incomplete dendro

What is the family name of an Oriental bittersweet?

Celestreae

What is the genus name of an Oriental Bittersweet?

Celastrus

What is the species name of an oriental bittersweet?

Orbiculatus

What is the Virginia creeper’s family name?

Vitceae

What is the Virginia creeper’s genus?

Parthenocissus

What is the species name for the Virginia creeper?

quinquefolia

What are the most defining traits of Virginia creeper?

Leaves have serrated margins with a soft hairy underside. There are 3-5 leaves per pedical and the branches are purplish brown.

What are the most defining traits of Oriental bittersweet?

Red berries, very round leaves with a soft serration on the margin

What is the species name of Blackgum?

Slyvatica

What is the Blackgum’s genus name?

Nyssa

What is the family name of Blackgum?

Nyssaceae

What are some defining characteristics of Blackgum?

They have eliptical leaves that turn bright red in the fall. Deep fissures form in the bark with age

What is the water oaks species name?

higra

What is the family and genus name of the water oak?

Fagaceae, Quercus

What is the typical shape of the leaves of a water oak and what are the two main characteristics of their acorn?

Usually eliptical and the acorns are smaller than most oaks with a very shallow cap

What is the family name of the strawberry bush?

Celastraceae

What is the full scientific name of the strawberry bush?

Euonymus americanus

What is unique about the strawberry bushes twigs and fruits?

The twigs are very angular and the fruits are red and spiney

What is the genus and species name of muscadine?

Vitus rotundifolia

What is the family name of muscadine

Vitaceae

What is the leaf shape of muscadine?

They are cordate (heart-shaped) leaves

What is the family name of the American beach tree?

Fagaceae

What is the genus and species name of the American beach

Fagus grandifolia

What is unique about American beach bark?

It’s soft and gray with splotches of darker and lighter spots along the trunk

What is the family name for the Devil’s Walking Stick?

Araliceae

What’s the genus and species name of the devil’s walking stick?

Aralia spinosa

What is the devils walking stick’s most obvious feature?

It has small spines on its trunk

What is the family and genus name greenbrier?

Smilacaceae Smilax

What are some major characteristics of greenbrier?

It has heart shaped leaves, it’s a vine, it has thorns

What is the genus and species name of sweet gum?

Liquidamber, styraciflua

What is the family name of sweet gum?

Altingiaceae

What is the family name of smooth sumac?

Anacardiaceae

What is the genus and species name of smooth sumac?

Rhus glabra

What is the family name of American basswood?

Malvaceae

What is the genus and species name of America basswood?

Tilia, Americana

What are the key features of American basswood?

One side of the leaves are larger than the other with a serrated margin and they turn very yellow in the fall

What is the family name of the Eastern bacchanis?

Asteraceae

What is the genus and species name of the eastern bacchanis?

Bacharis, hamifolia