Plant Tax Twig Quiz

Black Oak

Quercus velutina

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

White Oak

Quercus alba

Crab Apple

Malus sp.

Bigtooth Aspen

Populus grandidentata

Hawthorn

Crataegus sp.

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Witch-hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Shingle Oak

Quercus imbricaria

Common Elder

Sambucus canadensis

Alder

Alnus sp.

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

Shellbark Hickory

Carya laciniosa

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Cucumber Tree

Magnolia acuminata

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Boxelder (Ash-leaf Maple)

Acer negundo

Yellow Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Northern Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Allegheny Chinkapin

Castanea pumila

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

American Basswood

Tilia americana

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Magnolia Betty

Magnolia liliiflora x Magnolia stellata

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Black Pine

Pinus nigra

White Pine

Pinus strobus