Plant Tax Twig Quiz Sight Identification

Match images of twigs with the common and scientific names. Plant taxonomy, Cedarville University, Dr. Robert Paris

Black Oak

(Quercus velutina)

Black Cherry

(Prunus serotina)

Red Maple

(Acer rubrum)

White Oak

(Quercus alba)

Crab Apple

(Malus sp.)

Bigtooth Aspen

(Populus grandidentata)

Hawthorn

(Crataegus sp.)

Flowering Dogwood

(Cornus florida)

Witch-hazel

(Hamamelis virginiana)

Shingle Oak

(Quercus imbricaria)

Common Elder

(Sambucus canadensis)

Alder

(Alnus sp.)

Shagbark Hickory

(Carya ovata)

Black Locust

(Robinia pseudoacacia)

Hop-hornbeam

(Ostrya virginiana)

American Hornbeam

(Carpinus caroliniana)

Sassafras

(Sassafras albidum)

Ohio Buckeye

(Aesculus glabra)

Shellbark Hickory

(Carya laciniosa)

Pignut Hickory

(Carya glabra)

Cucumber Tree

(Magnolia acuminata)

Eastern Redbud

(Cercis canadensis)

Sugar Maple

(Acer saccharum)

White Ash

(Fraxinus americana)

Black Walnut

(Juglans nigra)

Sweetgum

(Liquidambar styraciflua)

Bur Oak

(Quercus macrocarpa)

Boxelder (Ash-leaf Maple)

(Acer negundo)

Yellow Poplar

(Liriodendron tulipifera)

Dawn Redwood

(Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Northern Hackberry

(Celtis occidentalis)

Honey Locust

(Gleditsia triacanthos)

Bitternut Hickory

(Carya cordiformis)

Silver Maple

(Acer saccharinum)

Allegheny Chinkapin

(Castanea pumila)

American Sycamore

(Platanus occidentalis)

American Basswood

(Tilia americana)

Red Oak

(Quercus rubra)

Magnolia Betty

(Magnolia liliiflora x Magnolia stellata)

American Beech

(Fagus grandifolia)

Ginkgo

(Ginkgo biloba)

Eastern Hemlock

(Tsuga canadensis)

White Cedar

(Thuja occidentalis)

Red Cedar

(Juniperus virginiana)

Norway Spruce

(Picea abies)

Colorado Blue Spruce

(Picea pungens)

Black Pine

(Pinus nigra)

White Pine

(Pinus strobus)