Field Study 3: Treaty Rock Park

Question 1

Fox Grape name

Answer 1

Vitis labrusca

Question 2

Fox Grape family

Answer 2

Vitaceae

Question 3

Vitis labrusca description

Answer 3

Native vine, heart shaped leaf with 3 points, 2 forked tendrils, bunches of tiny white flowers followed by dark purple fruits

Question 4

Wild Blackberry name

Answer 4

Rubus allegheniensis

Question 5

Wild Blackberry family

Answer 5

Rosaceae

Question 6

Rubus allegheniensis description

Answer 6

Native arching shrub, white flowers with 5 petals, thorns on pencil-like stem, 3-5 leaves, receptacles come with black fruit, green underside of leaves

Question 7

Red Maple name

Answer 7

Acer rubrum

Question 8

Red Maple family

Answer 8

Sapindaceae

Question 9

Acer rubrum description

Answer 9

Native tree, opposite leaves with 3 main lobes and light undersides, clear sap, petioles are red on top

Question 10

Staghorn Sumac name

Answer 10

Rhus typhina

Question 11

Staghorn Sumac family

Answer 11

Anacardiaceae

Question 12

Rhus typhina description

Answer 12

Native tall shrub, alternate pinnately compound leaves, leaves only on terminus of branches, white sap, red fruit

Question 13

Wild Black Raspberry name

Answer 13

Rubus occidentalis

Question 14

Wild Black Raspberry family

Answer 14

Rosaceae

Question 15

Rubus occidentalis description

Answer 15

Native arching shrub, usually 3 leaflets with white undersides, flowers are white with small petals that are smaller than sepals, round stems, receptacles do not come off with fruit

Question 16

Common Cinquefoil name

Answer 16

Potentilla simplex

Question 17

Common Cinquefoil family

Answer 17

Rosaceae

Question 18

Potentilla simplex description

Answer 18

Larger palmate leaves than other cinquefoil, with 5 petaled yellow flowers, upright, native

Question 19

Green Briar/Bull Briar name

Answer 19

Smilax rotundifolia

Question 20

Green Briar/Bull Briar family

Answer 20

Smilacaceae

Question 21

Smilax rotundifolia description

Answer 21

Native vine, leaves are round and green, climbs by tendrils, flowers greenish-yellow with a bell shape, tendrils are edible

Question 22

New York Fern name

Answer 22

Thelypteris noveboracensis

Question 23

New York Fern family

Answer 23

Thelypteridaceae

Question 24

Thelypteris noveboracensis description

Answer 24

Clumping fern, frond tapered at both ends, sori rouynd, twice divided blade, native

Question 25

Hay-scented Fern name

Answer 25

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Question 26

Hay-scented Fern family

Answer 26

Dennstaedtiaceae

Question 27

Dennstaedtia punctilobula description

Answer 27

Lacy fern growing in large colonies, scent of fresh-mown hay or grass, small dot-like sori, hairy stem, 3 times divided blade, native

Question 28

Deertounge name

Answer 28

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Question 29

Deertounge family

Answer 29

Poaceae

Question 30

Dichanthelium clandestinum description

Answer 30

Native tall grass with alternating wide blades, hairy sheaths wrapped around stem, large open panicles in early summer

Question 31

Black Locust name

Answer 31

Robinia pseudoacacia

Question 32

Black Locust family

Answer 32

Fabaceae

Question 33

Robinia pseudoacacia description

Answer 33

Non-native tree, alternate pinnately compound leaves with ovate leaflets, fragrant white pea-like flowers, brown casing below petals, deeply furrowed bark