Full Species List Flashcards
(199 cards)
1
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spiny, evergreen leaves; light, smooth bark; alternate leaves
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Ilex opaca
Aquifoliaceae
2
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horizontal lenticels; flaky old bark, porous new bark; horizontal white stripes; tree
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Prunus serotina
Rosaceae
3
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The FIRST woody shrub with evergreen opposite leaves that we will learn in this class; purple fruits
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Cartrema americana
Oleaceae
4
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shitty, eaten, warty leaves; fuzzy petiole; distinct smell; prefers wet habitats
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Tamala palustris
Lauraceae
5
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silvery, reflective underside; glaucous, leaf-shaped leaves; prefer hill bottoms
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Magnolia virginiana
Magnoliaceae
6
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mesic species with vertically striped bark; cones at top of tree; conical fruits often nearby
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Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnoliaceae
7
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red berries; evergreen; crenate leaf margins; young twigs are sharp and gray
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Ilex vomitoria
Aquifoliaceae
8
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pubescent, brown leaf underside and valvate bud scales
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Magnolia grandiflora
Magnoliaceae
9
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evergreen, alternate leaves; slightly serrated; waxy fruits
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Morella cerifera
Myricaceae
10
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semi-evergreen oak of the bottomlands; non-lobed leaves
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Quercus laurifolia
Fagaceae
11
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large spines under LARGE leaf scars; linear trunk design; largest angiosperm leaf in Mississippi
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Aralia spinosa
Araliaceae
12
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leaves die, but don’t fall; mesic; acuminate / pointy leaf tips; broad serrations; horizontally splotchy wood
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Fagus grandifolia
Fagaceae
13
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distinctive ridges and valleys in old bark; ridge tops are smoooth, valleys are orange; hairs on underside of midrib
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Oxydendrum arboreum
Ericaceae
14
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dry habitat; liana with no thorns; fuzzy underside of leaf; monocot; weird, palmately parallel venation w/ somewhat cordate base
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Smilax pumila
Smilacaceae
15
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rough, sandpaperish leaves; alternate leaves; greenish / pale yellowish petiole + midrib; vertical stripes and white splotches on bark
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Symplocos tinctoria
Symplocaceae
16
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shrub w/ black berries; light gray / pale green twigs
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Ilex glabra
Aquifoliaceae
17
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taller holly shrubs that tend to form clonal patches; purple twigs
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Ilex coriacea
Aquifoliaceae
18
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tiny, spindly twigs w/ little swelling flower buds at tips; flaky, shreddy old bark
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Vaccinium elliottii
Ericaceae
19
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3 medium-sized needles per fascicle; cones hurt when grabbed
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Pinus taeda
Pinaceae
20
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3 long needles per fascicle; pom-pom formations at twig tips
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Pinus palustris
Pinaceae
21
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opposite, ovate, thick, leathery, evergreen leaves; pointed at the end; two-raked on young twigs
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Ligustrum japonicum
Oleaceae
22
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evergreen leaves; grows out more than up; sclerophyllous leaves;
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Quercus virginiana
Fagaceae
23
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evergreen, opposite, ROUNDED leaves; irregular shrub, typically with a deer browse line
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Ligustrum sinense
Oleaceae
24
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sharp cones / nut shells; widely serrate leaf margins; vertically plated bark
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Castanea mollissima
Fagaceae
25
evergreen conifer with bluish-green fleshy cones; scales on red twigs
*Juniperus virginiana*
Cupressaceae
26
spiky, circular fruits; pointy canopy, one main apical stem; vertical ridges; star shaped leaf; orange apical growth during winter; ridges/wings on twigs
*Liquidambar styraciflua*
Atlingiaceae
27
blackish / dark reddish bark; huge black fruits; vertical ridges; pinnately compound leaves with narrow leaflets
*Juglans nigra*
Juglandaceae
28
extremely short needles and tiny cones
*Pinus echinata*
Pinaceae
29
tiny, 4 part yellow inflorescence; hanging yellow flowers; spiky fruits; shrub; NARROW, UNEVENLY VALVATE, SLIGHTLY FUZZY BUDS; undulate leaves with asymmetrical leaf base
*Hamamelis virginiana*
Hamamelidaceae
30
liana; leaves are gray and waxy on the bottom; medium angry thorns
*Smilax glauca*
Smilacaceae
31
Palm; very tall; huge leaves; you'll break your legs if you fall off of this one
*Sabal palmetto*
Arecaceae
32
conifer; lance-like leaves; cones have a rose-like pattern; very straight up, even if multi-stem; bark resembles peeling strips
*Cunninghamia lanceolata*
Cupressaceae
33
conifer; scales in a flat plane; often held vertically
*Thuja occidentalis*
Cupressaceae
34
conifer; needles shaped into flexible, thick, mostly flat leaves
*Podocarpus macrophylla*
Podocarpaceae
35
bottomlands pine; darker green needles; flattened bark instead of flaky;
*Pinus glabra*
Pinaceae
36
"overcup oak" due to the signature acorn structure where the cap encloses >75% of nut; strippy, plated bark
*Quercus lyrata*
Fagaceae
37
"sawtooth oak" due to the spiny (soft spines) covering the large acorns; rough bark; orange valleys on bark; vase-shaped tree with dark macresence
*Quercus acutissima*
Fagaceae
38
small leaves; bark is super splotchy and unique; sort of resembles a map with greenish, bumpy 'land' and orange 'oceans'; circular samara; asymmetrical leaf base; small leaves
*Ulmus parvifolia*
Ulmaceae
39
tipping birches by rivers; peeling, papery bark; typically multi-stem; horizontal lenticels; deltoid (triangular) leaf with doubly serrate margin and truncate base
*Betula nigra*
Betulaceae
40
vertically shreddy bark; acute crotch angles; cones are rounded and spiky; undercrotch tends to have vertical, barcode-esque lines
*Metasequoia glyptostroboides*
Cupressaceae
41
Magnolia that blossoms pink; pubescent, small, valvate buds; purpleish twigs
*Magnolia X soulangina*
Magnoliaceae
42
Evergreen; largest privet; blue berries in terminal cones; leaves are larger, less glossy, and have an acuminate apex; opposite at nodes
*Ligustrum lucidum*
Oleaceae
43
evil orange tree; fruits look like small pumpkins; 3-leaflets; massive spikes
*Citrus trifoliata*
Rutaceae
44
saw palmetto; sharp teeth on petioles; typically a sandy environment specialist
*Serenoa repens*
Arecaceae
45
stems with 2 ridges on the twigs; long vertical stripes; small terminal buds; round architecture
*Ulmus alata*
Ulmaceae
46
palm that tends to stay near the ground; harmless; "blue" refers to its slightly waxy, darker leaves
*Sabal minor*
Arecaceae
47
cycad; superficially resembles a fountain; male / female cones; revolute leaf margins that come to a point at the apex; sago palm
*Cycas revoluta*
Cycadaceae
48
slightly lobed leaf (spatulate); most variable leaves of the oaks; deciduous or semi-evergreen; smooth oak bark; prefers bottomlands
*Quercus nigra*
Fagaceae
49
sycamore; shreddy bark at bottom; very white bark at top of tree; loves floodplains; huge distinctive leaf; spiny pubescence on underside of leaf (only on veins in winter)
*Platanus occidentalis*
Platanaceae
50
sinewy, muscular trunk; small, grayish brown macresence; bottomlands species
*Carpinus caroliniana*
Betulaceae
51
bark similar to chinese elm, but substantially more shreddy; large woody spines; white, roselike flowers; leaves resemble parsely
*Crataegus marshallii*
Rosaceae
52
deciduous magnolia with smooth bark; very thick branches; prefer to grow on steep slopes; sparse architecture; large pubescent, valvate buds; giant leaves with auriculate base;
*Magnolia macrophylla*
Magnoliaceae
53
incredibly smelly leaves; purple petioles on an evergreen leaf-shaped leaf; dark maroon flower;
*Illicium floridanum*
Illiciaceae
54
beech drops :D little parasitic twigs with small flowers growing on beech roots
*Epifagus virginiana*
Orobanchaceae
55
twisty tree trunks; resides at the bottom of mesic slopes; vertical stripes on cinnamon-esque bark; near streams
*Kalmia latifolia*
Ericaceae
56
white oak bark; shreddy white bark shows up about halfway up the tree; hand-sized leaves with rounded lobes; mesic forest specialist
*Quercus alba*
Fagaceae
57
low palm; sharp needles at base
*Rhapidophyllum hystrix*
Arecaceae
58
sinewy, shreddy, rough bark with vertical stripes; fruits resemble hops; bark is diagnostic for this one, since leaves resemble elms and carpinus
*Ostrya virginiana*
Betulaceae
59
deciduous magnolia with rough bark; ovate leaves with a rounded leaf base; glaucous (white/waxy) buds
*Magnolia acuminata*
Magnoliaceae
60
spanish moss; epiphytic commensal
*Tillandsia usneoides*
Bromeliaceae
61
evergreen oak with leaf-shaped leaves; upland habitat specialist; smoother bark than live oak
*Quercus hemisphaerica*
Fagaceae
62
fruticose lichen found in sandhills; sage in color; has the little "british soldiers" as a fruiting body
*Cladonia* spp.
63
large scrub oak; sandhill restricted; lobed oak leaves (turkey tracks); consistently acute leaf base; blocky, red oak bark
*Quercus laevis*
Fagaceae
64
evergreen, leaf-shaped leaves, with small serrate margins; grows on bayheads; very iconic bark,,, seems to be huge plates, taller than they are wide; shotgun tree
*Gordonia lasianthus*
Theaceae
65
liana with super dense, sharp spines; restricted to wet habitats; long, oblong, evergreen leaves;
*Smilax laurifolia*
Smilacaceae
66
white dangling racemes when flowering; platy, flaky, and often times greenish brown bark; tree with weird architecture; restricted to wet areas; evergreen but jettisons a portion of its leaves every so often
*Cyrilla racemiflora*
Cyrillaceae
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thick, leathery, evergreen leaves; reinforced, thick margin (revolute); shrub; wetlands species; vein is 1 mm away from margin; zigzag stem/twigs; pink flowers
*Lyonia lucida*
Ericaceae
68
evergreen, leaf-shaped leaves, sometimes tips are red; white bell-shaped flowers; slightly serrate, almost crenate, leaf margins; wetland habitat; rough margins
*Leucothoe axillaris*
Ericaceae
69
aromatic, waxy leaves; grows in water/streams; evergreen, serrate margins (only few serrations, typically); less serrations and undulations than cerifera
*Morella caroliniensis*
Myricaceae
70
xeric oak (dry habitat); large leaves with cross-shaped lobes; scrubby branches, but not in trunk architecture; white oak !!! pubescent leaf undersides and twigs
*Quercus stellata*
Fagaceae
71
winged sumac; in winter, seems to be a singular stem sticking up; similar architecture to *Aralia*; young twigs are red, old twigs peel; small lenticels on twigs; diagnostic winged rachis
*Rhus copallinum*
Anacardiaceae
72
very, very short shrub with very small leaves; *Vaccinium* style leaves; evergreen; green stem
*Vaccinium myrsinites*
Ericaceae
73
dry habitat *Morella*; smaller leaves; nodes in the axils; around knee high;
*Morella pumila*
Myricaceae
74
small shrub; dark maroon leaves in winter; glossy leaves; very rounded tips, semi-truncate to acute base
*Gaylussacia dumosa*
Ericaceae
75
narrow, skinny, evergreen leaves; wetland shrub; whorled leaves; strongly acute leaf base; wispy architecture; yellow flowers
*Hypericum galioides*
Hypericaceae
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green petioles; shrubby; leaves form vase shapes and are held close to the stem; its another *Illicium*, but its habit is different from *floridanum*
*Illicium parviflorum*
Illiciaceae
77
semi-evergreen oak; mix between live and overcup oak; live oak bark; acorn with large covering, but doesn't cover whole nut; heavily lobed, leathery leaves
*Quercus* X *componiae*
Fagaceae
78
serrate margin at apex, entire margin at base; smooth bark; multi-trunked; acuminate tip with undulations; green petioles
*Quercus myrsinifolia*
Fagaceae
79
Extremely vertical bark w/ very thin valleys; beautiful white flowers; compact architecture; very acute crotches (weak); tall, pubescent, imbricate buds; circular, slightly serrate leaves; huge thorns in the wild
*Pyrus calleryana*
Roseaceae
80
"Popcorn Tree"; Unevenly plated bark; white, pineish bark; white, waxy, ballish fruits; bright white flowers in fall
*Triadica sebifera*
Euphorbiaceae
81
very rough bark; multiple trunks; wetland; wispy twigs;
*Salix nigra*
Salicaceae
82
small tree or shrub; young twigs are green; glaucous, puny leaves; wetland preferential
*Baccharis halimifolia*
Asteraceae
83
wetland species; more upright than *cyrilla*; erect, vertical racemes and twigs; pale pink flowers
*Cliftonia monophylla*
Cyrillaceae
84
horsetails w/ minor branching
*Equisetum hyemale*
Equisetaceae
85
willow oak; clean, pyramidal shape (resembles sweetgum); high twig density; long, linear leaves
*Quercus phellos*
Fagaceae
86
Bean-like fruits; membrane separates the two halves; sandbar specialist; circular leaf scars + whorled leaves (bunches of 3); Massive Leaves
*Catalpa bignonioides*
Bignoniaceae
87
spiky, palmy shrub with hairs along the margin; some erect leaves, some lazy leaves
*Yucca filamentosa*
Asparagaceae
88
buckeye fruits; tubular red flowers; opposite, palmately compound leaves; mesic understory
*Aesculus pavia*
Sapindaceae
89
ephiphytic fern; "resurrection fern"
*Pleopeltis polypodioides*
Polypodiaceae
90
Flat acorn cap; tends to be confused with *texanus*; Widest part of the sinus is interior; lots of bristle tips
*Quercus shumardii*
Fagaceae
91
Acorns with vertical stripes; widest part of sinus is terminal (exterior); often confused with *shumardii*; formerly nuttallii
*Quercus texana*
Fagaceae
92
bark with corky, nodular growths; looks like mountains? or warts? horizontal lenticels
*Celtis laevigata*
Cannabaceae
93
black gum tree; right angle / droopy branches; branches are doing the wave; leaf scars have 3 vascular bundle scars (E.T. face?); acuminate leaf tip
*Nyssa sylvatica*
Cornaceae
94
vine with opposite, evergreen, leaf-shaped leaves; purple, chocolatey vines; narrow and pointy leaves; yellow flower; distyly; wide, pointy sepal tips
*Gelsemium sempervirens*
95
redbud tree; zigzap structure of twigs; heart shaped leaves; lavender buds on stems; mesic tree
*Cercis canidensis*
Fabaceae
96
evergreen, serrate, plastic-y leaves; prefers disturbed areas; white flowers
*Prunus caroliniana*
Rosaceae
97
glaucus vine with no thorns
*Smilax smallii*
Smilaceae
98
white, 5-petal'd flower; white, pubescent underside of small leaves with tiny serrations; red berries; bog plant
*Aronia arbutifolia*
Rosaceae
99
wetland, boggy habitat specialist; prefers full sun; very short shrub with needle-like leaves
*Hypericum brachyphyllum*
100
opposite leaves with entire margins; prefers edge of wetlands, very thick, well-defined venation of leaves
*Viburnum nudum*
101
shrub; mesic / floodplain habitats; opposite leaves + twigs; slight serrations; green everything; strawberry bush
*Euonymus americanus*
102
green bottomlands shrub; very narrow leaf tips; milky sap; 3 lobed fruit
*Ditrysinia fruticosa*
103
elderberry shrub; opposite leaves with opposite leaflets (serrate)
*Sambucus canidensis*
104
Wild Mulberry; very variable leaves; palmately lobed; mitten leaf shape; serrate margin; multiple fruits
*Morus rubra*
105
native floodplain tree with white, downward facing flowers; 2-winged fruits; deciduous, leaf-shaped leaves; stamens exerted beyond corolla; 4 petal'd flowers; vertical striping and plating on bark; large, irregular serrations; acuminate tip
*Halesia diptera*
106
riverbottom white oak; deciduous leaves with many tiny, rounded, lobes
*Quercus michauxii*
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serviceberry tree; incredibly pubescent underside to leaves; dark twigs; white, strappy flowers; mesic / floodplain species
*Amelanchier arborea*
108
PawPaw Tree; 3-lobed flowers; mesic; bell-peppery smell; acuminate tips to leaves; smooth bark; brown flowers
*Asimina triloba*
109
chinesex parasol tree; non-native; huge, gecko-foot shaped leaves; green bark
*Firmiana simplex*
110
crabapple tree; light pink petals; large, ovate leaves with round serrations
*Malus angustifolia*
111
non-native conifer; short needles are arranged into strands
*Cryptomeria japonica*
112
coral honeysuckle; red, tubular flowers; vine; opposite, ovate leaves; fused base of two penultimate leaves (Perfoliate)
*Lonicera sempervirens*
113
2 lobed leaf base w/ spines along the margin; mild thorns
*Smilax bona-nox*
114
invasive vine; purple, pyramidal flowers; pinnately compound leaves
*Wisteria sinensis*
115
large, unscented yellow flowers; moist habitat specialist; acuminate sepal tips
*Gelsemium rankinii*
116
strappy, white petals; opposite leaves; slender leaves with parallel venation that curves towards the end
*Chionanthus virginicus*
117
dogwood flowers; arcuate veins with blocky barks
*Cornus florida / Benthamidia*
118
Opposite leaves with pubescence; opposite twigs; beautyberry
*Callicarpa americana*
119
Pink, tubular flowers; clustered at the tips; wetlands specialist; glandular pubesence; ericaceae flowers
*Rhododendron canescens*
120
Poison Ivy; leaflets of 3; climbing vine; branches with infloresence
*Toxicodendron radicans*
121
grape leaves; cordate base with dentate margins; woody vine
*Muscadinia rotundifolia*
122
sometimes uneven leaf base; sharply serrate leaf margins; prominent midrib; parallel venation; odd architecture; dry habit
*Castanea pumila*
123
little fella with one flower at tip of stem; sandhill restricted; long, narrow leaves
*Geobalanus oblongifolia*
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leaves are similar to *Hypericum branchyphyllum*, but they are six ranked, narrow, soft, needle like leaves; scrubby shrub that is restricted to sandhills
*Ceratiola ericoides*
125
scrubby little TREE; can get huge; sandhill restricted; multi-trunked; *Vaccinium* leaf on *Cyrilla* bark; bottomside of leaf is lighter than topside
*Vaccinium arboreum*
126
small shrub with tiny, sessile, opposite leaves; sandhill specialist; red, tubular flowers
*Clinopodium coccineum*
127
crepe myrtle; spindly architecture; multi-trunked; patchy bark
*Lagerstroemia indica*
128
small, white, foul-smelling flowers; big, frequent thorns; slender, narrow leaves; bright red berries
*Pyracantha coccinea*
129
small, opposite leaves with acuminate tips; vine without perfoliate apical leaves; bicolor stem; acuminate tips
*Lonicera japonica*
130
thorny trees with racemes of white flowers; prefers disturbed areas; compound leaves; stipular thorns
*Robinia pseudoacacia*
131
Evergreen; white puffball infloresence; opposite leaves with rusty hairs on the underside
*Viburnum rufidulum*
132
Purple-white flowers; Bi-pinnately compound leaves; serrate/crenate leaflets
*Melia azedarach*
133
sand live oak; live oak but in sandhill; revolute leaf margins
*Quercus geminata*
134
row of shrubby trees with cherry bark; white flowers; reddish, dark twigs; spindly architecture
*Prunus angustifolia*
135
legume with pinnately compund leaves; rounded leaftips; INCREDIBLY THORNY
*Gleditsia triacanthos*
136
Cypress tree with closely appressed leaflets on branchlets
*Taxodium ascendens*
137
Cypress tree with needles at a 70 - 90 degree angle from branchlet
*Taxodium disticum*
138
American Elm; Elm leaf with HEAVILY uneven leaf base; doubly serrate margins; acuminate tip; floodplain species
*Ulmus americana*
139
Virginia Creeper; five part compound leaf on a climbing vine
*Parthenocissus quinquefolia*
140
Incredibly variable leaf shape; red oak bark; falcate tips; Bell + Clapper shape; tree always looks wilted; lobes are bristle tips
*Quercus falcata*
141
Alder; stream-side specialist; multi-trunked; black cones; serrulate leaves
*Alnus serrulata*
142
Mimosa tree; multi-trunked
*Albizia julibrissin*
143
Sugar maple; 5 lobed leaf; huge leaves; sapsucker favorite
*Acer saccharum*
144
large crenations on a *Ilex* leaf; deciduous holly; possomhaw; indention at tip; floodplains and mesic bottoms specialist
*Ilex decidua*
145
Blackjack oak; duck foot leaf shape; yellow pubescent underside; scrubby oak tree
*Quercus marilandica*
146
lemony scent; ovatish-acutish leafs
*Lindera benzoin*
147
3-part leaves; stinky smell; no thorns; cherry-like bark
*Ptelea trifoliata*
148
multi-trunked; no bracts on sprays of white flowers; opposite leaves with undulations; acuminate tips; arcuate venation; 3-5 pairs of prominent veins; swamp dogwod
*Swida stricta*
149
*Ginkgo biloba*
*Ginkgo biloba*
150
Large, Cordate, Tri-lobed Leaves; 2 red extrafloral nectaries
*Vernicia fordii*
151
Bottomlands Oak Species; lobed, symmetrical, tiered leaves; rarely rounded leaf base; cherry-like bark on younger portions
*Quercus pagoda*
152
glaucous leaves; pointed leaf tips; normal blueberry
*Vaccinium corymbosum*
153
lobed leaves; white underside; smelly; new twigs are green and brown; Sassafrass
*Sassafras albidum*
154
large, bronzy, *Morella*; usually entire margins; very dark leaves; loves extremely wet habitats
*Morella inodora*
155
smaller *Saccharum* leaf; pale green underside
*Acer floridanum*
156
acuminate leaf tips; prominent veins; light green petioles; parrallel veins; serrulate margins
*Frangula caroliniana*
157
Opposite, 5/3 pinnately compound leaves; side leaflets are mitten shaped; very green twigs;
*Acer negundo*
158
flaky bark; opposite leaves; 5-ish lobes; HUGE LEAVES; scrubby
*Hydrangea quercifolia*
159
climbing hydrangea; mesic; cluster of leaf scars at twig tips; slightly crenate leaves; light underside
*Decumeria barbara*
160
Shagbark hickory; pinnately compound leaves; wide strips of bark; alternate leaves
*Carya ovata*
161
squishy, blocky bark with opposite, pinnately compound leaves
*Fraxinus* spp.
162
leaf similar to *michauxii* but pointed scallop tips;; white oak bark; dry, rocky ridge preference
*Quercus muehlenbergii*
163
sub-shrub; 3 leaflets with distinct lobes; dry habitat specialist
*Toxicodendron pubescens*
164
Sand Post Oak; Glaucous leaf; wider, smaller, post oak leaf; pubescent underside; non-fuzzy petioles
*Quercus margaretta*
165
Bluejack oak; brown or light green twigs; very large, long, leaf-shaped leaves; very waxy, bluish cast; sandhill restricted
*Quercus incana*
166
Mesic to dry hickory; medium interlacing of bark; very pubescent leaves
*Carya tomentosa*
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compound leaf w/ 3 leaflets (ovate); light green leaflets with waxy undersides
*Lespedeza bicolor*
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mayhaw; thorny twigs; *Amelanchier* leaf; tiny apple fruits; swampy
*Crataegus aestivalis*
169
dwarf pawpaw; shrubby; pubescent; light green twigs; dry soils
*Asimina parviflora*
170
Very sticky, fuzzy, large, opposite leaves; nut clusters persist; dentate margins
*Paulownia tomentosa*
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super dense leaves clustered on topside of branches; swamp post oak; wide *stellata* leaves
*Quercus similis*
172
Vine; Opposite Leaves; Trifoliate leaves, but one leaflet is modified into a tendril
*Bignonia capreolata*
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Buttressing; very large, ovate leaves; light underside of leaves; wetland restricted
*Nyssa aquatica*
174
Alternate, pinnately compound leaves; smoothish bark; Wetland hickory; serrulate, acuminate leaflets
*Carya cordiformis*
175
Glossy leaves; bushy tree; wetland restricted; purple petioles; uneven base; serrate margin; Water Elm
*Planera aquatica*
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pecan tree; light yellow/green foliage; shreddy bark
*Carya illinoinensis*
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Vine with 3x pinnately compound leaves; sharp corners on leaflets; red petioles; peppervine
*Nekemias arborea*
178
Red Maple w/ Cordate Base
LONG CENTRAL LOBE
*Acer rubrum* var. *rubrum*
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Red Maple
SHORT CENTRAL LOBE
*Acer rubrum* var. *triloba*
180
Red Maple w/ a Hairy Petiole
Swamp Restricted
*Acer rubrum* var. *drummondii*
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Wetland Restricted; Gum Pond Tree; Small Leaves; Buttressing; Wide Part of Leaf Towards End; Smaller Leaf w/ Entire Margin
*Nyssa biflora*
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white upright racemes; shrubby; upward leaves; reddish new growth; serrate margins
*Itea virginica*
183
Acute base, acuminate tip; serrations at tip, more entire at base; axillary buds; *Viburnum*-esque venation
*Ilex ambigua*
184
Silver maple; bottomlands species; white underside to maple leaves; very toothy / dissected leaves
*Acer saccharinum*
185
Assymetric cordate leaf bases w/ serrations into an acuminate tip; mesic to floodplain species
*Tilia* spp.
either *americana* or *cordata*
186
Pinnately compound leaves; small, randomly distributed thorns; mesic or limestone deposit resident
*Xanthoxylum clava-herculis*
187
Opposite leaves; dentate leaf margins; white fuzzy petioles; smaller leaves; sandpapery underside
*Viburnum scabrellum*
188
Opposite, palmately compound leaves; blooms in may; Large leaves;
*Aesculus parviflora*
189
*Magnolia* bark, with a leaf that is the same general shape as *macrophylla*; smaller, auriculate base; lightish leaves; rhombus-shaped leaves
*Magnolia pyramidata*
190
Very triangular leaf w/ a thick, leathery texture; large, oval petiole; floodplains species
*Populus deltoides*
191
Trumpet creeper; opposite, pinnately compound leaves; many lobed w/ long acuminate tips
*Campsis radicans*
192
Persimmon tree; incredibly blocky bark with deep, orangish valleys; rough ridges; *Nyssa* or peach leaves, but droopier; one bundle sheath scar
*Diospyros virginiana*
193
white oak w/ scallopy, lobed leaves
*Quercus macrocarpa*
194
Kudzu; Huge trifoliate leaf
*Pueraria montana*
195
poison sumac; big infloresences; purple rachis
*Toxicodendron vernix*
196
Highly variable leaves; ranging from *falcata* leaves to *marilandica*
Bristle tips on wide lobes; velvety underside
*Quercus velutina*
197
White flowers; red berries; 3x compound leaves; ESPECIALLY AT TIPS
*Nandina domestica*
198
Highly variable palmate maple leaves
*Acer palmatum*
199
