OBU Bio II (Dr. Taylor) Tree Test

Red Mulberry

short trunks with long branches that grow straight up

Hickory

dense, strong, and shock-resistant wood; large nuts; compound shaped leaves

Beech tree

Smooth white bark, seated edge of leaves

Pecan tree

a tall, massive tree, flaky bark, compound leaves

Black Willow

long narrow leaves, finely serrated

Black Walnut

long leaves with many leaflets; big green nuts; rough bark

Eastern Red Cedar

coniferous, short soft needles, small cones, blueish berries, reddish peeling bark

Cypress

leaves like pine needles but green; small, rounded, woody cones

Loblolly Pine

3 extending needle tips, large pinecones

Short Leaf Pine

2 extending needle tips, small pinecones in clusters

Cottonwood

a tree with seeds that look like cotton

River Birch

flaky bark; small leaves

Ironwood

hard and rigid bark

White Oak

smooth end of leaf; white bark

Live Oak

dark to lightish gray colored bark, acorns, oval shaped and stiff leaves

Post Oak

dark ridged bark with smooth, lobed leaves

Red Oak

spine like structures on the lobes of the leaves

Southern Red Oak

The rough bark of this tree is dark brown to dark gray in color, furrowed, and is marked by rough ridges and plates. The twigs have rust-colored hairs. trident shaped leaves

Shumard Oak

shiny, dark green leaves with deep lobes; spines on end; skinny leaves; produces acorns

Water Oak

rabbit foot leaves

Willow Oak

thin, narrow leaves

Winged Elm

very broad, warty growths, thin and wing-like, that grow along its branches.

American Elm

Alternate, oval, pointed leaves have doubly toothed margins. leaf ends do not match up at base

Sugarberry

Has insects that eat sap and poop sugar; wart bark

Hackberry

growths on trunk. A lot of warts

Magnolia

dark green, oval shaped leaves that are covered with layer of wax. Leaves are evergreen and they are alternately arranged on the branches.

Yellow Poplar

or tulip tree is the tallest hardwood tree in North America with one of the most perfect and straight trunks in the forest. It has a very unique leaf with four lobes separated by rounded notches. The showy flower is tulip-like (or lily-like) which supports the alternate name of tulip poplar.

Sassafras

All parts of the tree are aromatic with a pleasant odor and a slightly sweet but astringent taste. The root and root bark were formerly used medicinally. The root is thick and woody. When alive, it is whitish but rapidly turns cinnamon-brown on exposure to air

Devils Walking stick

Skinny with thorns and leaflets

Sweet Gum

Alternate leaf arrangement

Blooms green or yellow in the spring

5 points on leaves

Sycamore

very large tree with smooth, white bark closer to the top, large leaves

Black Cherry

fine sedation of leaves

rough bark on bottom, smooth grey bark on top

redbud

heart shaped leaves

honey locust

-compound leaves

-used in a lot of projects because canopy lets a lot of light in

-multiple stems

-long pods can see beans

-strong central leader until halfway

-compound leaves

black locust

Compound alternate leaves. two thorns where leaves come off trunk; leaves look like rugby balls

American holly

green all year round

Sugar maple

5 point leaves; black mold growing on trunk

Red maple

-red petal

- 3 distinct points on leaves

-in winter can see all the red buds

-red tips

Silver maple

-stringy grey bark

-deep points on 5 point leaves

-upright branches further down

-acute angle of wing seeds

Box elder

compound leaves with three leaflets; green stem; fruit is helicopters

Ohio buckeye

white speckled bark

Dogwood

veins of leaf turned upward toward tip; alligator skin bark

Black gum

tear shaped leaves

Persimmon

A small to medium sized tree to 60 feet with a round-topped crown of crooked branches. In forest stands the stem may be straight, tall, and slender; persimmon fruits

Ash tree

ridged diamond shaped bark, symmetrical leaflets

Elderberry

opposite compound leaves that are serrated. The veins of elderberry terminate at the tips of the "teeth," if they don't end before that point. What separates elderberry from some other lookalikes is bark. Elder is a woody plant and has bark with small warts all over it

French Mulberry

toothed leaves and blackberry-like fruits; each fruit develops from an entire flower cluster.

Mimosa

leaflets on leaflets

Kudzu vine

invasive species, vine, large leaves

poison ivy

grows on trees and on the ground; some have allergic reactions

Hop Hornbeam

"Paper shredder" bark

Ginkgo

a large tree with fan-shaped leaves.

Switch cane

easily confused with bamboo

Crepe Myrtle

pretty flowers

Privet (common hedge)

little leaves; very scrawny