FORESTRY MASTER SPECIES 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

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

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 Castaneda dentata

.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

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

black walnut juglans nigra

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

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deodar cedar - pinaceae Cedrus deodara - himalayas

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smooth sumac - North America

red berries sticking up

thin leaf alder - western North America

long catkins

water birch - western North America

small cone catkins

 american hornbeam - east coast

papery clustered 3 lobed samaras + 1.5 inch catkins

northern catalpa - Ohio river valley, east central na

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desert willow - south west na

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saguaro - arizona, mexico

netleaf hackberry - western+ sw us

thick and leathery, red/purple berries

incence cedar - california, Oregon

bald cypress - southeast

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western red cedar - Oregon, Washington, west coast Canada

redwood - pacific west

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giant sequoia - sierras

 creosote bush 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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