Field Botany

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1. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Cultivated Rose
Four Winged Saltbrush


2. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Hawthorn
Bumald Spiraea
Desert-Willow
Climbing Euonymus


3. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
Pear
Amur Maple
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)


4. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Flowering Quince
Rowan
Golden Rain Tree
Red Maple


5. Berberidaceae - berberis repens
Boxwood
Oregon Grape
Sweet Cherry
Japanese Zelkova


6. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Quaking Aspen
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
River Birch


7. Celastraceae - euonymus japonicus
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Japanese Euonymus
American Beech
Common Honeysuckle


8. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Golden Rain Tree


9. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Big Sagebrush
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)


10. Pinaceae - Pinus sylvestris
Ginkgo
Cottonwood
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
English Ivy


11. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
Weigela
Sweet Cherry
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)


12. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Common Snowberry
European Beech
Japanese Honeysuckle
Rowan


13. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Amur Maple
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Tall Oregon Grape


14. Moraceae - ficus carica
Common Fig
Joshua Tree
Western Wild Rose
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra


15. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Wintergreen Barberry
Boxelder
Snowball Bush
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)


16. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Narrowleaf Poplar
White Mulberry
Tulip Tree
Mnt. Snowberry


17. Cornaceae - cornus sericea
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
American Hornbeam
Red Osier Dogwood
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)


18. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Western Wild Rose
Lilac
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Common Privet


19. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Scrub Oak
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Sandbar Willow


20. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
White Mulberry
Paperbark Maple
Tall Oregon Grape
Apricot


21. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Norway Maple
Horse Chestnut
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Quaking Aspen


22. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Honey Locust
Silver Maple
Desert-Willow
Hydrangea


23. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Flowering Plum
Rowan
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Tulip Tree


24. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Lavender
Common Fig
Japanese Maple
Bigtooth Maple


25. Cupressaceae - Hesperocyparis arizonica
Ohio Buckeye
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Mnt. Snowberry
Boxwood


26. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Joshua Tree
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Thin-leaf alder
Weeping Willow


27. Rosaceae - prunus domestica
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Japanese Wisteria
Plum


28. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Hedge Maple
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Siberian Elm
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany


29. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Boxwood
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Chinese Elm
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra


30. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Hackberry
Green Ash
Narrowleaf Poplar
Common Fig


31. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Common Snowberry
Climbing Euonymus
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Sweet Gum


32. Cornaceae - cornus florida
False Spireae
Cottonwood
Apple
Flowering Dogwood


33. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Four Winged Saltbrush
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Cherry Laurel
Rose-of-Sharon


34. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Corkscrew Willow
Cottonwood
Chokecherry
Black Walnut


35. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Common Snowberry
Common Fig
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Trumpet Creeper


36. Salicaceae - salix integra
Littleleaf Linden
Sandbar Willow
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Dappled Willow


37. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Snowball Bush
Sweet Gum
Lavender


38. Malvaceae - tilia americana
American Linden
Sugar Maple
Rocky Mnt. Maple
English Walnut


39. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Quince
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany


40. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Peking Cotoneaster
Hedge Maple
Wintergreen Barberry
Paperbark Maple


41. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Golden St. Johnswort
Apple
Mnt. Snowberry


42. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Arctic Willow
Siberian Elm
Smokebush
Silver Maple


43. Cupressaceae - Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Hydrangea
Green Ash


44. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Cherry Laurel
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Leatherleaf Viburnum


45. Pinaceae - Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Cliff Rose
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Japanese Barberry


46. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Rose-of-Sharon
Quaking Aspen
Weigela


47. Bignoniaceae - catalpa speciosa
Tall Oregon Grape
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Arctic Willow
Catawba


48. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Japanese Euonymus
American Elm
Sugarberry
Lilac


49. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Beautybush
Purple Ninebark
Mnt. Snowberry


50. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Joshua Tree
Sugar Maple
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
American Hornbeam