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Field Botany

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1. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Amur Maple
Wintergreen Barberry
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

2. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Wisteria
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Boxelder

3. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Ginkgo
Japanese Barberry
Rose-of-Sharon
Tall Oregon Grape

4. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Siberian Pea Shrub
Common Privet
Flowering Plum
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

5. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Cherry Laurel
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Juniper (shrub form)
Western Wild Rose

6. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sweet Gum
Alder Buckthorn
Common Honeysuckle

7. Magnoliaceae - magnolia sp.
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Mnt. Snowberry
Common Honeysuckle
Magnolia

8. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Bigtooth Maple
Cherry Laurel
European Beech

9. Rosaceae - chaenomeles japonica
Oregon Grape
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Flowering Quince
Concord Grape

10. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
American Pussy Willow
Butterfly Bush
Silver Maple

11. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Weigela
Apple
English Yew (v-shaped)
Cultivated Rose

12. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Pottawatomi Plum
Hedge Maple
Netleaf Hackberry
Quince

13. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Sycamore Maple
Kentucky Coffee Tree

14. Fagaceae - fagus grandifolia
Rowan
Common Snowberry
Japanese Honeysuckle
American Beech

15. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Alder Buckthorn
Flowering Quince
Leatherleaf Viburnum

16. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Weeping Willow
Red Maple
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

17. Cupressaceae - Juniperus virginiana
Arctic Willow
Silver Maple
Purple Ninebark
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

18. Adoxaceae - sambucus coerulea
Rose-of-Sharon
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Elderberry
Paper Birch

19. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Large Periwinkle
Squawbush
Flowering Dogwood

20. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Climbing Nightshade
Joshua Tree
Amur Maple
Virginia Creeper

21. Cercidiphyllaceae - cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura Tree
Lilac
Japanese Euonymus
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

22. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Inkberry
Lavender
Pottawatomi Plum
White Sage

23. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Quaking Aspen
Crabapple
European Hornbeam
Hawthorn

24. Cupressaceae - Platycladus orientalis
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
English Walnut
Weigela
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

25. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Gold Dust Plant
Japanese Honeysuckle
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Shrubby Cinquefolia

26. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Beautybush
Squawbush
Magnolia
Japanese Wisteria

27. Bignoniaceae - campis radicans
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Trumpet Creeper
Bradford Pear
Dappled Willow

28. Oleaceae - Ligustrum vulgare
Common Privet
American Beech
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Rubber Rabbitbrush

29. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Trumpet Creeper
Wintergreen Barberry
Sugarberry
Flowering Dogwood

30. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
American Beech
Magnolia

31. Rosaceae - physocarpus opulafolius
Purple Ninebark
Green Ash
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Catawba

32. Betulaceae - betula papyrifera
Paper Birch
Butterfly Bush
English Yew (v-shaped)
American Hornbeam

33. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Lavender
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
English Ivy

34. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Climbing Nightshade
European White Birch
European Hornbeam
Ohio Buckeye

35. Salicaceae - salix discolor
American Pussy Willow
Rose-of-Sharon
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Tulip Tree

36. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Smokebush
Golden Current

37. Salicaceae - salix purpurea
Japanese Barberry
Arctic Willow
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)

38. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Chinese Elm
Paper Birch
American Hornbeam

39. Rosaceae - spiraea x vanhouttei
Squawbush
Sandbar Willow
Concord Grape
Bridal Wreath

40. Rosaceae - pyrus calleryana
Bradford Pear
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Quaking Aspen
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

41. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Flowering Quince
Ohio Buckeye

42. Pinaceae - Pinus longaeva
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Common Snowberry
Peking Cotoneaster
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

43. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Japanese Wisteria
Climbing Nightshade
English Yew (v-shaped)
Snowball Bush

44. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Cottonwood
Inkberry
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Cultivated Rose

45. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Dappled Willow
Chokecherry
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

46. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
European Beech
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Western Wild Rose

47. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Quaking Aspen
Alder Buckthorn
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Rowan

48. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Quaking Aspen
River Birch
Arctic Willow

49. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Sweet Cherry
Flowering Quince
Desert-Willow
Quaking Aspen

50. Platanaceae - Platanus occidentalis
Mnt. Snowberry
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Netleaf Hackberry
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)