Lab 1 Features Flashcards
1
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American holly
A
Simple, alternate, evergreen
Lighter on bottom
Glabrous, lustrous, coriaceous
Small red drupe
2
Q
Bur oak
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous Large terminal lobe, lobe on lobes Large acorn with mossy fringed cap Calcareous soil White oak
3
Q
Crape myrtle
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous Subopposite Almost no petiol Bark- smooth, flaky, multi-colored Multiple trucks Native to SE Asia, N Australia Capsule fruit
4
Q
Flowering dogwood
A
Simple, opposite, deciduous Arcuate (arced) venation, rugose(sunken veins) Wavy margin Red drupes Short and broad
5
Q
Ginkgo
A
Deciduous, fan-shaped Gymnosperm Native to china Dioecious Dichotomous venation- #grows exponentially
6
Q
Pecan
A
Odd pinnately compound, alternate Pubescent Flowers in spring High quality wood Fruit-nut
7
Q
Red maple
A
Simple, opposite, decussate (X) 0,3,5 lobes Serrated margins, V shaped sinuses Silver on bottom, always red Flowers and samara
8
Q
River birch
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous Triangularly ovate (egg shaped), truncate base Doubly serrated Bottom lighter, pubescents Flakey bark, multiple trunks
9
Q
Southern magnolia
A
Simple, alternate, evergreen Big, elliptical leaves Glabrous, lustrous, corriaceous Fine reddish pubescents Big flower to attract beetles Fruit- aggregate of follicles
10
Q
Southern red oak
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous 3,5,7 lobes Lighter with pubescents on bottom Bell shaped leaf base Red oak
11
Q
Sugar maple
A
Simple, opposite, deciduous
Decussate (X)
5 lobes, rounded sinuses, no serration
High quality wood, maple syrup
12
Q
Sweet gum
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous 5-7 lobes Palmate venation and loving Serrated margins with V shaped sinuses Fruit- spiny ball of capsules
13
Q
Water oak
A
Simple, alternate, tartily deciduous
Spatulate leaf shape
Cuneate base (wedge shaped)
Red oak group
14
Q
Weeping willow
A
Deciduous, alternate, lanceolate Finely serrated Lighter on bottom Short petiole Twigs are pendulous(hang down) Native to china
15
Q
White oak
A
Simple, alternate, deciduous 7-11 rounded lobes, sinuses rounded Acorn with cap is fruit Well drained sights Barrel production White Oak
