Landscape Architecture - Shade Trees Plant List 1

Vocabulary flashcards for Landscape Plants - Shade Trees List 1 covering scientific names, common names, plant families, and key visual/botanical traits.

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple

Identification traits: twig is opposite; leaf is simple, five lobes; fruit is samara; fall foliage (ornamental) is yellow, red, orange.

Betula nigra

River Birch

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple, doubly serrate; fruit is catkin; fall foliage (ornamental) is yellow; bark (ornamental) is exfoliating, salmon-brown.

Betula papyrifera

Paperwhite Birch

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple, doubly serrate; fruit is catkin; fall foliage (ornamental) is yellow; bark (ornamental) is exfoliating, white.

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Katsura Tree

Identification traits: twig is opposite; leaf is simple, cordate, scalloped; flower is green; fall foliage (ornamental) is yellow to apricot; bark is brown, shaggy and peeling on old trunks.

Fagus grandifolia

American Beech

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple w/ 11-15 veins; bark (ornamental) is smooth, grey.

Fagus sylvatica

European Beech

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple w/ 7-9 veins; bark (ornamental) is smooth grey.

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is fan-shaped, dichotomously veined, notched; fall foliage (ornamental) is yellow; fruit is messy foul smelling (only on female trees).

Gymnocladus dioicus

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is pinnately compound; fruit is pod w/ large round seeds, female only.

Phellodendron amurense

Amur Cork Tree

Identification traits: twig is opposite; leaf is compound; bark (ornamental) is ridge & furrow, corky; fruit is blue/black berry-like (only on female trees).

Quercus alba

White Oak

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple, rounded lobes; fruit is acorn; bark is grey, flaky.

Quercus rubra

Red Oak

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple pointed lobes; fruit is acorn, large w/ shallow cap.

Salix alba tristis

Golden Weeping Willow

Identification traits: twig is alternate, yellowish-green; leaf is lanceolate.

Tilia cordata

Littleleaf Linden

Identification traits: twig is alternate; leaf is simple; flower is white, fragrant.