Having Trouble - Sci and Identification Flashcards
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European Beech
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Fagaceae, Fagus Sylvatica
- alt, smooth bark, spikey fruit, 7-9 vein ovate leaf with NO large teeth
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American Beech
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Fagaceae, Fagus Grandifolia
- alt, smooth bark, spikey fruit, 11-14 vein ovate leaf with large teeth (like little bites)
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Sweetgum
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Hamamelidaceae, Liquidambar Styraciflua
- spikey balls on tree
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Sassafras
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Lauraceae, Sassafras albidum
- alt, white/yellow flower bud that looks slightly burnt, rounded mitten leaves, orange inner bark (spicy smell)
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Sweet Cherry
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Rosaceae, Prunus avium
- alt, large lenticel bark, fatter leaf than black cherry
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Black Cherry
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Rosaceae, Prunus Serotina
- alt, short lenticel bark when young -cornflake bark when older, skinnier ovate leaf than sweet cherry
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Bigtooth Aspen
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Salicaceae, Populus Grandidentata
- alt, bark ridged with diamond-shaped vertical lenticels, heart shaped leaf scar, wide ovate leaf with wide teeth (stinkbug)
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Black Willow
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Salicaceae, Salix Nigra
- alt, scaley ridged bark, young yellow branches, slighly longated bud, lance-like leaf with fine serrations
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Red Maple
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Aceraceae, Acer Rubrum
- opposite, long finely scaled bark, young red twig with small lenticels, clustered usually red buds
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Sugar Maple
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Aceraceae, Acer Saccharum
- opposite, very sharp tightly scaled brown buds, Canadian leaf(three main lobes)
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Green Ash
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Oleaceae, Fraxinus Pennsylvanica
- opposite, diamond ridged bark, compound leaf (7-9 leaflets)
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Dawn Redwood
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Cupressaceae, Metasequoia Glyptostroboides
- deciduous pine tree, orange striped brown bark (unique)
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Silver Maple
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Aceraceae, Acer Saccharium
- opposite, long stripped bark, very clustered round red buds, five lobe deeply sinused leaf with coarse serrations
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Norway Maple
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Aceraceae, Acer Platanoides
- opposite, very thin long ridge bark, short stout sugar maple like leaf with more lobes (5-7)
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Boxelder
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Aceraceae, Acer Negundo
- opposite, shallow ridged bark, white and hairy buds, young green twigs, āvā leaf scar, simple ovate leaf
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Callery Pear
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Rosaceae, Pyrus Calleryana
- alt, bud is very fuzzy and white(unique) like cotton, round brown fruit
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Willow Oak
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Fagaceae, Quercus Phellos
- alt, clustered sharpish brownish red buds, 1/4-1/2 inch acorn (very small), lance like thin toothless leaf(black willow is serrated)
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White Spruce
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Pinaceae, Picea Glauca
- green needles attached at woody peg, whitish waxy end on needles, very small 1.5-2.5 inch cones (norway spruce 3-4 inch cones)
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Pin Oak
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Fagaceae, Quercus Palustris
- alt, clustered buds, DEEP leaf sinus )(
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Bur Oak
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Fagaceae, Quercus macrocarpa
- alt, vertically ridged bark, clustered bud with thread-like material around, hairy looking acorn cap(burred)
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Shingle Oak
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Fagaceae, Quercus imbricaria
- alt, broad ridges and shallow furrows, clustered buds, wider ovate leaf than willow (willow is lance like)
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Alleghany Chinkapin
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Fagaceae, Casanea pumila
- alt, shallow furrows with scaly plates, fuzzy(dusty) single bud, fuzzy reddish twig, spikey bur with teardrop nut inside, coarsley toothed ovate leaf
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Chinese Chestnut
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Fagaceae, Castanea mollissima
- alt, rapidly furrowing bark(like large diamonds), fuzzy gray-brown twig, spikey burr with nut inside
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American Chestnut
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Fagaceae, Castanea dentata
- alt, smooth young bark shallow ridged older bark, hairless twig, spikey burr
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Kentucky Coffeetree
Fabaceae, Gymnocladus dioicus
- alt, sunken bud, slightly heart shaped leaf scar, thick and wide seed pod, salmon color in twig
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Honeylocust
Fabaceae, Gleditsia triacanthos
- alt, sunken buds, long skinny seed pod
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River Birch
Betulaceae, Betula nigra
- alt, peeled salmon bark(distinct), arrow head leaf with double tooth serrations
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Sweet Birch
Betulaceae, Betula lenta
- alt, large plated bark(older), thin twig that smells like wintergreen when broken
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Virginia Pine
Pinaceae, Pinus virginiana
- two needle bunch (V for VIRGINIA), small red-brown cone
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White Ash
Oleaceae, Fraxinus Americana
- opposite, compound leaf leaflets are slightly larger than green ash and have exactly 7, leaf scar looks like a curved pot like a smile
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Cucumbertree
Magnoliaceae, Magnolia acuminata
- alt, soft (spongey) flakey bark, silvery white fuzzy long bud, cat poop fruit
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Spicebush
Lauraceae, Lindera benzoin
-alt, most are shrubs, lemon yellow leaf in winter, circular buds(pairs or single), spicy smell in twig
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Black Walnut
Juglandaceae, Juglans Nigra
- alt, "monkey face" leaf scar, hard thick irregularly furrowed black walnut husk which is hollow and has strong chemical smell, very large compound leaf (12-24 inches)
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Northern Red Oak
Fagaceae, Quercus Rubra
- alt, bark like a bunch of snakes slithered up it, clustered buds, acorn like ice-age movie, sharp black oak like leaf with more teeth
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Chinkapin Oak
Fagaceae, Quercus muehlenbergii
- alt, light gray (white oak like) bark with little bits of yellow, clustered buds, large acorn with very small cap, coarsley toothed leaf (like chestnut leaf)
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Black Locust
Fabaceae, Robinia pseudoacacia
- alt, rope like ridged bark, spikes at leaf scars, sunken small buds, 2-4 inch seed pod(snow pea size), oval round compound leaf
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Eastern Redbud
Fabaceae, Cercis canadensis
- alt, sunken buds, 2-4 inch seed pod, heart shaped leaf(black locust leaf is compound and oval shaped)
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Blackhaw
Caprifoliaceae, Viburnum prunifolium
- (extremely) opposite, burning ash bark, fish skeleton appearance on branches, raisin like fruit
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Little leaf linden
Tiliaceae, Tilia cordata
- alt, buds have "beer belly" bulging on one side - usually orangish, round seed pods with five distinct ridges, serrated crooked heart leaf
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American Basswood
Tiliaceae, Tilia americana
- alt, long vertical ridged bark, very red teardrop bud, whiteish twig, round smooth white seed, tree sounds hollow when knocked with something
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Hawthorn
Rosaceae, Crataegus Spp.
- generally alt, true thorns, round shiny (like nail polish) red-brick bud, scaley bark
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European Larch
Pinaceae, Larix decidua
- looses needles in winter, soft delicate needles, cones turn upwards
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Shagbark Hickory
Juglandaceae, Carya ovata
- alt, shaggy bark, shaggy bud with loose brown scales, thickest hickory husk
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Mockernut Hickory
Juglandaceae, Carya tomentosa
- alt, woven uniform bark, fuzzy twig, bud is larger than pignut, thick hickory husk(thicker than pignut and bitternut, thinner than shagbark)
* shagbark is also not fuzzy
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Pignut Hickory
Juglandaceae, Carya glabra
- alt, smooth and thin twig, smallish bud, thinner hickory husk than mockernut, inside of nut resembles pig nose
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Bitternut Hickory
Juglandaceae, Carya cordiformis
- alt, yellow(sometimes brownish) long bud, thinnest hickory nut
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Common persimmon
Ebenaceae, Diospyros virginiana
- alt, reptile scale like bark, rounded triangular black bud, one dot in leaf scar
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Eastern Redcedar
Cupressaceae, Juniperus virginiana
- evergreen, tightly held light green-blue needles/leaves around twig, male cones are yellow-brown and very small, female cones are berry-like and blue green
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Northern Catalpa
Bignoniaceae, Catalpa speciosa
- sunken oval leaf scar(like nascar stadium), three/four buds and three/four leaf scars, long thin stringy seed pod
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Hophornbeam
Betulaceae, Ostrya virginiana
- alt, flatish nutlets in groups on stem, bark appears slightly shredded(older) and smooth with lenticels younger
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Hornbeam
Betulaceae, Carpinus caroliniana
- alt, muscular looking bark, hanging large groups of seed pods
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Gray Birch
Betulaceae, Betula populifolia
- alt, white gray bark with small lenticels, rough bumpy twig with lenticels, leaf has long edge(like a spikey tail)
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Paper Birch
Betulaceae, Betula papyrifera
- alt, very white bark that peels slightly, groups of 3-4 catkins, twig is smooth
