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White willow (Salix alba) 12

Bayberry (Myrica cerifera) 14

Butternut (Juglans cinerea) 15

Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana) 15

Sweet birch (Betula lenta) 16

Tag-alder (Alnus rugosa) 18

White oak (Quercus alba) 18

Slippery elm (Ulmus pubescens) 20

Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata, M. tripetala, and M. glauca) 21

Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) 23

Sassafras (Sassafras sassafras) 25

Spicebush (Benzoin benzoin) 26

Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) 27

Blackberry (Rubus villosus, R. nigrobaccus, and R. cuneifolius) 28

American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana) 29

Wild cherry (Prunus serotina) 30

Prickly ash (Xanthoxylum americanum and X. clava-herculis) 31

Wafer-ash (Ptelea trifoliata) 33

Black alder (Ilex verticillata) 34

Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus) 35

False bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) 36

Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) 37

Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana) 38

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) 40

Dogwood (Cornus florida) 41

Moosewood (Dirca palustris) 43

White ash (Fraxinus americana) 44

Fringe-tree (Chionanthus virginica) 45

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