Botany Field Taxonomy Practice

What is the scientific name for the Live Oak?

Quercus virginiana

Which tree was used for the "knees" of a ship? This tree has round-oval or toothed leaves

Live Oak

What is the scientific name for the Ball Tallandsia

Tallandsia bartrami

What is a fun fact of the Ball Tallandsia

Same family as pineapple; only grows on trees

What is the scientific name of the Loblolly Pine?

Pinus taeda

What is a fun fact of the Loblolly Pine?

4", comes in clusters of 3; most cultivated

What is the scientific name of the Wax Myrtle?

Myrica cerifera

What is the scientific name of the Japanese Honeysuckle?

Lonicera japonica

What is a fun fact of the Japanese Honeysuckle?

Invasive; fuzzy leaves

What is the scientific name of Yellow Jessamine?

Gelsemium sempervirens

What is the scientific name of Sweet Gum?

Liquidambar styraciflua

What is a fun fact of the Sweet Gum tree?

Makes styrax

What is the scientific name of the Water Oak?

Quercus nigra

What is a fun fact of the Water Oak?

Spoon-shaped leaves

What is the scientific name of the Black Gum tree?

Nyssa sylvatica

What is a fun fact of the Black Gum?

Forms spots/speckles

What is the scientific name of the Virginia Creeper?

Pathenocissus quinquefolia

What is a fun fact of the Virginia Creeper?

Has 5 leaves

What is the scientific name of the Muscadine Grape?

Vitis rotundafolia

What is the scientific name of the Japanese Climbing Fern?

Lygodium japonicum

What is the scientific name of the Ebony Spleenwort?

Asplenium platyneuron

What is the scientific name of the Black Cherry?

Prunus serotina

What is a fun fact of the Black Cherry?

Toxic, serrated leaves; dead leaves produce cyanide

What is the scientific name for the Popcorn Tree?

Sapium sebiferum

What is a fun fact of the Popcorn Tree?

Roots are toxic to plants around it

What is the scientific name for the Dog Fennel?

Eupatorium capillifolium

What is the scientific name of the Broomstraw?

Andropogan virginica

What is the scientific name of the Black Willow?

Salix nigra

What is the scientific name of the Dewberry?

Rubus trivialis

What is a fun fact of the Dewberry?

Only one to have thorns/prickles; 5 leaflets

What family is the Dewberry in?

Rosaceae

What family is the Black Willow in?

Salicaceae

What family is the Broomstraw in?

Poaceae

What family is the Dog Fennel in?

Asteraceae

What family is the Popcorn Tree in?

Euphobiaceae

What family is the Black Cherry in?

Rosaceae

What family is the Ebony Spleenwort in?

Aspleniaceae

What family is the Japanese Climbing Fern in?

Schizaeaceae

What family is the Muscadine Grape in?

Vitaceae

What family is the Virginia Creeper in?

Vitaceae

What family is the Black Gum in?

Nyssaceae

What family is the Water Oak in?

Fagaceae

What family is the Sweet Gum in?

Hamamelidaceae

What family is the Yellow Jessamine in?

Loganaceae

What family is the Japanese Honeysuckle in?

Caprifoliaceae

What family is the Wax Myrtle in?

Myricaceae

What family is the Loblolly Pine in?

Pinaceae

What family is the Ball Tallandsia in?

Bromiliaceae

What family is the Live Oak in?

Fagaceae

What is a fun fact of the Japanese Honeysuckle