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Field Botany

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1. Fabaceae - cercis canadensis
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Norway Maple
American Pussy Willow
Redbud

2. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Butterfly Bush
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Golden St. Johnswort
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)

3. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Littleleaf Linden
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

4. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Sandbar Willow
Joshua Tree
Sycamore Maple
Rose-of-Sharon

5. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
White Sage
Western Wild Rose
River Birch
Sycamore Maple

6. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Littleleaf Linden
Silver Maple
Scrub Oak
Large Periwinkle

7. Tamaricaceae - tamarix chinensis
Beautybush
Sandbar Willow
Alder Buckthorn
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)

8. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Big Sagebrush
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Arctic Willow

9. Oleaceae - Ligustrum vulgare
Rowan
American Pussy Willow
Cherry Laurel
Common Privet

10. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Shrubby Cinquefolia
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Silver Linden
Weigela

11. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Golden Rain Tree
False Spireae
American Hornbeam
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)

12. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
False Spireae
Big Sagebrush
Green Ash
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

13. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Corkscrew Willow
Cottonwood
Sweet Cherry
Shrubby Cinquefolia

14. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Tree of Heaven
Desert-Willow
Red Maple
Redbud

15. Salicaceae - salix purpurea
Cork Tree
Arctic Willow
Concord Grape
Thin-leaf alder

16. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
Cherry Laurel
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Ninebark

17. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Common Snowberry
Japanese Wisteria
Cliff Rose
Common Privet

18. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Cultivated Rose
Boxelder
Cherry Laurel
Rowan

19. Moraceae - ficus carica
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Cliff Rose
Common Fig
Wintergreen Barberry

20. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Climbing Euonymus
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Western Wild Rose
Sweet Gum

21. Caprifoliaceae - diervilla sessilifolia
Common Hackberry
Peking Cotoneaster
Mnt. Snowberry
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

22. Juglandaceae - juglans nigra
Common Fig
Black Walnut
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

23. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Flowering Plum
Purple Ninebark
Quaking Aspen
Pear

24. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Burkwood's Viburnum
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Pear
Beautybush

25. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Catawba
Joshua Tree
Bigtooth Maple

26. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Japanese Honeysuckle
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Purple Ninebark

27. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Ginkgo
American Linden
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Apricot

28. Cupressaceae - Juniperus scopulorum
Crabapple
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Chokecherry

29. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Arctic Willow
Red Osier Dogwood
Sugarberry
Boxelder

30. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Flowering Plum
Forsythia
Amur Maple

31. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Sweet Gum
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Elderberry
Chinese Elm

32. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Apple
European White Birch
Smokebush
Boxwood

33. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Redbud
Fremont Mahonia
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

34. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Japanese Barberry
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Snowball Bush
Red Osier Dogwood

35. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Purple Ninebark
American Hornbeam
Hawthorn
Climbing Nightshade

36. Berberidaceae - berberis repens
Oregon Grape
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
European White Birch
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

37. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Butterfly Bush
Kentucky Coffee Tree
White Sage

38. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Apple
Ninebark
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Rocky Mnt. Maple

39. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
Honey Locust
Big Sagebrush
Virginia Creeper
Pottawatomi Plum

40. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Common Honeysuckle
Trumpet Creeper
Burkwood's Viburnum

41. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Common Honeysuckle
Russian Olive
Honey Locust
English Yew (v-shaped)

42. Adoxaceae - sambucus coerulea
Elderberry
Ginkgo
Common Privet
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)

43. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
Rocky Mnt. Maple
European Hornbeam
Hedge Maple
Climbing Euonymus

44. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Crabapple
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Rowan
Virginia Creeper

45. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Apple
Quaking Aspen
Chinese Elm
English Ivy

46. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Black Locust
Forsythia
Climbing Euonymus
Japanese Euonymus

47. Pinaceae - Pinus longaeva
Scrub Oak
Virginia Creeper
Japanese Zelkova
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

48. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Cliff Rose
Flowering Quince

49. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Red Maple
English Ivy
Pear

50. Sapindaceae - acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Maple
European Beech
Chokecherry
Littleleaf Linden