Veg Exam 2

Anacardiaceae

cashew family or sumac family

Asteraceae

aster family (or sunflower)

Caprifoliaceae

Honeysuckle family

Cornaceae

dogwood family

Dryopteridaceae

shield fern family, or wood ferns

Liliaceae

lily family

Oleaceae

olive family or lilac family

Rosaceae

rose family

Pinaceae

pine family

Ginkoaceae

ginko family? only one living species

Magnoliaceae

magnolia family

Salicaceae

willow family

Sapindaceae

soapberry family

Taxaceae

yew family

Tiliaceae

linden (lime) family

Cladoniaceae

lichen family

Juglandaceae

walnut family

Ulmaceae

elm family

Fabaceae

been family

Fagaceae

beech family

Cupressaceae

cyprus family

Lauraceae

laurel family

Platanaceae

plane family

Betulaceae

birch family

Ericaceae

heather family

Lycopodiaceae

clubmoss family

Flowering plant w/ drupes. Some produce urushiol (toxic). Associated with warm tropical regions; only a few temperate zones. 2 genera we encounter out of 83 genera. variation in leaves

Anacardiaceae

huge family of flowring plants. herbaceous but some shrubs, vines, and trees. widespread (subpolar-tropical). common charcterisitcs include: compound flower, petals=bracts, anthers stick up)

Asteraceae

OPPOSITE, has many ornamental shrubs and vines, mostly northern temperate zones. fleshy fruits, petals fuse into funnels, thin flaky bark, animal pollinated

Caprifoliaceae

OPPOSITE, ARCUATE VENATION (except pagoda dogwood), shrubs and small trees, simple , entire, lots of ornamentals, clustered flowers surroudned by bracts, astringetn bark

Cornaceae

common lady fern-decisuous, shield and oak fern-evergreen, rhizomes stout, can be creeping, ascending

Dryopteridaceae

parallel venation, entire margin, linear leaves, Monocotyledonous, perennial, herbacious, grow from bulbs, catch all for misc. species

Liliaceae

shrub, trees and a few vines, subartic, leaves with no stipules, OPPOSITE, flowers in raceme or pinacles, EAB

Oleaceae

worldwide, some evergreen but mostly perennial, economically important fruits, showy flowers that are radially symmetrical, alternate/spiralling leaves, varying margins, Fruits: follicles, capsules, nuts, achenes, drupes, and pomes, Seeds often contain amygdalin, which can release

cyanide during digestion, Paired stipules common, glands or extrafloral nectaries may be present on leaf margins or petioles.

Rosaceae

Resinous, aromatic trees or occasionally

shrubs

• Leaves needle-like:

• Borne singly, in bundles, or in clusters on short

shoots

• Usually evergreen; some like Larix are

deciduous

• Monoecious, with separate pollen and

seed cones.

• Wind pollinated

• Seed cones usually woody

• Scales arranged spirally

• Cone scales and subtending bracts remain

separate

• Usually two winged seeds per scale

• Usually wind dispersed, some cached by

birds/rodents

Pinaceae

largest genus here, trees and shrubs, needles in bundles (2-5), woody seed cones, some serotinous cones, Scale tips bear an umbo, sometimes

armed with a prickle, mature over 2 seasons

Soft (white) pines: usually 5 needles per bundle; sheath falls off early; cone scales usuallywithout prickles

• Hard (yellow) pines: usually 2–3 needles per bundle; sheath persistent; cone scales often with prickles,

Pinaceae- pinus

evergreen, Spruce needles attach to small woody pegs that stay on the twig after the needles fall, cones hang downwards, 4 sides needle rolls in hand, cones fall intact, stiff sharp needles, mature in one season, scaly bark

Pinaceae- picea

tamarack loses needles in fall/ deciduous confiers, needles often in dense clusters on short spur shoots, soft slender flat needles, small cones that remain intact

Pinaceae- larix

drooping leaders, short flat blunt needles, double white lines, seed cones small and fall intact, needles born singly

Pinaceae- Tsuga

single needles, needles typically flat, flexible, blunt or notched at tip, 2 white bands on underside of neelde, evergreen, symmetrical, spire like crowns, young bark is smooth with resin blisters, needle base has suction cup onto branch, Seed cones erect; scales deciduous at maturity.

Pinaceae-Abies

Douglas-fir cones have distinctive three-pointed bracts sticking out between their scales, 2 white bands on udnerside needle, single needle, flat soft blunt, Buds sharp-pointed, shiny reddish- brown, and non-resinous, hanging down cones that remian intact,

Pinaceae-Pseudotsuga

only one species “living fossil”, native to china but planted worlwide, deciduos gymnosperm

Ginkoaceae

2 genera (liriodendron and magnolia),simple alternate leaves, usually entire margin, large showy flowers, liriodendron got 4 lobe leaf

Magnoliaceae

on all continents except new zeaalnd, important genera is populus and salix, mostly trees or shrubs, simple , alternate, usualyl deciduous, Serrate, cuneate, or dentate leaf margins, Flowers pendulous catkins, flat petiole, wind pollinated, Seeds have silky white hairs, populus: balsam polar, aspens, eastern cottonwood. salix is low growinf creeping shrubs, most and cold soils, has salicin, no terminal buds, short petiole

Salicaceae

Sapindaceae

2 genera, evergreen, flat and spirally arranged leaves, green or white bands underside, poisonous seeds, Highly modified cones: fleshy aril

contains seed(airpod berry).

Taxaceae

include: cyprus,cedars, junipers, redwoods, sequoia. bark commonly orange to red/brown, arranged spirally in pairs or in whorls of 3-4, contains worlds largets tree -giant sequoia and current tallest tree-redwood 367.8’ 3200 years,

Cupressaceae

include: california laurel, sassafras,cinnamon, avacado. Most are toxic, aromatoc usually,

Lauraceae

Cladoniaceae

Tiliaceae

Betulaceae

Fagaceae

Fabaceae

Juglandaceae

Ulmaceae

Platanaceae

Ericaceae

not true mosses, small usually evergreen vascular plants, reproduce with spores, strobili, creeping stems with upright shoots and small scale-like leaves,

Lycopodiaceae.