PLSC212 - Exam Flashcards

-Taxus baccata
"English Yew"

-Itea virginica
"Virginia Sweetspire"
BEHIND PERKINS

-Curved Red Twigs (Yellow/Green Base)
-No flowers right now, just twigs

-Platanus occidentalis
"American Sycamore"
NEAR TURF BEHIND PERKINS

-Hydrangea quercifolia
"Oakleaf Hydrangea"
ALL OVER CAMPUS

-Eranthus hyemalis
"Winter Aconite"

-Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'
"Holly"

-Crocus tommasinianus
"Snow Crocus"

-Mahonia x media
"Winter Sun"

-Jasminum nudiflorum
"Winter Jasmine"
FOUNTAIN

-Corylus avellana "Contorta"
"Corkscrew Hazel"

-Pinus strobus
"Eastern White Pine"
ACROSS FROM LIBRARY

-Brissle-like needles

-Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
"Japanese Falsecypress"

-Long thread look

-Celtis occidentalis
"Hackberry"
SUSSEX HALL

Clumpy Bark

-Edgeworthia chrysantha
"Paperbush"

-Prominent spotting on branches from leaves

-Sciadopitys verticillata
"Japanese Umbrella Pine"

Whorled needles

-Buxus cultivars
"Boxwood"
FOUNTAIN

Opposite leaves

-Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'
"Japanese Holly"
REGULAR ILEX CRENATA AT SUSSEX HALL

-Tsuga canadensis 'Sargentii'
"Eastern Hemlock"

-White undertone
-Very small needles & cones

-Pieris japonica
"Japanese Pieris"

Drooping flowers

-Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'
"Japanese Plum Yew"

-Big fragrant needles
-Matt this is the one we replanted on the walk

-Quercus imbricaria
"Shingle Oak"

Bottom of branches are flat

-Magnolia virginiana
"Swamp Magnolia"
KENT HALL & PERKINS

-White Flowers
-Smaller leaves

-Quercus palustris
"Pin Oak"
POSSIBLY BEHIND PERKINS

-Small nuts and leaves
-Narrow leaf spine

-Magnolia grandiflora
"Southern Magnolia"
KENT HALL

-Prunus laurocerasus
"Cherry Laurel"

-Looks similar to magnolia

-Helleborus orientalis
"Christmas Rose"
GARDEN OUTSIDE CR

-Has pink flowers
-Big leaves

-Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Cornell Pink'
"Korean Rhododendron"

Notice the bud in the top left

-Liquidambar styraciflua
"Sweetgum"
IN FRONT OF HARRINGTON

Spiky Balls

-Cornus mas
"Cherry Dogwood"
BEHIND PERKINS

-Yellow flowers
-Red Berries
-Orange peeling bark
DON'T CONFUSE WITH HAMAMELIS

-Viburnum x pragense
"Prague Viburnum"
GARDEN OUTSIDE CR

-Glossy/smooth leaf texture
-Smaller leaves

-Viburnum rhytidophylloides "Alleghany"
"Alleghany Viburnum"

-Dull leaf texture
-Large, opposite leaves
-Rough brown color

-Forsythia x intermedia
"Border Forsythia"
SOUTH ACADEMY COURTYARD & OUTSIDE CR

-Golden twigs
-Opposite buds
-Spotted twig texture

-Leucothoe axillaris
"Fetterbush"

-Zigzag twigs
-Red foliage
-Alternate leaves

-Hamamelis x intermedia
"Witch Hazel"
ALL OVER CAMPUS

-Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
OUTSIDE HARTSHORN

-Glassy buds (like marble)

-Galanthus nivalis
"Snow Drop"

-Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
"Himalayan Sweet Box"
SOUTH ACADEMY COURTYARD

-Lindera benzoin
"Spicebush"

-Small round yellow buds
-Scratch & sniff

-Cercis canadensis
"Redbud"
BEHIND SMYTH & PERKINS

Zigzag twigs with buds on each direction change

-Acer rubrum
"Red Maple"

Red flower buds

-Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii'
"Hinoki Cypress"

-Yellow tinge
-Zipper not prominent

-Aralia spinosa
"Devil's Walking Stick"

-Look like bare sticks in the botanic gardens
-Branches have thorns

-Chimonanthus praecox
"Wintersweet"

Fragrant

-Ilex glabra
"Inkberry Holly"
ACROSS FROM LIBRARY & BEHIND PERKINS

-Black berries
-Glossy leaves

-Helleborus foetidus
"Stinking Hellebore"
KENT HALL & GARDEN OUTSIDE CR

-Palm tree shaped leaves
-Poisonous

-Betula nigra
"River Birch"
ISE LAB & BEHIND PERKINS

-Quercus rubra
"Northern Red Oak"

-Big pointy leaves
-Big acrons

-Rhododendron catawbiense
"Purple Rhododendron"
IN FRONT OF HARRINGTON

-Spiraea thunbergii "Ogon"
"Golden Thunberg's Spirea"

Very fine features

-Quercus bicolor
"Bicolor Oak"
BETWEEN THOMPSON AND PERKINS

-Thuja occidentalis
"American Arborvitae"

-Zipper appearance on back of leaf
-Cup shaped fruits

-Sassafras albidum
"Mitten Tree"

-Green twigs

-Magnolia acuminata
"Cucumber Tree"

-Sharly pointed leaves
-Fuzzy buds
-Creamy yellow flowers
-Stems have dark brown tips

-Cornus alternifolia
"Pagoda Dogwood"

-New twigs curl up
-Pointy buds
-Purple/red new twigs
-Horizontal branching
-Alternate leaves
-Green fruit that turns black

-Cornus kousa
"Kousa Dogwood"

-Upward facing twigs
-Rounded buds
-Flaking on trunk

-Chinodoxa luciliae
"Glory of the Snow"

-Open, upward facing sky blue flowers

yes I know I said sky blue and the pic is purple, it's all quizlet had

-Salix discolor
"Pussy Willow"

-Fuzzy catkins

-Ophiopogon planiscapus "Nigrescens"
"Black Mondo Grass"

-Narcissus cultivar
"Daffodil"

-Pachysandra procumbens
"Allegheny Spurge"

-Acer palmatum var. dissectum
"Japanese Maple"

-Curved branching
-Tiny pink buds
-End of twigs have yellow tinge

-Cornus florida
"Flowering Dogwood"

-Upward facing round buds

-Scilla siberica
"Siberian Squill"

-Downward facing flowers

-Kerria japonica
"Japanese Kerria"
ATHEY SAID THERE ARE TWO OUTSIDE HARRINGTON

-Bright green stems

-Hyacinthus orientalis
"Hyacinth"

-Liriope muscari
"Lily Turf"

-Packera aurea
"Golden Ragwort"
ATHEY MENTIONED THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE ON MAIN CAMPUS

-Acer pensylvanicum
"Goosefoot Maple"

-Green striping on younger branches
-New twigs are bright red
-Drooping fruits

-Stachys byzantina
"Lamb's Ear"

-Iris sibirica
"Siberian Iris"

-Flat leaves go all the way to the ground

-Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
"Foxglove"

-Red foliage on leaves

-Iris versicolor
"Blue Flag Iris"

-Native to swamps

-Amelanchier laevis
"Serviceberry"

OUR DATABSE JUST SAYS AMELANCHIER SPECIES SO I'LL ASK HER WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR ON THE EXAM

-Smooth striped bark

-Viola sororia
"Common Blue Violet"

-Muscari armeniacum
"Grape Hyacinth"

-Cone shaped
-Grape-like berries

-Malus hybrid
"Crabapple"

We saw cultivar 'Donald Wyman' in class

-Elliptical buds
-Dangling fruits on their own stems

-Dianthus gratianopolitanus
"Cheddar Pink"

-Blue leaves
-Hot pink flowers

-Deutzia gracilis "Nikko"
"Japanese Snow Flower"

-Buds turn white

-Tiarella stolonifera
"Foamflower"

-Dark purple veins
-Cone flowers

-Corylopsis "Winterthur"
"Winter Hazel"

-Prunus serrulata "Kwanzan"
"Kwanzan Cherry"

-Double pink flowers
-Smooth red bark with horizontal rings

-Amelanchier canadensis

GOING TO ASK HER ABOUT AMELANCHIER ON TUESDAY

-Viburnum carlesii
"Koreanspice Viburnum"

-Smells like shit

-Chrysogonum virginianum
"Green and Gold"

-Currently has some dark red foliage

-Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
"Stonecrop"

-Chaenomeles speciosa
"Japanese Flowering Quince"

-Vaccinium corymbosum
"Highbush Blueberry"
ON MAIN CAMPUS

-Trumpet-shaped pale pink flowers

-Asimina triloba
"Pawpaw"
ON MAIN CAMPUS

The tiny stick that Athey calls a plant

-Fraxinus americana
"White Ash"
VERSION OF SPECIMEN ON CAMPUS

-Diamond-shaped bark

-Ulmus americana
"American Elm"

-Vase-shaped growth

-Xanthorhiza simplicissima
"Yellowroot"

-5 tiny purplish petals

-Podophyllum peltatum
"Mayapple"

-White flower where 2 leaves meet

-Castanea dentata
"American Chestnut"

-Mertensia virginica
"Bluebells"

-Pink buds open to sky blue flowers

-Sedum ternatum
"Mountain Stonecrop"

-Alchemilla mollis
"Lady's Mantle"
ON MAIN CAMPUS

-Paeonia officinalis
"Garden Peony"

-Big showy fragrant flowers

-Viburnum trilobum
"American Cranberrybush Viburnum"

-Leaves look similar to acer rubrum

-Phlox subulata
"Moss Phlox"

-Aquilegia canadensis
"Eastern Columbine"