FRST 200 Final plant id

Magnoliaceae

tulip tree

leaf shaped like tulip

Magnoliaceae

cucumber tree

druit: aggregate of follicles

Fagaceae

Sweet chestnut

spiky plant; long large-toothed leaves, spiky nut husks, alternate

Fagaceae

European Beech

ovate leaves with a sinuate margin, zig-zag twigs

Fagaceae

Garry oak

round nobes, dense, alternate

Fagaceae

Bur oak

round nobes, deep leaf sinuses, big spiky nut capsule

Fagaceae

pin oak

pointed node, alternate, fat nut; tiny nut

Fagaceae

red oak

pointed node, alternate, long nut

Juglandaceae

bitternut hickory

alternate, odd pinnately compound (7-11) thin leaflets, small smooth nut with 4 seams

Juglandaceae

shagbark hickory

alternate, odd pinnately compound (5-7 leaflets), long smooth hot air balloon nut

Juglandaceae

butternut

alternate, odd pinnately compound (11-17 leaflets), long wrinkled, rough nut

Juglandaceae

black wallnut

alternate, even pinnately compound (14-22 leaflets), round, lobular, fuzzy nut

Cornaceae

pacific dogwood

opposite arrangement, ovate with wavy leaf margins. fruit is a bright red drupe

Betulaceae

mountian alder

simple, double toothed, alternate; light green twigs, bright red buds; catkins; larger green buds; rounder leaves with more defined serration

Betulaceae

red alder

simple, double toothed, alternate; purple twigs, red buds; catkins; brown, small, fluffy buds; long slender leaves

Betulaceae

Paper birch

ovate double serrate leaves, alternate; red twigs, green to brown buds; catkins

Betulaceae

Yellow Birch

ovate leaves, alternate; brown slender twigs, brown buds; catkins and nutlets

Betulaceae

Blue beech

dimple, alternate, doubly serrate, teethed; zig zag twigs, nutlets in catkin

Betulaceae

Ironwood

simple, serrate leaf; flat nutlet in catkin

Ericaceae

Arbutus

evergreen, dark shiny, alternate, sight serration, pale green to red bark and twigs

Salicaceae

Balsam poplar

fruit: capsule that splits into 2 (bi), hairy seeds; large sticky terminal bud (3cm)

Salicaceae

Trembling aspen

cordate to ovate leaves with flat petiols,

Salicaceae

Black cottonwood

alternate arrangement, large seed catkins

Salicaceae

Scouler willow

obovate leaves, lighter underside; catkins on short shoots

Cercidiphyllaceae Japonicum

Katsura

leaves on short shoots are cordate, leaves on long shoots are ovate with serrated margins; any arrangement

Altingiaceae

Sweet gum // Liquidambar

simple, palmate, ALTERNATE; fruit is woody, spiky spheres

Bignoniaceae

Catalpa

large cordate leaves, whorls of 3; LONG capsules!!! -- not beans

Myrtaceae

eucalyptus, snow gum

evergreen, shiny, ovate, lanceolate, blue green leaves; white umbels; fruit is woody pear-shaped capsule

Oleaceae

white ash

opposite, odd pinnately compound, 5-9 leaflets; lanceolate leaves, sometimes serrated

Fabaceae

Black locust

alternate, odd pinnately compound with 7-19 leaflets, round, entire margin; small unbranched paired spines; fruit is a small long flat legume, pea like

Fabaceae

Honey locust

alternate, even pinnately compound, small leaflets; long branched spines; fruit is a longggg, purple/black legume, snake like

Fabaceae

Kentucky coffee tree

alternate, bi-pinnately compound (large), 10-14 leaflets; no terminal bud; fruit is a long, wide, hard legume, canoe like

Rosaceae

Pacific crab apple

alternate, lanceolate-obovate, irregular lobes, fruit is pome

Rosaceae

Chokecherry

alternate, shapely toothed obovate leaves, 2 glands on petiole; fruit and flowers in long racemes

Rosaceae

European mountain ash

alternate, coarsely toothed, pinnately compound leaves with 9-17 leaflets; fruit is a large cluster of bright red poems

Rosaceae

Black hawthorn

small, double toothed, shiny leaves; fruit is a red to black poem; thorny

Rosaceae

Saskatoon

Sapindaceae

Vine Maple

Sapindaceae

Bigleaf maple

Sapindaceae

Manitoba Maple

Sapindaceae

Silver Maple

Sapindaceae

Sugar maple

5 horned lobes, twigs are slender with pointy buds

Sapindaceae

red maple

three loved leaces, short shoots and bunches of buds on the tips

Sapindaceae

Horsechestnut

Nyssaceae

Tupelo

Platanaceae

London plane tree

Malvaceae

Basswood

Theaceae

Japanese Stewartia

Ulmaceae

American elm

Saxifrage

Barberry

Lily

Iris

Orchid

palm

Arum

sedge

have edges; closed sheath, parallel venation

rush

round, solid, terminal spike inflorescence

grass

hollow from the 'knees' to the ground; parrallel venation, open sheath on round stem

cattail

mint

ranuculaceae / buttercup

leaves in 3, floral parts spirally arranged, [5,5,∞,∞]

violet

opposite arrangement, square stems, zygomorphic flowers, aromatic, [5,5,2-4,2]

apaiaceae

sunflower

mustard