Dendro Twig Quiz

Acer saccharum (lighter lenticels, stout twig, kinda looks like deer)

Carya ovata, Juglandaceae (bud looks like scary train creepypasta)

Carya cordiformis, Juglandaceae

Fagus grandifolia, Fagaceae

Juglans cinerea, Juglandaceae

Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnoliaceae (stipule scar round)

Platanus occidentalis, Platanaceae (leaf scar around bud)

Populus tremuloides, Salicaceae (shiny bud and buds curled towards twig)

Quercus rubra, Fagaceae

Quercus velutina, Fagaceae

Tilia americana, Malvaceae (big and round buds)

Ulmus americana, Ulmaceae (false terminal bud?)

Quercus alba, Fagaceae (cluster with rounder buds)

Fraxinus americana, Oleaceae (smiley face leaf scar, just a big smile)

Acer negundo, Sapindaceae (chalky)

Acer saccharinum, Sapindaceae (thick twig)

Betula papyrifera, Betulaceae (aments not as long and not as sharp)

Ostrya virginiana, Betulaceae (lots of branching)

Magnolia acuminata, Magnoliaceae (shoe horn shaped white buds)

Robinia pseudoacacia, Fabaceae (sharp spikes)

Populus deltoides, Salicaceae (large buds on stout twig, looks like paintbrush)

Salix nigra, Salicaceae (laterally compressed bud, single capped scale. Tremuloides has overlapping scales)

Celtis occidentalis, Cannabaceae (longest and skinniest twig)

Quercus macrocarpa, Fagaceae (extremely knobby twig, looks like a club)

Betula alleghaniensis (sharp buds with aments)

Prunus serotina, Rosaceae (rich red, looks like papyrifera)

Sassafras albidum, Lauraceae (green twig)

Nyssa sylvatica, Nyssaceae (leaf scars with bundles of 3)

Diospyros virginiana, Ebenaceae (black bud)

Cornus florida, Cornaceae (garlic bud)

Liquidambar styraciflua, Altingaceae (kinda knobby, unique shape)

Juglans nigra, Juglandaceae (monkey with unibrow)

Betula populifolia, Betulaceae (aments super long)

Acer rubrum, Sapindaceae (really red and skinny)

Gleditsia triacanthos, Fabaceae (bulbous leaf scar)

Quercus palustris, Fagaceae (smallest oak)