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Field Botany

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1. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
Bridal Wreath
Paperbark Maple
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
White Sage

2. Araliaceae - hedera helix
Sweet Gum
Rubber Rabbitbrush
English Ivy
Kentucky Coffee Tree

3. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Concord Grape
Tall Oregon Grape
Golden Rain Tree

4. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Hedge Maple
Cliff Rose
Weigela
Redbud

5. Cupressaceae - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Alder Buckthorn
Magnolia
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Apple

6. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Scrub Oak
Wintergreen Barberry
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Four Winged Saltbrush

7. Aquifoliaceae - ilex glabra
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Pyracantha
Inkberry
Cultivated Rose

8. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Japanese Barberry
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Red Osier Dogwood
Plum

9. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Pottawatomi Plum
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Apricot

10. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Japanese Honeysuckle
American Pussy Willow
American Linden
Inkberry

11. Rosaceae - cydonia oblongata
Common Privet
Hawthorn
Forsythia
Quince

12. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Cottonwood
Dappled Willow
Silver Maple
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

13. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Large Periwinkle
Paper Birch
Sweet Cherry

14. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
European Hornbeam
Sugar Maple
Paperbark Maple
Katsura Tree

15. Magnoliaceae - magnolia sp.
American Pussy Willow
Apple
Magnolia
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

16. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

17. Platanaceae - Platanus occidentalis
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Honey Locust

18. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Scrub Oak
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Sycamore Maple

19. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Rose-of-Sharon
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Purple Ninebark
Norway Maple

20. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Burkwood's Viburnum
Desert-Willow
Golden St. Johnswort

21. Betulaceae - betula papyrifera
Chokecherry
Paper Birch
Boxwood
Sandbar Willow

22. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Wintergreen Barberry
Japanese Zelkova
Japanese Pagoda

23. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Big Sagebrush
Tulip Tree
Bigtooth Maple
Japanese Maple

24. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Japanese Maple
Silver Maple
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Lilac

25. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
Plum
Bumald Spiraea
Joshua Tree
Golden Rain Tree

26. Rosaceae - prunus domestica
Plum
Flowering Dogwood
Siberian Elm
Smokebush

27. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Golden St. Johnswort
Cliff Rose

28. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Purple Ninebark
English Ivy
English Walnut
Chinese Elm

29. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Wintergreen Barberry
Bigtooth Maple
Red Osier Dogwood
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

30. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Butterfly Bush
European Beech
Paper Birch

31. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Ginkgo
Sugar Maple
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Elderberry

32. Rosaceae - spiraea x vanhouttei
Bridal Wreath
Four Winged Saltbrush
Western Wild Rose
Hedge Maple

33. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Sugar Maple
Thin-leaf alder
Hawthorn
Beautybush

34. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Red Maple
Wintergreen Barberry
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Pear

35. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Chokecherry
Siberian Elm
Hawthorn
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

36. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Paperbark Maple
Peking Cotoneaster
Russian Olive
Virginia Creeper

37. Rosaceae - prunus avium
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
English Walnut
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Sweet Cherry

38. Cupressaceae - Juniperus osteosperma
Cliff Rose
Burkwood's Viburnum
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Bradford Pear

39. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden
Japanese Wisteria
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Dappled Willow

40. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Maple
Flowering Plum

41. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Flowering Plum
Paperbark Maple
Sugar Maple

42. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Tall Oregon Grape
Chokecherry
White Mulberry

43. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Forsythia
Juniper (shrub form)
English Yew (v-shaped)
American Hornbeam

44. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Big Sagebrush
Alder Buckthorn
Sandbar Willow
Amur Maple

45. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Cottonwood
Sweet Cherry
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Joshua Tree

46. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Flowering Dogwood
White Sage
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

47. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Hydrangea
Lilac
Magnolia
Cottonwood

48. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Hydrangea
Beautybush
Hawthorn
Flowering Dogwood

49. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Crabapple
Peking Cotoneaster
Silver Maple
Boxelder

50. Cupressaceae - Juniperus sp.
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Redbud
Big Sagebrush
Juniper (shrub form)