At the Newton College and Career Academy, we offer a variety of specialized courses for our students. Students who take advantage of our courses find themselves better prepared for further academic studies.
Here is an example of our “Tree Identification” project that is part of our course in Forest Services. To find out more about a particular tree in your neighborhood, click on the name of the tree below.
- American BeautyBerry (Callicarpa americana)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- American Holly (llex opaca)
- American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
- American Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)
- Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
- Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
- Big-Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla)
- Bigtooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- Black Birch (Betula nigra)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Black Willow (Salix nigra)
- Blackberry (Rubus spp.)
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Buckthorn Bully (Frangula caroliniana)
- Button Bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)
- Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)
- Coast Dog-hobble (Leucothoe axillaris)
- Common Lespedeza (Lespedeza spp.)
- Crabapple (Malus sp.)
- Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
- Eastern Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Elm (Ulmus sp.)
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
- Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
- Mayberry (Vaccinium elliottii)
- Mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis)
- Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa)
- Mulberry (Morus sp.)
- Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix)
- Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
- Pecan (Carya illinoisnensis)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
- Plum (Prunus americana)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Post Oak (Quercus stellata)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Red Alder (Alnus rubra)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
- Red Spruce (Picea rubens)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)
- Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
- Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
- Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata)
- Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
- Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii)
- Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
- Southern Red Oak (Quercus montana)
- Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)
- Summersweet Clethra (Clethra alnifolia)
- Swamp-Haw (Viburnum nudum)
- Sweet Birch (Betula lenta)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria)
- Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis)
- Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
- Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
- Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
- White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
- White Birch (Betula papyrifera)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- White Spruce (Picea glauca)
- Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum)
- Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Yellow-Root (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)