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Field Botany

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1. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Katsura Tree
Weeping Willow
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

2. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Paperbark Maple
Lavender
Hedge Maple
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

3. Bignoniaceae - campis radicans
Gold Dust Plant
English Walnut
Trumpet Creeper
Virginia Creeper

4. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Red Sumac
Mnt. Snowberry
English Walnut
Red Maple

5. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Netleaf Hackberry

6. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Bumald Spiraea
Climbing Euonymus
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Japanese Wisteria

7. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Bridal Wreath
Smokebush
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sugarberry

8. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Concord Grape
Squawbush
Pyracantha

9. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Large Periwinkle
Quince
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)

10. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
Fremont Mahonia
Sweet Gum
Thin-leaf alder
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

11. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Katsura Tree
Chinese Elm
Japanese Maple
Cranberry Cotoneaster

12. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
Ginkgo
Cottonwood
Dappled Willow
False Spireae

13. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Pear
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Concord Grape
Pyracantha

14. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Golden St. Johnswort
Crabapple
Paperbark Maple
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

15. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Sandbar Willow
Hedge Maple
Large Periwinkle
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

16. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

17. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
Tree of Heaven
Black Walnut
Sweet Gum
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

18. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
Tall Oregon Grape
Desert-Willow
European Hornbeam
Common Fig

19. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Lilac
Elderberry
Snowball Bush
Lavender

20. Oleaceae - Ligustrum vulgare
Ninebark
Burkwood's Viburnum
Common Privet
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)

21. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Common Fig
Lilac
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

22. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Climbing Nightshade
Golden St. Johnswort
European Hornbeam
Pear

23. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Bigtooth Maple
Sweet Cherry
Gold Dust Plant
Hawthorn

24. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
European Beech
River Birch
Sweet Gum
Bumald Spiraea

25. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Paper Birch
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Bumald Spiraea
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)

26. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
Climbing Nightshade
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Japanese Zelkova
American Hornbeam

27. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Shrubby Cinquefolia
English Yew (v-shaped)
River Birch
Flowering Plum

28. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Apricot
Cultivated Rose
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)

29. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Joshua Tree
Amur Maple
Flowering Quince
Ginkgo

30. Juglandaceae - juglans nigra
Sugar Maple
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Black Walnut

31. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
White Mulberry
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
European Beech
Japanese Barberry

32. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos oreophilus
Silver Maple
Mnt. Snowberry
Large Periwinkle
Leatherleaf Viburnum

33. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Large Periwinkle
Cultivated Rose
Katsura Tree
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

34. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Plum
Lilac
Smokebush
Flowering Plum

35. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Quaking Aspen
Quince
Climbing Nightshade
Japanese Zelkova

36. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
Plum
Black Locust
Virginia Creeper
Snowball Bush

37. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

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38. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Four Winged Saltbrush
Katsura Tree
Oregon Grape
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

39. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
White Sage
Russian Olive
Bradford Pear
Elderberry

40. Malvaceae - tilia tormentosa
Silver Linden
Sandbar Willow
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Oregon Grape

41. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Silver Maple
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Cottonwood
Quince

42. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Corkscrew Willow
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)

43. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bigtooth Maple
Bumald Spiraea
Common Privet
Japanese Pagoda

44. Pinaceae - Pinus ponderosa
Alder Buckthorn
Japanese Honeysuckle
Wintergreen Barberry
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

45. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Cottonwood
Red Sumac
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)

46. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Ohio Buckeye
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)

47. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Mnt. Snowberry
Boxelder
Common Fig
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

48. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Cherry Laurel
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Common Snowberry
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

49. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Japanese Pagoda
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

50. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Tree
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lilac