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Field Botany

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1. Sapindaceae - acer plantanoides
Lavender
Bigtooth Maple
Amur Maple
Norway Maple

2. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Weeping Willow
River Birch
Sandbar Willow
European White Birch

3. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Big Sagebrush
Pear
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Japanese Honeysuckle

4. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Ninebark
Alder Buckthorn
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

5. Moraceae - ficus carica
Snowball Bush
Common Fig
Magnolia
Common Snowberry

6. Asteraceae - artemisia tridentata
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Climbing Euonymus
River Birch
Big Sagebrush

7. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
White Sage
Chinese Elm
Butterfly Bush

8. Cercidiphyllaceae - cercidiphyllum japonicum
Ninebark
Snowball Bush
Katsura Tree
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

9. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Flowering Dogwood
Boxwood
Lavender
Shrubby Cinquefolia

10. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Hedge Maple
Concord Grape
Big Sagebrush
Russian Olive

11. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Hedge Maple
Tulip Tree
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Desert-Willow

12. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Quince
Thin-leaf alder
Rose-of-Sharon
Tall Oregon Grape

13. Rosaceae - cotoneaster salicifolia rapandens
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
European Hornbeam

14. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Boxelder
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Katsura Tree

15. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
Japanese Pagoda
Catawba
Apricot
Large Periwinkle

16. Cupressaceae - Hesperocyparis arizonica
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Climbing Euonymus
Trumpet Creeper
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)

17. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Corkscrew Willow
Sweet Cherry
Green Ash
Leatherleaf Viburnum

18. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Cranberry Cotoneaster
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

19. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Snowball Bush
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

20. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

21. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Large Periwinkle
Tulip Tree
Golden Current

22. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Japanese Barberry
Beautybush
English Yew (v-shaped)
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)

23. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Green Ash
Large Periwinkle
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)

24. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Bradford Pear
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Apple
Green Ash

25. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Snowball Bush
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

26. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Silver Maple
Ninebark
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

27. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Katsura Tree
American Elm
English Yew (v-shaped)
Scrub Oak

28. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Climbing Nightshade
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Hydrangea
Hawthorn

29. Sapindaceae - aesculus glabra
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Ohio Buckeye
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Weigela

30. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Cultivated Rose
Common Fig
Japanese Honeysuckle
Golden St. Johnswort

31. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Hawthorn
Horse Chestnut
Japanese Euonymus
Cherry Laurel

32. Rosaceae - spiraea x bumalda
Juniper (shrub form)
Bumald Spiraea
Red Sumac
Forsythia

33. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Silver Linden
Sugar Maple
English Yew (v-shaped)
Peking Cotoneaster

34. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Climbing Euonymus
Forsythia
Narrowleaf Poplar
Siberian Elm

35. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

36. Salicaceae - salix matsudana var. tortuosa
Amur Maple
Black Locust
Corkscrew Willow
Cliff Rose

37. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Sweet Gum
Cherry Laurel
American Elm
Lilac

38. Salicaceae - salix integra
Dappled Willow
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Juniper (shrub form)
Pear

39. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Climbing Euonymus
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Tall Oregon Grape
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

40. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Butterfly Bush
Siberian Pea Shrub
Honey Locust
Inkberry

41. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
American Elm
Pear
Thin-leaf alder

42. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sweet Cherry
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Cork Tree

43. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Japanese Maple
Tree of Heaven
American Pussy Willow

44. Bignoniaceae - catalpa speciosa
Catawba
American Hornbeam
Japanese Barberry
Climbing Euonymus

45. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Gold Dust Plant
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Beautybush
Flowering Dogwood

46. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Desert-Willow
Flowering Quince

47. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Desert-Willow
Scrub Oak
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Golden Current

48. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bigtooth Maple
Snowball Bush
Redbud
Leatherleaf Viburnum

49. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
River Birch
Littleleaf Linden

50. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Ohio Buckeye