Plant ID

Question 1

Abies balsamea

Answer 1

Balsam Fir
-2 ranked needles
-Grey upright cones

Question 2

Larix laricina

Answer 2

Tamarack
-needles change in colour in Fall
-raised needle-plate

Question 3

Picea glauca

Answer 3

White Spruce
-shorter than pine
-sharp, light needles

Question 4

Picea marianna

Answer 4

Black Spruce
-shaggy scales, darker
-lichen, egg-shaped cones

Question 5

Picea pungins

Answer 5

Colorado Blue Spruce
-green blue colour
-cones light brown
-long papery cones

Question 6

Pinus banksiana

Answer 6

Jack Pine
-bear claw cones
-needles in bundles

Question 7

Pinus Contorta

Answer 7

Lodgepole Pine
-straight trunk
-shorter needles than Jack Pine
-sharp tip on cone

Question 8

Pinus sylvestris

Answer 8

Scots Pine
-straight trunk
-sharp tip cone
-needles shorter than Jack Pine
-large cones

Question 9

Populus balsimefera

Answer 9

Black Poplar
-round pediole (stem)
-simple, serrated leaves
-deeply furrowed grey bark

Question 10

Populus deltoides

Answer 10

Cottonwood
-deltoid leaf shape
-heavily serrated
-deep ridges in bark

Question 11

Salix discolour

Answer 11

Pussy willow
-fuzzy catkins

Question 12

Salix exigua

Answer 12

Sandbar Willow
-long and skinny leaf

Question 13

Betula papyrifera

Answer 13

Paper Birch
-noticeable lentisals on twig
-double serrated leaves with sharp tip

Question 14

Betula occidentalis

Answer 14

River Birch
-has droopy things
-serrated leaves

Question 15

Betula glandulosa

Answer 15

Dwarf Birch
-glandular twigs
-serrated leaves

Question 16

Betula glandulifera

Answer 16

Swamp Birch

Question 17

Alnus virdis sp. crispa

Answer 17

Green Alder
-very finely serrated
-dark green

Question 18

Alnus rugosa

Answer 18

River Alder
-hanging catkins
-grey bark

Question 19

Corylus cornuta

Answer 19

Beaked Hazlenut
-pointed shell
-serrated leaves

Question 20

Acer negurdo

Answer 20

Manitoba Maple

Question 21

Acer spicatum

Answer 21

Mountain Maple
-produces small keys

Question 22

Caragana aborescens

Answer 22

Caragana
-little yellow flowers
-little pea-like thing

Question 23

Quercas macrocarpa

Answer 23

Bur Oak

Question 24

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Answer 24

Green Ash

Question 25

Syringa vulgaris

Answer 25

Lilac -purple or white flowers

Question 26

Ulmas americana

Answer 26

American Elm -weird fuzzy seed things -leaves kind of look like mint

Question 27

Ulmas pumila

Answer 27

Siberian Elm -lateral leaves

Question 28

Symphoricarpos occidentails

Answer 28

Western Snowberry -white flowers -white berries

Question 29

Vibernum eduhe

Answer 29

Lowbush Cranberry -small dinosaur feet

Question 30

Vibernum opulus

Answer 30

Highbush Cranberry -big dinosaur feet

Question 31

Diervilla lonicera

Answer 31

Norther Bush Honeysuckles -little yellow flowers with suckles

Question 32

Lanicera dioica

Answer 32

Twining Honeysuckles -longer sickle stems -little yellow flowers

Question 33

Cornus stolonifera

Answer 33

Red Osier Dogwood -red bark -white berries

Question 34

Juniperous communis

Answer 34

Common Juniper

Question 35

Juniperour horizontails

Answer 35

Creeping Juniper -ground cover

Question 36

Eleognus communtata

Answer 36

Wolf Willow / Silver Berry -silver hue to whole plant

Question 37

Shepherdia canadensis

Answer 37

Soapberry -bright red berries

Question 38

Ledum groenlandicum

Answer 38

Labrador Tea -thick ugly leaves

Question 39

Vaccinium myrtilloides

Answer 39

Velvet Leaf Blue Berry

Question 40

Champaedaphe calyculata

Answer 40

Leather Leaf -tree shaped tree

Question 41

Kalmia angustifolia

Answer 41

Sheep laurel -pink colour -vortex looking

Question 42

Amelanchier alnifolia

Answer 42

Saskatoon Berry -blue berries

Question 43

Prunus pennsylvanica

Answer 43

Pincherry

Question 44

Crataegus Spp.

Answer 44

Hawthorn -bright red berries

Question 45

Potentilla fruitcosa

Answer 45

Shrubby Cirquefoil -yellow flowers

Question 46

Prunus virgiana

Answer 46

Chokecherry -shiny black berries

Question 47

Rosa Woodsii

Answer 47

Woods Rose -thorns -pink flowers

Question 48

Rosa acicularis

Answer 48

Prickly Rose -light pink flowers -bigger leaves

Question 49

Rubus idaeus

Answer 49

Red Raspberry

Question 50

Sorbus scopulina

Answer 50

Mountain Ash -little red and white berries clustered -smooth bark