Plant Quiz 1

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

Yellowwood

Cladrastis kentukea

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa

Carolina Yellow Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens

Daylily

Hemerocallis sp.

Scarlet Rosemallow

Hibiscus coccineus

Oakleaf hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Virginia Sweetspire

Itea virginica

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

Saucer Magnolia

Magnolia x soulangeana

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Yoshino Cherry

Prunus x yedeoensis

Knockout Rose

Rosa ‘Knockout"‘

Chastetree

Vitex agnus-castus

Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

American Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

White Fringe Tree

Chionanthus virginicus

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Witch Alder

Fothergilla major

Inkberry

Ilex glabra

Yaupon Holly

Ilex vomitoria

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Loblolly Pine

Pinus taeda

Overcup Oak

Quercus lyrata

Willow Oak

Quercus phellos

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

River Birch

Betula nigra

Eastern Sweetshrub

Calycanthus floridus

River Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

Blue Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

Carolina Silverbell

Halesia carolina

Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Obedient Plant

• Peony flowers

• Evergreen, glossy, finely serrated leaves

• Prominent flower buds

Camellia japonica - Japanese Camellia

• pointy serrated leaves

• rose flowers

• ninja star things when flowers fall off

Rosa ‘Knockout’ - Knockout Rose

• flat flower pods

• buttercup looking flowers

• light green pointed leaves

Gelsemium sempervirens - Carolina Yellow Jessamine

• droopy flowers

• prominent veins in leaves

• cup shaped leaves

Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire

• eucalyptus looking leaves

• gray peely bark

• little cherry things

• papery flowers

• horizontal lenticles

• cherry things

• pubescent veins

Prunus x yedoensis - Yoshino Cherry

• lily flowers

• wrinkly seed pod at the end of stems (light green to brown)

Hemerocallis sp. - Daylily

• weed looking leaves

• cone shaped purple flowers

Vitex agnus-castus - Chastetree

• evergreen with some serrate leaves

• tiny white flowers

Osmanthus fragrans - Fragrant Tea Olive

• saucer cup shaped flowers

• multitrunked

• weird banana looking bean things

Magnolia x soulangeana - Saucer Magnolia

• alligator bark

• little cherry tomato things

Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood

• hibiscus flowers

• weed leaves

• like purpley stems

Hibiscus coccineus - Scalet Rose Mallow

• peeling bark

• bumpy raspberry type things

• 4 petal flowers

Cornus kousa - Kousa Dogwood

• oak leaf looking leaves

• fall color

• cone flower growth

Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf Hydrangea

• tiger striped bark

• yellow-orange fall color

• light green leaves

Cladrastis kentukea - Yellowwood

• clusters of purple berries

• wrinkly looking leaves

• bush formation

Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry

• cyclindrical cones

• bluish green needles

Pinus strobus - White Pine

• black berries

• serrated leaves at the top

• little bush

Ilex globra - Inkberry

• needles in threes

• sharp underside to cone

Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine

• large leaves

• toilet brush looking flower

• fall color

• can be kinda tall

Fothergilla major - Fothergilla

• long pointed buds

• red fruit

  • striped bark fissures

Amelanchier arborea - Serviceberry

• purple black olive fruits on female tree

• simple light green leave

• alternate buds

Chionanthus virginicus - White Fringe Tree

• Long oak leaves

• Light brown/gray bark with deep ridges

• cup covered acorns

Quercus lyrata - Overcup Oak

• pointed skinny leaves

• tiny acorns

• gray bark

Quercus phellos - Willow Oak

• flat acorns minimal cap

• buds at the tip of branches

Quercus shumardii - Shumard Oak

• crinkled leaves

• smooth bluish gray bark

• rounded or ridged trunk

Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam

• red berries on females

• roundly serrated leaves

• little shrub

Ilex vomitoria - Yaupon Holly

• narrow flat leaves

• knobby knees

• smooth cones

Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress

• legume pods

• heart shaped leaves

Cercis canadensis - Redbud

• spiky fruit

• crinkled leaves

• gray wrinkled bark

Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

• vagina looking pinecone

• armpits under branches

Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood

• pear shaped nuts

• tubular white flowers

• large compound leaves, yellow in the fall

Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye

• papery bark

• droopy things

• broad serrated leaves

Betula nigra - River Birch

• wrinkled brown fruit capsule

• aromatic leaves when crushed

• yellowish in the fall

Calycanthus floridus - Eastern Sweetshrub

• long elliptical blue green leaves that turn yellow in the fall

• drooping oat-like flower spikes

• clump forming perennial grass

Chasmanthium latifolium - River Oats

• tiny brown seeds in clusters at the end of a branch

• serrated leaves

• shrubby

Clethra alnifolia - Sweet Pepperbush

• silky hairs on leaves and twigs

• droopy leaves with fall color

• skinny gray bark

Cornus amomum - Silky Dogwood

• 4 winged fruit

• bell shaped flowers in clusters of 5

• elliptical leaves

Halesia carolina - Carolina Silverbell

• bright yellow wavy leaves in fall and winter

• yellow spiky flowers bloom october to december

• brown spiky seed pod looking things

Hamamelis virginiana - Witch Hazel

• persistant white blooms

• large opposite serrate leaves

Hydrangea arborescens - Smooth Hydrangea

• bright red berries in winter and spring

• small greenish white flowers

• coarse deciduous elliptical leaves

Ilex verticillata - Winterberry

• wrinkly dark green leaves

• fluffy blue-purple flowers

  • triangular bluntly toothed leaves

Conoclinium coelestinum - Blue Mistflower

• long, narrow leaves

• 3 sided cylindrical seed capsules

• prominent center vein

• purple flowers, radially symmetrical

Iris versicolor - Blue Flag Iris

• star shaped foliage (tulip shape)

• cone shaped leaf heads

• orange and yellow flowers

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree

• 1 to 2 inch purple-white flowers

• sharpley toothed spikelets

• lanceolate leaves

Physostegia virginiana - Obedient Plant

• leaves kind of peel off of the stems

• fuzzy wheat looking at top of leaves

• medium green leaves with visible midrib

Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass