The effects of one to two seasons of ozone (O 3 ) exposure ranging from subambient to 1.7 times ambient on the gas exchange of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) were studied in standard 3 m diameter open-top chambers. Cumulative O 3 exposures based on SUM00 index ranged from 16 to 107 ppm⋅h in 1990 and 31 to 197 ppm⋅h in 1991. During the 120-day exposure in 1990, rates of net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of sugar maple foliage were not affected by O 3 . Based on estimates from light-response curves, net photosynthesis at saturating light, dark respiration, compensation irradiance, and quantum efficiency were not affected in sugar maple leaves exposed to elevated O 3 . Gas exchange rates of leaves of yellow-poplar grown in elevated O 3 were significantly reduced in 1990 and 1991, when compared with foliage of seedlings grown in charcoal-filtered air (CF air). In 1990, seasonal monthly net photosynthesis of yellow-poplar leaves was reduced 11.7% in 1.5 times ambient O 3 air compared with leaves of seedlings grown in CF air. The light response of yellow-poplar foliage generally was not affected by exposure to O 3 during either growing season; with the exception in 1991 of net photosynthesis at saturating light being reduced 13 to 42% in leaves of seedlings exposed to 1.7 times ambient O 3 air compared with leaves of seedlings grown in CF air. Stomatal conductance rates were generally not affected by exposure to O 3 during either exposure season. In 1991, the response of newly mature (node 3 to 5 from apex) and older leaves (node 8 to 12 from apex) of ozone-exposed yellow-poplar were compared and responded similarly to elevated O 3 . Ozone effects on seasonal diurnal photosynthetic response of newly mature and older yellow-poplar foliage were observed in 1991. Reductions (21-42%) in net photosynthetic rates of leaves of yellow-poplar exposed to elevated O 3 were first observed after 42 days of treatment (113 ppm⋅h exposure). Predawn and post-sunset respiration and stomatal conductance were not affected by exposure to elevated O 3 . Despite significant reductions of net photosynthesis of O 3 -exposed yellow-poplar during both seasons, significant negative growth effects were not observed until the final harvest in June 1992. Root/shoot ratios of yellow-poplar seedlings exposed to 1.7 times ambient O 3 were reduced 30% compared with those seedlings exposed to CF air.