forestry master list

Rocky Mountain maple - acer glabrum

3-5 serrate lobes, smaller leaves, red pointed buds and red pediols (stem)

canyon/bigtooth maple - acer grandidentatum

small yellow flower, v/u samara, opposite leaves, rounder/bigger serrations, 3-5 lobes, sharp buds chestnut brown twigs

big leaf maple - acer macrophyllum

BIG LEAF!

box elder - acer negundo

compound leaves! 3-5 leaflets, clustered samaras

red maple - acer rubrum

round bottomed leaves, usually 3 lobes, 2-4 inches

Norway maple - acer platanoides

divergent/mustache samara, opposite leaves 5-7 lobes with pointed teeth, purple turban bud

sugar maple - acer saccharum

horse shoe samara (1”) brown in the fall, 5 lobes, green above paler below, sharp pointed brown twigs

silver maple - acer saccharinum

green-red flowers, skinny samara, opposite deeply palmate lobes, lobe margins serrate, pale green above pale silvery white below, grey/silver bark -

one seed juniper - juniperus monosperma

male flowers and female cones (berries) on different branches, dark green, white exudate, shaggy strip bark, multiple trunks!! one seed per cone - az, co, nm

western juniper - juniperus occidentalis

berries 5-10 mm diameter, bigger tree, whorls of three, skinnier branch/leaves? - west coast

Utah juniper - juniperus osteosperma

female cone 1/3'“ diameter berry, opposite pair leaves, scaley not like braid? round cone shape tree , Utah, az, co, wy, id

Rocky Mountain juniper - juniperus scopulorum

tiny berries -soft and juicy, 2 seeds per cone, bright blue with white bloom. red/brown bark. round Christmas tree shape. braid twigs. western North America

eastern red cedar - juniperus virginiana

1-3 seeds per cone, green leaves reddish brown in winter, bluish seeds, narrow and upright tree or low round bush

white oak Quercus alba east and central us

5-9 inch long 1 inch acorns bright yellow droopy flowers

gambel oak Quercus gambelii

small leaves catkins crowded buds at tip of twigs - red brown

bur oak Quercus macrocarpa midwest

big leaves - •4-14” long, 7” wide, big acorn - 2 inch

post oak Quercus stellata

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Sonoran live oak Quercus turbinella

. bushy shrub

southern live oak Quercus virginiana

. skinny acorn deepish cup leaves can be skinny??? can also be toothed. shiny, rolled edges

cali black oak Quercus kelloggii

.large 1-2 inch acorns 5-9 inch long leaves

northern red oak Quercus rubra

. rounder acorns than cali black

shallow saucer cup dull above pale below

black oak (eastern) Quercus velutina

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cap covers most of acorn, deep u shaped lobes yellowish brown on bottom

american chestnut fagaceae Castaneda dentata - eastern

.5-8 inch long leaves 3 nuts per bur pale green fuzzy ball flowers

american beech fagus grandifolia

. 3 - 4 inches long stiff leathery sharp toothy 4 valved bur smooth baRK

bitternut hickory carya cordiformis east

odd pinnate less than american more than English - 9-11. 1 inch flattened fruit.

black walnut juglans nigra east

even pinnate - 2 inch fruit

English walnut juglans regia

odd pinnate, ovate, least leaflets, broadest leaflets 

red osier dog wood - cornaceae cornus sericea - northern na

prominent veins

black tupelo - cornaceae Nyssa sylvatica - eastern us

.glossy leaves, bright red in fall. sometimes skinny

persimmon - ebenaceae diospyros virginiana - southeast

.pointed tips, alternate

russian olive - Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus angustifolia - eurasia

.little yellow flowers, big thorns, alternate clustered leaves

eastern redbud - fabaceae Cercis canadensis - eastern us

.bright colors in fall

honey locust - fabaceae Gleditsia triacanthos - middle us

.BIG thorn  - 5-8 inch long, 15-30 one inch leaflets, small greenish flowers clustered

kentucky coffee - fabaceae Gymnocladus dioicus - midwest

.bipinnately compound - leaves of leaves of leaflets -

honey mesquite - fabaceae Prosopis  glandulosa - southwest us, mexico

.bipinnate leaves, yellowish green, spikes, NARROW long fruit 4-9 inch funky big lookin catkin lookin things

black locust - fabaceae Robinia pseudoacacia - Appalachia

. bigger(rounder/wider/broader) leaves than honey locust - 21-40” long, shorter fruits - 3-4 inch two valved

catclaw acacia - fabaceae Senegalia greggii - southwest

. twisted fruits - constricted between seeds - spike of light fluffy lookin flowers - smaller bipinnate leaves (hairy)

subalpine fir - pinaceae Abies lasiocarpa - Rocky Mountains

. shorter needles/cones - higher elevation than white. PURPLE CONES.

needles point up 1-2 inch, rounded tip, blue green

white fir - pinaceae abies concolor - west + southwest

. long needles + cones GREEN cones 2-3 inch needles

atlas cedar - pinaceae Cedrus atlantica - morocco

1-2 cm needles, bluish

deodar cedar - pinaceae Cedrus deodara - himalayas

.1-2 inches needles dark green to blue

smooth sumac anacardiaceae rhus glabra - North America

red berries sticking up

thin leaf alder betulaceae alnus incana - western North America

long catkins

water birch betulaceae betula occidentalis- western North America

small cone catkins

 american hornbeam betulaceae carpinus caroliniana - east coast

papery clustered 3 lobed samaras + 1.5 inch catkins

northern catalpa bignoniaceae catalpa speciosa- Ohio river valley, east central na

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desert willow bignoniaceae chilopsis linearis - south west na

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saguaro - arizona, mexico

netleaf hackberry cannabaceae Celtis reticulata - western+ sw us

thick and leathery, red/purple berries

incence cedar calocedrus decurrens- california, Oregon

bald cypress cupressaceae taxadioum distichum - southeast

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western red cedar cupressaceae thuja plicata - Oregon, Washington, west coast Canada

redwood taxodiaceae sequoia sempervirens- pacific west

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giant sequoia taxodiaceae sequoiadendron giganteum- sierras

 creosote bush zygophyllaceae larrea tridentata southwest us, mexico

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Agavacea yucca brevifolia

Joshua tree

Arecaceae Washingtonia filifera

california fan palm

southwestern us

Joshua tree location

Joshua tree

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Joshua tree

bell shaped flower, creamy yellow green, long sharp spikes w/ fine toothed edges (6-12 inch)

California fan palm

• Fronds up to 13’ long

• Petiole is 6’ long

california fan palm

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whitebark pine - pinus albicaulis - northern rockys

5 needles 1nch long , 1.5-3 inch dark purple cones, scales removed by birds

limber pine -pinus flexilis - rocky mountains

3-10 inch cones

5 needles 1.5 inch to 3 , ties in a knot

rocky mountain bristlecone - pinus aristata - colorado rockys

5 needles, resin flecks (white dots end)

great basin bristlecone - pinus longaeva - UT NV CA

long hooked soines on cone scales - 2.5-4 inch 

5 needles, 1-1.6inch variable number - 3/4/5 super old needles

sugar pine - pinus lambertiana - california

giant cones, 5 needles 2-4 inches - skinny needles

two needle pinyon - pinus edulis - 4 corners

2 needles, large seeded cones, woody\

single leaf pinyon - pinus monophylla - nv, south west

one needle circular, 1.6inch , bigger cones than 2 needles, edible seeds, 

lodgepole pine - pinus contorta - rocky mountains

cones tipped with pricklye , short and no stalk

2 needles, yellow green ,1-3 inches, TWISTY flat needles some resin flecks

ponderosa pine - pinus ponderosa - west

3 needles or 2 , long needles 3-10 inches partially twisted, 3-’6 inch cone short sharp spine scales, orange bark

longleaf pine - pinus palustris - southeast

3 needles, 8 - 18 inches, twisted, 10 inch cones

eastern white pine - pinus strobus - northeast

5 needles blue green 3-5 inches, 4-8 inch curved cone thin scales - open up

loblolly pine - pinus taeda - southeast

3 nedles 5-9 inches long 5 inch cone

virginia pine pinus virginiana - appalachia

thin papery spikey red cones

2 needles, shorter yellow green strong twist

austrian pine - pinus nigra - eurasia

cones tight at bottom get looser at top - 2-3 in

2 needles 4-6 inch long

scots pine - pinus sylvestris - eurasia

dull brown cone 1-3 inch opens up?

2 needles 2-3.5 inch 360 twist ORANGE bark 

ginkgo - ginkgoaceae ginkgo biloba - china

hamamelidaceae liquidambar styraciflua - southeast

hippocastanacaceae aesculus glabra - ohio buckeye - midwest

palmately compound 5 leaves, buckeye 1-3 nuts, spiny capsule

lauraceae sassafras albidum - sassafras - east

dark blue berry red stalk - very variable leaves 1-3 lobes 5 inch long

tulip tree - magnoliaceae liriodendron tulipifera - east

solitary flowers 4 lobe leaves heart shaped base

magnoliaceae magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia - deep south

6 inch simple dark green smooth leathery leaf

moraceae maclura pomifera - osage orange - southeast

big green lumpy fruit, 5 inch glossy dark leaves sharp spines

moraceae morus alba white mulberry eurasia

funky leaves, fruit small parts red—>black, smooth glossy leaves

moraceae morus rubra - red mulberry - east

black fruit bigger sections, longer, leaves sandpaper top hair bottom

myrtaceae eucalyptus globulus - tasmanian blue gum - australia

dark shiny green, opposite, 6-14 inch

oleaceae fraxinus americana - white ash - east

single leaf samara in clusters

lower side of leaves are lighter than green ash. bud is INSIDE twig scar>? smooth shape of samara

oleaceae fraxinus pennsylvania - green ash - east

light green to purple samara - bottleneck shape

7-9 serrate leaflets

buds on top of scar

single leaf ash - oleaceae fraxinus anomala - ut, az

pale yellow flower, single winged samar pointy papery oval 2 inch leaves, shiny, wavy small toothed margin

velvet ash - oleaceae fraxinus velutina - arizona

small white flowers, clustered small samara

3-5 pinnate compound, 1-2.5 inch long leaflets, narrower - glossy green topper soft velvet bottom

american sycamore platanaceae platanus occidentalis - east

camo, peely bark, sphere bumpy fruit

½ inch samara

BIG LEAF - kinda like a big maple, 3-5 lobes toothes margins

zigzag twigs

saskatoon serviceberry - rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia - northwest

white flowers five separate petals small purple berry

oval/circle leaves up to 2 inch, toothed margins

washington hawthorne, rosaceae Crataegus phaenopyrum, east

white flowers, bright red berries in fall

red —> green leaves

lobed, serrated margins, 1-3 inch long thorns

curl leaf mountain mahogany - rosaceae Cercocarpus ledifolius - west

feathery fruits

evergreen, edge rolled leaves - leathery, ½ -2 inch

alderleaf mountain mahogany - rosaceae Cercocarpus montanus - west

feathery fruits trumpet flower, distinct vein leaves, serrated

black cherry - rosaceae prunus serotina - east

long shiny leaves, small white flowers

choke cherry rosaceae prunus virginiana - north

dark red - purple berry

oblong leaves - two white lenticles at base - dark above pale below, reddish stems

white poplar salicaceae populus alba - eurasia

dark top white bottom

catkins

narrowleaf cottonwood - salicaceae populus angustifolia - west

long catkins

narrow, 2-5 inch long leaves, pale to orange blotchy below