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Field Botany

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1. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Thin-leaf alder
Gold Dust Plant
Alder Buckthorn
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)

2. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Chinese Elm
Japanese Wisteria
Netleaf Hackberry
Bumald Spiraea

3. Fagaceae - Quercus macrocarpa
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Big Sagebrush
Forsythia
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

4. Betulaceae - alnus incana
Bigtooth Maple
Cork Tree
Thin-leaf alder
Apricot

5. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
English Yew (v-shaped)
Corkscrew Willow
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Horse Chestnut

6. Caprifoliaceae - diervilla sessilifolia
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Butterfly Bush
Cottonwood
Sandbar Willow

7. Fagaceae - Quercus rubra
Rose-of-Sharon
Juniper (shrub form)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

8. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Golden Rain Tree
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Wintergreen Barberry
Apple

9. Rosaceae - chaenomeles japonica
Flowering Quince
Pottawatomi Plum
Common Snowberry
European White Birch

10. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Paperbark Maple
Tall Oregon Grape
Climbing Nightshade
Sandbar Willow

11. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Poplar
Bigtooth Maple
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Big Sagebrush

12. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Beautybush
Ginkgo
Cultivated Rose
Snowball Bush

13. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Cottonwood
Arctic Willow
Magnolia
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

14. Asteraceae - artemisia tridentata
Wintergreen Barberry
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Chinese Elm
Big Sagebrush

15. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Littleleaf Linden
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Flowering Dogwood
Cranberry Cotoneaster

16. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Golden St. Johnswort
Japanese Pagoda

17. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Flowering Quince
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Sweet Cherry
Boxelder

18. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Flowering Quince
Japanese Zelkova
Sandbar Willow
Hedge Maple

19. Sapindaceae - acer pseudoplatanus
Golden Rain Tree
Elderberry
Sycamore Maple
Horse Chestnut

20. Salicaceae - populus tremuloides
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Quaking Aspen
Black Walnut
Common Honeysuckle

21. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Golden Current
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Apricot

22. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
Pear
Apricot
American Hornbeam
Siberian Elm

23. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Trumpet Creeper
Flowering Dogwood
European White Birch
Cherry Laurel

24. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
Cherry Laurel
Japanese Pagoda
Silver Maple
Fremont Mahonia

25. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Mnt. Snowberry
Bigtooth Maple
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Wintergreen Barberry

26. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Silver Maple
Flowering Quince

27. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Russian Olive
Four Winged Saltbrush

28. Pinaceae - Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
American Pussy Willow
False Spireae
Siberian Pea Shrub

29. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Siberian Elm
Amur Maple
Japanese Barberry
Cultivated Rose

30. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Lavender
Oregon Grape
Chokecherry
Climbing Euonymus

31. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
Flowering Quince
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Cottonwood

32. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Tree of Heaven
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Gold Dust Plant
Sandbar Willow

33. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Alder Buckthorn
Weeping Willow
Bradford Pear
Rowan

34. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Tall Oregon Grape
River Birch
Common Privet
Cultivated Rose

35. Rosaceae - prunus avium
American Pussy Willow
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Dappled Willow
Sweet Cherry

36. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Russian Olive
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Japanese Maple

37. Ulmaceae - celtis occidentalis
Purple Ninebark
Golden Rain Tree
Common Hackberry
English Walnut

38. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Siberian Elm
Snowball Bush
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Green Ash

39. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
Sandbar Willow
European Beech
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Common Hackberry

40. Sapindaceae - acer plantanoides
Japanese Zelkova
Norway Maple
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Arctic Willow

41. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Corkscrew Willow
American Elm
Rowan
Snowball Bush

42. Salicaceae - salix matsudana var. tortuosa
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Chinese Elm
Corkscrew Willow
Crabapple

43. Rosaceae - cydonia oblongata
Quince
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Rose-of-Sharon
Rubber Rabbitbrush

44. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
Bridal Wreath
White Sage
Netleaf Hackberry
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

45. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Narrowleaf Poplar
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Flowering Dogwood

46. Sapindaceae - aesculus glabra
Japanese Pagoda
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Ohio Buckeye

47. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Katsura Tree
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Shrubby Cinquefolia
American Elm

48. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
English Yew (v-shaped)
Joshua Tree
Cottonwood
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

49. Cornaceae - cornus sericea
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Arctic Willow
Red Sumac
Red Osier Dogwood

50. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Sugarberry
Quaking Aspen
Paperbark Maple
Inkberry