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Field Botany

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1. Pinaceae - Cedrus deodara
Pear
Mnt. Snowberry
Sycamore Maple
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)

2. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Pear
Hedge Maple
Arctic Willow
Horse Chestnut

3. Fagaceae - Quercus macrocarpa
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Red Osier Dogwood
Japanese Maple
Redbud

4. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Sandbar Willow
Cottonwood
American Beech

5. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Common Privet
Boxwood
Climbing Euonymus
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)

6. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Hawthorn
Siberian Elm
American Beech

7. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Poplar
Bigtooth Maple
Japanese Honeysuckle
American Elm

8. Rosaceae - prunus domestica
Green Ash
Sugarberry
Plum
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

9. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Forsythia
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Flowering Dogwood
Tree of Heaven

10. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Siberian Pea Shrub
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Quince
Crabapple

11. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Bigtooth Maple
Rowan
European Hornbeam
Quaking Aspen

12. Fagaceae - Quercus rubra
Tulip Tree
Mnt. Snowberry
European Hornbeam
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

13. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Elderberry
American Linden
Desert-Willow
Golden St. Johnswort

14. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Cliff Rose
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Big Sagebrush
Siberian Elm

15. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Snowball Bush
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Thin-leaf alder

16. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)

17. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
False Spireae
Bumald Spiraea
Flowering Dogwood
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

18. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Catawba
Japanese Maple
Climbing Nightshade
Weigela

19. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Smokebush
Quaking Aspen

20. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
Japanese Pagoda
Norway Maple
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Katsura Tree

21. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Privet
Green Ash
Chokecherry
English Yew (v-shaped)

22. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Cork Tree
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Horse Chestnut
Paperbark Maple

23. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Ninebark
Tulip Tree
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Pear

24. Ulmaceae - ulmus americana
Oregon Grape
Siberian Pea Shrub
American Elm
Thin-leaf alder

25. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Wintergreen Barberry
Forsythia
Big Sagebrush

26. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Burkwood's Viburnum
Golden Rain Tree
Scrub Oak
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

27. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Russian Olive
European White Birch
Red Maple
Cliff Rose

28. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Common Privet
Amur Maple
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Four Winged Saltbrush

29. Bignoniaceae - campis radicans
Flowering Quince
Trumpet Creeper
Golden Rain Tree
English Ivy

30. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Mnt. Snowberry
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Norway Maple
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)

31. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Siberian Elm
English Yew (v-shaped)
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Narrowleaf Poplar

32. Ginkgoaceae - ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Ohio Buckeye
Common Fig

33. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
River Birch
Tree of Heaven
Common Snowberry
Chinese Elm

34. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Cultivated Rose
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
River Birch
Japanese Honeysuckle

35. Caprifoliaceae - Lonicera tatarica
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Wintergreen Barberry
English Ivy
Common Honeysuckle

36. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
Red Sumac
Tree of Heaven
American Pussy Willow
American Linden

37. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Amur Maple
Golden Current
Golden Rain Tree
Common Honeysuckle

38. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
Paperbark Maple
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Weeping Willow
Quaking Aspen

39. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Black Walnut
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Leatherleaf Viburnum

40. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Russian Olive
Tree of Heaven

41. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Bearberry Cotoneaster
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Alder Buckthorn

42. Platanaceae - Platanus occidentalis
Pear
Flowering Dogwood
Weigela
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)

43. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Oregon Grape
Siberian Pea Shrub
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Netleaf Hackberry

44. Salicaceae - salix discolor
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
American Pussy Willow

45. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Purple Ninebark
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Catawba
Gold Dust Plant

46. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)

47. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Ohio Buckeye
Gold Dust Plant

48. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
English Walnut
Chinese Elm
Green Ash
Virginia Creeper

49. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

50. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Alder Buckthorn
Hydrangea