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Field Botany

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1. Pinaceae - Pinus sylvestris
Squawbush
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Beautybush
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)

2. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Hydrangea
Chokecherry

3. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Cork Tree
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Hydrangea
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

4. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Apricot
Flowering Plum

5. Betulaceae - alnus incana
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Silver Linden
Common Honeysuckle
Thin-leaf alder

6. Salicaceae - salix purpurea
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
American Elm
Arctic Willow
Chinese Elm

7. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Bridal Wreath
Sugar Maple
Golden St. Johnswort
Japanese Honeysuckle

8. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Desert-Willow
Peking Cotoneaster
Tulip Tree
European Hornbeam

9. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Fremont Mahonia
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Red Maple

10. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Burkwood's Viburnum
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Sweet Cherry
Silver Maple

11. Rosaceae - spiraea x bumalda
Apple
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Bumald Spiraea

12. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Western Wild Rose
Ohio Buckeye
Elderberry
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

13. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Weeping Willow
European Larch (short needles that circle round)

14. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Japanese Barberry
Catawba
Japanese Honeysuckle
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

15. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
False Spireae
Cliff Rose
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Japanese Zelkova

16. Fagaceae - Quercus macrocarpa
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Arctic Willow
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

17. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Scrub Oak
Bradford Pear
Desert-Willow
Cliff Rose

18. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Cherry Laurel
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Hedge Maple

19. Rosaceae - physocarpus malvaceus
Ninebark
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Narrowleaf Poplar
Burkwood's Viburnum

20. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Katsura Tree
Lilac
English Yew (v-shaped)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

21. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Big Sagebrush
Elderberry
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Mnt. Snowberry

22. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Sycamore Maple
Silver Linden
Hawthorn
Common Honeysuckle

23. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Weeping Willow
Chinese Elm

24. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Boxelder
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Beautybush
Pear

25. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Japanese Pagoda
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
White Sage
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

26. Betulaceae - betula papyrifera
Golden Rain Tree
Hydrangea
Dappled Willow
Paper Birch

27. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Lavender

28. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Weeping Willow
Netleaf Hackberry
Ginkgo

29. Asteraceae - ericameria nauseosus
European White Birch
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Silver Maple
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

30. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Beautybush
Chinese Elm
Siberian Pea Shrub
Littleleaf Linden

31. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Desert-Willow
Japanese Wisteria
Bearberry Cotoneaster

32. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

33. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Sandbar Willow
Russian Olive

34. Anacardiaceae - cotinus coggygria
Smokebush
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

35. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Bumald Spiraea
European Hornbeam

36. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Flowering Plum
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Elderberry

37. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
Netleaf Hackberry
American Elm
Thin-leaf alder
Japanese Wisteria

38. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Tulip Tree
Concord Grape
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Black Locust

39. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Red Maple
Tulip Tree
Bigtooth Maple
Magnolia

40. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
Red Sumac
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

41. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Quaking Aspen
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Pear
Bigtooth Maple

42. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Rowan
Sugar Maple
Oregon Grape

43. Rosaceae - cotoneaster salicifolia rapandens
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
English Walnut
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Tree of Heaven

44. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Magnolia
Amur Maple
Tree of Heaven
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

45. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Cherry Laurel
Quince
Golden St. Johnswort

46. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Catawba
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Hedge Maple

47. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Catawba
Golden Current
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

48. Rutaceae - phellodendron sachalinense
Pear
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Cork Tree
Boxelder

49. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Siberian Elm
Flowering Dogwood
Japanese Honeysuckle

50. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Flowering Quince
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Red Sumac
Cliff Rose