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Field Botany

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1. Rosaceae - physocarpus opulafolius
Black Walnut
Redbud
Norway Maple
Purple Ninebark

2. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
American Hornbeam
Common Honeysuckle
Scrub Oak

3. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Ohio Buckeye
Golden Current
Big Sagebrush

4. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Chinese Elm
Alder Buckthorn
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Crabapple

5. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Bigtooth Maple
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

6. Rosaceae - cydonia oblongata
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Amur Maple
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Quince

7. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Sugarberry
Pyracantha
Common Snowberry
Redbud

8. Rosaceae - chaenomeles japonica
Desert-Willow
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Joshua Tree
Flowering Quince

9. Pinaceae - Picea pungens
Rowan
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Squawbush
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

10. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Redbud
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Japanese Zelkova

11. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
English Walnut
Tree of Heaven
River Birch
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

12. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Quince
Magnolia
Sweet Cherry
Narrowleaf Poplar

13. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Siberian Pea Shrub
Sugarberry
Ginkgo
Oregon Grape

14. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
American Hornbeam
Amur Maple
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)

15. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Flowering Plum
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Quaking Aspen

16. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Lavender
Trumpet Creeper
Butterfly Bush
Red Sumac

17. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Forsythia
Squawbush
Common Fig
Climbing Euonymus

18. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Netleaf Hackberry
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Virginia Creeper

19. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Quince
Chokecherry
Siberian Pea Shrub
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

20. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Flowering Plum
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Oregon Grape
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

21. Juglandaceae - juglans nigra
Black Walnut
Common Snowberry
Scrub Oak
English Walnut

22. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Sandbar Willow
Sweet Cherry
Honey Locust
Japanese Euonymus

23. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Golden Rain Tree
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Sugar Maple
Silver Maple

24. Pinaceae - Pinus longaeva
Black Locust
Rose-of-Sharon
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

25. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
White Mulberry
Concord Grape
Sycamore Maple
Hedge Maple

26. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Apple
Trumpet Creeper
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Pear

27. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Cliff Rose
Bumald Spiraea
English Ivy
Shrubby Cinquefolia

28. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Red Sumac
Climbing Nightshade
Black Locust
Leatherleaf Viburnum

29. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Smokebush
Horse Chestnut
Cork Tree
Quince

30. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Alder Buckthorn
European White Birch
Hydrangea
Apple

31. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Amur Maple
Climbing Nightshade
Red Osier Dogwood
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

32. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Bigtooth Maple
American Linden
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Gold Dust Plant

33. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
False Spireae
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

34. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Japanese Wisteria
Four Winged Saltbrush
Cultivated Rose

35. Malvaceae - tilia tormentosa
Quince
Trumpet Creeper
Sycamore Maple
Silver Linden

36. Cupressaceae - Juniperus scopulorum
European Beech
Gold Dust Plant
Norway Maple
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)

37. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Japanese Zelkova
Pear
Flowering Quince
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

38. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Trumpet Creeper
Large Periwinkle
Pyracantha

39. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Japanese Zelkova
Butterfly Bush
Large Periwinkle

40. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Honey Locust
Bradford Pear
Narrowleaf Poplar
Silver Maple

41. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Boxwood
Japanese Maple
Red Maple
Bearberry Cotoneaster

42. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Fremont Mahonia
Four Winged Saltbrush
Tall Oregon Grape
Desert-Willow

43. Salicaceae - salix integra
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Sweet Cherry
Smokebush
Dappled Willow

44. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Forsythia
English Walnut
Tulip Tree
Hawthorn

45. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Flowering Dogwood
Siberian Elm
Common Hackberry
Pottawatomi Plum

46. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Juniper (shrub form)
Virginia Creeper
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

47. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian Olive
False Spireae
Norway Maple
Alder Buckthorn

48. Moraceae - morus alba
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
White Mulberry
Pottawatomi Plum

49. Aquifoliaceae - ilex glabra
Weigela
Bumald Spiraea
Redbud
Inkberry

50. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Joshua Tree
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
American Elm
Desert-Willow