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)

Populus x canadensis

  • Height: up to 30 m, fast-growing
  • Trunk: grey bark
  • Crown: forms widely spreading crowns
  • Leaves: triangular to rhombic, 7-10 cm long, serrated margins, flattened, reddish petiole
  • Flowers: long catkins in March/April before leaves emerge
  • Other: hybrid of Populus nigra and Populus deltoides

Hybridpappel Janina Deutschmann

Hybridpappel Blatt Janina Deutschmann 5

Hybridpappel Blatt Janina Deutschmann 3

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Populus x canescens

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: initially smooth, light-coloured, dark, deeply furrowed bark with age
  • Leaves: roundish to triangular (approx. 7 cm), long, flattened, hairy leaf stalk, dark, shiny grey-green upper side, densely silver-haired underside
  • Flowers: grey to reddish (male) or greenish (female) catkins in April before leaves emerge
  • Other: hybrid of Populus alba and Populus tremula 

Graupappel Blätter Janina Deutschmann

Graupappel ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Graupappel Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Populus tremula

  • Height: up to 20 m, exceptions up to 30 m
  • Trunk: narrow, often slightly twisted, grey bark with horizontal stripes
  • Crown: Loose, roundish, broadly spreading
  • Leaves: round to heart-shaped, toothed edges, long laterally flattened petioles that cause the characteristic ‘trembling’ of the leaves in a light wind
  • Flowers: reddish (male) or greenish (female) catkins in March/April before the leaves emerge
  • Fruits/seeds: capsules containing many small, hairy seeds (wind dispersal) 

Zitter Pappel Wolfgang Schödel

Zitter Pappel Wolfgang Schödel Stamm Zitterpappel

Zitter Pappel Wolfgang Schödel Blätter

Photos: Wolfgang Schödel (1,2,3)

Fagus sylvatica

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: smooth, grey-brown bark
  • Leaves: ovate to elliptical, 5-10 cm long, wavy to slightly toothed edges, initially hairy
  • Fruits/seeds: triangular, edible nuts in spiky fruit cups
  • Other: Shade tree species, special form of copper beech with red leaves 

Bucheckern der Rotbuche Wolfgang Schödel

Rotbuche Ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Rotbuche Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Bucheckern der Rotbuche Wolfgang Schödel II

Photos: Wolfgang Schödel (1,4), Janina Deutschmann (2,3)

Ulmus spp.

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: deeply furrowed bark
  • Leaves: obovate to elliptical, with clear asymmetrical leaf base on stem, more or less hairy, serrated leaf margin, rustling
  • Fruits/seeds: round to ovoid, resembling wafer-thin leaflets with a seed in the centre, in clusters
  • Other: rare tree species, 3 species in Germany that are difficult to distinguish

Ulme Martina Gehret III

Ulme Stamm Martina Gehret

Ulme Martina Gehret II

Ulme Blatt Martina Gehret

Berg Ulme Wolfgang Schödel Früchte Bergulme

Berg Ulme Wolfgang Schödel Blätter Bergulme

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2,3,4), Wolfgang Schödel (5,6)

Ginkgo biloba

  • Height: usually up to 20 m, exceptions up to 40 m
  • Trunk: grey bark, longitudinally fissured, broadly furrowed
  • Leaves: fan-shaped, leathery, coarse, up to 10 cm long, notched in the middle, strikingly yellow in autumn
  • Fruits/seeds: plum-like yellow, strong unpleasant odour

Ginko Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Ginko Janina Deutschmann

Ginko Stamm Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Acer spp.

  • Height: many types of maple trees, from shrubs to large trees
  • Trunk: bark varied (smooth to longitudinally fissured to scaly)
  • Leaves: usually 3-5 lobed, palmate, from 5-20 cm in size, opposed leaves
  • Fruits/seeds: Fruits with fruit wings (‘nose pincher’) for wind dispersal
  • Other: 3 native maple species and countless species globally

Ahorn ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

PA120013Spitzahorn Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (2)

Acer campestre

  • Height: 10-15 m
  • Trunk: sometimes multi-stemmed and shrub-like, bark fine-longitudinally fissured, smaller growth than other maple species
  • Leaves: 3-5 lobed, 5-10 cm wide, round leaf ends, finely haired, with milky sap
  • Fruits/seeds: Fruits with horizontal fruit wings (‘nose pinchers’) for wind dispersal

Ahorn Feldahorn Jungbaum Janina Deutschmann

Ahorn Feldahorn Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2)

Acer platanoides

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: bark longitudinally fissured, dark brown to blackish
  • Leaves: 5-lobed with distinct tips, 12-18 cm wide, with milky sap
  • Buds: green buds
  • Flowers: yellow-green, clustered flowers in April/May before leaves emerge
  • Fruits/seeds: Fruits with right-angeled fruit wings (‘nose pincher’) for wind dispersal (approx. 3 cm) 

Ahorn Spitzahorn Blätter Janina Deutschmann 4

Ahorn Spitzahorn ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Ahorn Spitzahorn Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Spitz Ahorn Wolfgang Schödel keimende Knospe Spitzahorn

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Wolfgang Schödel (4)

Acer pseudoplatanus

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: bark silvery to grey-brown, with a ‘camouflage’ pattern
  • Leaves: 5-lobed, rough/blunt, 8-20 cm wide, often red stalk, without milky sap
  • Buds: red buds
  • Fruits/seeds: Fruits with right-angeled fruit wings (‘nose pincher’) for wind dispersal (approx. 3 cm) 

Ahorn Bergahorn Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Ahorn Bergahorn ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Ahorn Bergahorn Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Früchte des Bergahorn Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (4)

White willow

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: grey bark, deeply longitudinally fissured with broad ribs
  • Leaves: 4-12 cm long, lanceolate, pointed, alternate
  • Flowers: catkins
  • Fruits/seeds: wind dispersal of white fluffed seeds in big clusters

Weide Trauerweide ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Weide Trauerweide Rinde Janina

Weide Trauerweide Blätter Janina Deutschmann

Fotos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Salix caprea

  • Height: up to 10 m
  • Trunk: Shrub-like or small tree, grey bark with large diamond-shaped patterns
  • Leaves: Leaves elliptical to obovate, twisted tip, alternate
  • Flowers: palm catkins (up to 3 cm) with dense silvery fur in March/April
  • Other: short-lived pioneer species, the only willow species that only occurs outside floodplains and marshes 

Sal Weide II Martina Gehret

Sal Weide Martina Gehret

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)

Salix spp.

  • Height: depending on the species, shrub-like to larger tree
  • Trunk: fast-growing, often hollow inside
  • Leaves: elliptical to lanceolate, pointed, alternate
  • Flowers: catkin-shaped
  • Other: 300 to 400 species worldwide, around 30 to 40 different willow species in Germany, usually with strong elasticity of the branches

Silberweide III Martina Gehret

Silberweide V Martina Gehret

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)

Alnus spp.

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: Black-brown bark, longitudinally fissured, often multi-stemmed
  • Leaves: obovate to roundish, recessed tip
  • Buds: sticky buds
  • Fruits/seeds: small (approx. 1.5 cm) woody fruit cones (as the only deciduous tree)
  • Other: sheds green leaves in autumn, has root nodules 

Erle Schwarzerle Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Erle Schwarzerle Blätter Früchte Janina Deutschmann

Erle Schwarzerle ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3)

Prunus spp.

  • Height: up to 20 m depending on species, exceptions up to 30 m
  • Trunk: flat-cracked bark, partly shiny, lenticels form clearly horizontal structures
  • Crown: often broadly spreaded
  • Leaves: elongated ovate to elliptical, 7-12 cm long, pointed
  • Flowers: beautiful white flowers in April/Mai, in 2 to 3-flowered umbels
  • Fruits/seeds: cultivated cherry with aromatic, red to black-red drupes 

Kirschbaum Herbst Heide Frobel

Kirschblüte Heide Frobel

Kirsche Vogelkirsche Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Kirsche Vogelkirsche Rinde Janina Deutschmann

PA170005 Blätter Kirsche Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA170007 Kirsche Knospe Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Heide Frobel (1,2), Janina Deutschmann (3,4), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (5,6)

Malus spp.

  • Height: medium-sized tree, up to 15 m
  • Trunk: smooth bark at first, light to dark grey-brown bark flaking off in scales with age
  • Crown: mostly broad
  • Leaves: elliptical to ovate, up to 12 cm long, soft-haired underside
  • Flowers: white to pink flowers, in April/May
  • Fruits/seeds: edible fruit, green to red depending on species
  • Other: around 30,000 different apple varieties worldwide, 2,000 in Germany

Apfelbaum Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Apfelbluete Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA170002Apfelbaum Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA170006Apfelbaum Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA170027 Apfel am Baum Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Kerstin Ellersdorfer (1,2,3,4,5)

Pyrus spp.

  • Height: up to 15 m, exceptions up to 20 m
  • Trunk: dark brown shedding bark
  • Crown: narrow or broadly conical
  • Leaves: ovate to elliptical, 5-9 cm long, serrated to smooth-edged
  • Flowers: white to pink, approx. 3 cm wide, 3 to 9-flowered umbels, in April/May
  • Fruits/seeds: edible fruit, mostly greenish to yellow
  • Other: Around 1,500 to 5,000 varieties worldwide, of which only around 10 are commercially available 

Birnen Tobias Erras Birnen mit Herbstlaub

Wild Birne Wolfgang Schödel Blühender Zweig der Wildbirne

Wild Birne Wolfgang Schödel Wildbirnenbaum

Photos: Tobias Erras (1), Wolfgang Schödel (2,3)

Sorbus spp.

  • Height: up to 15 m, exceptions up to 25 m
  • Trunk: occasionally multi-stemmed, smooth, silvery-grey to matt grey bark, slightly fissured at older age
  • Leaves: simple, broadly ovate, 6-8 cm long, conical at the base, hairy underside (referring to Sorbus aria), also pinnate or lobed depending on the species
  • Flowers: white, about 1.5 cm wide in 5-8 cm wide umbels
  • Fruits/seeds: elongated to spherical fruits, orange to coral-red in clusters
  • Other: also known as rowanberry, wild service tree, mountain ash, depending on species 

EberescheFrauke Riether auf Pixabay

Mehlbeere Eberesche ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

Mehlbeere Vogelbeere Blätter Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Frauke Riether, Pixabay (1), Janina Deutschmann (2,3)

Gleditsia triacanthos

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Trunk: longitudinally fissured, detaching in elongated plates, with distinct tufted thorns
  • Leaves: simple or doubly pinnate with 14-28 elliptically shaped small leafs
  • Fruits/seeds: 12-40 cm long, leathery, strap-shaped, wavy-twisted legumes containing about 25 seeds
  • Other: usually thorny on trunk and branches 

GleditschieViola auf Pixabay

GleditschieAnnette Meyer auf Pixabay

Photos: Viola auf Pixabay (1), Annette Meyer auf Pixabay (2)

Corylus colurna

  • Height: up to 20 m, exceptions up to 25 m
  • Trunk: strikingly fissured scaly bark
  • Leaves: broadly ovate, 5-15 cm long, double serrated, heart-shaped base
  • Flowers: yellow catkins up to 12 cm long, in March/April
  • Fruits/seeds: ball-shaped clusters, edible nuts (approx. 2 cm) with bristly husk

Turkish hazel

Photos: Agnes Milewski (1)

Styphnolobium japonicum

  • Height: up to 15-20 m
  • Trunk: longitudinally cracked bark
  • Crown: round, heartshaped to oval, broadly spreading with age
  • Leaves: oval, imparipinnate leaves
  • Flowers: fragrant, white flowers in large, loose panicles, rich in nectar, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: pearl-like pods (approx. 8 cm) with black-brown seeds
  • Other: almost all parts of the plant (except flowers) are poisonous

Schnurbaum Blätter Früchte Martina Gehret

Schnurbaum Krone Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Martina Gehret (1), Janina Deutschmann (2)

Crataegus spp.

  • Height: up to 10 m, depending on species
  • Trunk: Shrub-shaped or small tree, often densely branched, smooth bark, green-brown to dark brown, cracking with age
  • Leaves: lobed or serrated, petiolate leaves (depending on species), with stipules
  • Buds: ovoid to spherical
  • Flowers: white blossom in May/June, rich in nectar, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: small, yellow to red apple-like drupes
  • Other: many (sub)species and variations, thorny branches

Weißdorn Blätter Früchte Janina Deutschmann

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (2)

Ailanthus altissima

  • Height: up to 25 m, fast-growing
  • Trunk: often multi-stemmed, upright, smooth, grey-brown, slightly fissured bark
  • Crown: broad, spreading
  • Leaves: imparipinnate, petiolate leaves, 40-90 cm long, leaflets with marginal glands (nectaries)
  • Flowers: green, inconspicuous, panicle-shaped flower, June to August, nectar-rich, insect-friendly
  • Fruits/seeds: yellowish-red nut fruits, broadly winged (wind dispersal), often remain on tree for a long time

Götterbaum Janina Deutschmann

Götterbaum Janina Deutschmann 2

Götterbaum Stamm Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA210081 Götterbaum Kerstin Ellersdorfer

 Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3,4)

Abies spp.

  • Height: up to 40 m
  • Trunk: Bark light grey, smooth with distinct cork warts (lenticels), coarse and scaly with age
  • Leaves: needles often flat, usually blunt and helically arranged, often parted, underside with two white stripes
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid to cylindrical cones, upright, disintegrate after ripening
  • Other: Shade tree species

Tanne

TanneMartina Gehret

Tanne Martina Gehret

PA170013 Tanne Stamm Kerstin Ellersdorfer

PA170015 Tanne Zweig Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2,3), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (4,5)

Picea abies

  • Height: medium to tall tree, up to 40 m
  • Trunk: young trees reddish-brown, cracking scaly with grey tones when old, often greenish on weather side
  • Leaves: pointed needles 4-edged with stomata on all sides or flat with stomata downwards, fused to the twig at the base
  • Fruits/seeds: Elongated, cylindrical cones, initially protruding, later drooping, seeds with spoon-like wings

Fichte ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2

Fichte Nahaufnahme Janina Deutschmann

PA120068Fichte Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3)

Larix spp.

  • Height: up to 40 m
  • Trunk: reddish to grey-brown, thick, deeply furrowed scaly bark with age
  • Leaves: blunt, soft, thin, keeled needles, in clusters of 15-50 on short shoots
  • Flowers: purple-coloured, in upper crown
  • Fruits/seeds: spherical, ovoid cones (approx. 3 cm), remain on tree for a long time
  • Other: only deciduous, sheds needles in autumn

Lärche jung Martina Gehret

Lärche Martina Gehret

Lärche Stamm Martina Gehret

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2,3)

Pinus spp.

  • Height: depending on species up to 30 m, exceptions up to 50 m
  • Trunk: rarely shrub-like, longitudinally fissured and scaly
  • Crown: conical, later usually loosened
  • Leaves: 2-5 needles per sheath on short shoots, very thin, pointed
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid or conical cones 

Kiefer Waldkiefer ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Kiefer Waldkiefer Nadeln Janina Deutschmann

Kiefer Waldkiefer Rinde Janina Deutschmann

PA120111Wald Kiefer Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (4)

 

Pinus nigra

  • Height: up to 30 m
  • Trunk: brownish-grey and scaly bark when young, large scaly bark with age
  • Crown: initially conical, later broader and looser
  • Leaves: 2 needles in a sheath, 8-16 cm long, stiff, straight or curved, sometimes twisted
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid cones 4-10 cm long, up to 3 cm thick, 5-7 mm long, winged seeds

Schwarzkiefer II Martina Gehret

Schwarzkiefer Martina Gehret

Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)

Pinus sylvestris

  • Height: 20-30 m
  • Trunk: bark initially fox-red, later dark brown, flat scaly bark
  • Crown: initially conical, later usually umbrella-shaped
  • Leaves: 2 needles per sheath, 3-7 cm long, 1.5-2 mm thick, usually twisted
  • Fruits/seeds: ovoid to conical cones, 3-8 cm long, up to 3.5 cm thick

Kiefer Waldkiefer ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Kiefer Waldkiefer Nadeln Janina Deutschmann

Kiefer Waldkiefer Rinde Janina Deutschmann

PA120111Wald Kiefer Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (4)

 

Taxus baccata

  • Height: mostly small tree or shrub, up to 15 m
  • Trunk: initially smooth and reddish-brown bark, flaking in broad thin plates with age, already branched at the base
  • Leaves: Needles arranged in a spiral, often parted on side branches, soft needles with a midrib on the underside
  • Fruits/seeds: Berry-like seed coat (aril), bright scarlet red, slightly frosted
  • Other: very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary

Eibe Nadeln Janina Deutschmann 2

Eibe Martina Gehret

Stamm Eibe Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Zweige und Früchte der Eibe Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1), Martina Gehret (2), Kerstin Ellersdorfer (3,4)

Cupressaceae

  • Height: up to 30 m depending on species
  • Trunk: fibrous, thin bark, clearly longitudinally fissured with age, peeling off in strips
  • Crown: usually dense, conical to columnar
  • Leaves: scale-like, usually small, very dense
  • Fruits/seeds: small, spherical to ovoid cones, woody, initially compact, later gaping
  • Other: Very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary 

Scheinzypresse ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 3

Scheinzypresse Nadeln Frucht Janina Deutschmann

Thuja Lebensbaum Martina Gehret

Thuja Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Zapfen Thuja Martina Gehret

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,4), Martina Gehret (3,5)