Woody Vines of Illinois
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Last updated: 1-11-12
Acer negundo (Box Elder)
Acer nigrum (Black Maple)
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye)
Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye)
Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven)
Alnus glutinosa (Black Alder)
Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
Amorpha fruticosa (False Indigo)
Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese Barberry)
Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow Birch)
Betula nigra (River Birch)
Betula papyrifera (Paper Birch)
Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)
Carpinus caroliniana (Musclewood)
Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory)
Carya glabra glabra (Pignut Hickory)
Carya illinoiensis (Pecan)
Carya laciniosa (Kingnut Hickory)
Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
Castanea dentata (American Chestnut)
Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet)
Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet)
Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
Cladrastis kentukea (Yellow-Wood)
Cornus alternifolia (Alternate-Leaved Dogwood)
Cornus drummondii (Rough-Leaved Dogwood)
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
Cornus foemina (Stiff Dogwood)
Cornus obliqua (Swamp Dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood)
Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood)
Corylus americana (American Hazelnut)
Crataegus crus-galli (Cock-Spur Hawthorn)
Crataegus mollis (Downy Hawthorn)
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn)
Crataegus pruinosa (Waxy-Fruited Hawthorn)
Diospyros virginiana (American Persimmon)
Eleagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive)
Euonymus alatus (Winged Euonymus)
Euonymus atropurpureus (Eastern Wahoo)
Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
Fraxinus americana (White Ash)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata (Green Ash)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica pennsylvanica (Red Ash)
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust)
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffee Tree)
Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-Hazel)
Ilex opaca (American Holly)
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)
Juglans nigra (Black Walnut)
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
Koelreuteria paniculata (Golden Rain Tree)
Larix decidua (European Larch)
Ligustrum obtusifolium (Border Privet)
Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum)
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree)
Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow Honeysuckle)
Lonicera reticulata (Grape Honeysuckle)
Lonicera tatarica (Tartarian Honeysuckle)
Maclura pomifera (Osage Orange)
Malus coronaria (Wild Crab Apple)
Malus pumila (Apple)
Menispermum canadense (Moonseed)
Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Nyssa sylvatica (Black Tupelo)
Ostrya virginiana (Hop Hornbeam)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)
Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston Ivy)
Phellodendron amurense (Amur Corktree)
Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark)
Picea abies (Norway Spruce)
Pinus banksiana (Jack Pine)
Pinus resinosa (Red Pine)
Pinus strobus (White Pine)
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine)
Platanus occidentalis (American Sycamore)
Populus alba (White Poplar)
Populus deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood)
Populus grandidentatus (Big-Tooth Aspen)
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Prunus americana (Wild Plum)
Prunus pumila susquehanae (Susquehana Sand Cherry)
Prunus serotina (Wild Black Cherry)
Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash)
Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear)
Quercus alba (White Oak)
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)
Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak)
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak)
Quercus muhlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak)
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)
Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak)
Quercus velutina (Black Oak)
Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn)
Rhus copallina (Winged Sumac)
Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac)
Rhus hirta (Staghorn Sumac)
Robinia hispida (Bristly Locust)
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust)
Salix amygdaloides (Peach-Leaved Willow)
Salix discolor (Pussy Willow)
Salix interior (Sandbar Willow)
Salix nigra (Black Willow)
Salix pentandra (Bay-Leaved Willow)
Salix rigida (Heart-Leaved Willow)
Sambucus canadensis (Common Elderberry)
Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)
Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)
Smilax hispida (Bristly Greenbrier)
Smilax rotundifolia (Round-Leaved Greenbrier)
Sorbus aucuparia (European Mountain Ash)
Staphylea trifolia (Bladdernut)
Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)
Thuja occidentalis (Northern White Cedar)
Tilia americana (American Basswood)
Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy)
Toxicodendron vernix (Poison Sumac)
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock)
Ulmus americana (American Elm)
Ulmus pumila (Siberian Elm)
Ulmus rubra (Slippery Elm)
Vaccinium corymbosum (High-Bush Blueberry)
Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrow-Wood)
Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum)
Viburnum recognitum (Smooth Arrow-Wood)
Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Bush)
Vitis aestivalis aestivalis (Summer Grape)
Vitis aestivalis bicolor (Silverleaf Grape)
Vitis cinerea (Winter Grape)
Vitis labrusca (Fox Grape)
Vitis riparia (Riverbank Grape)
Zanthoxylum americanum (Prickly Ash)