I spent some time in Western New York's Letchworth State Park showing how to I.D. the red oak, white oak, black cherry, soft maple, hard maple, white ash, basswood, beech, aspen, cucumbertree, tulip poplar, bitternut hickory, shagbark hickory, and sycamore.
You can see a companion video about softwood trees at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugQuAahHsz8
