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Field Botany

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1. Juglandaceae - juglans nigra
Concord Grape
Quaking Aspen
European White Birch
Black Walnut

2. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Elderberry
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Fremont Mahonia

3. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Hedge Maple
Siberian Elm
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Forsythia

4. Pinaceae - Pinus mugo
Silver Linden
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Bradford Pear

5. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Poplar
European Hornbeam
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Rocky Mnt. Maple

6. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Four Winged Saltbrush
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Pear

7. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Ohio Buckeye
Rowan

8. Cupressaceae - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Red Sumac
Tall Oregon Grape
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)

9. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Rowan
European Beech
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)

10. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Inkberry
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Forsythia
Shrubby Cinquefolia

11. Cupressaceae - Juniperus osteosperma
Katsura Tree
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

12. Rosaceae - spiraea x vanhouttei
Bridal Wreath
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Golden St. Johnswort
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)

13. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Sugar Maple
Common Privet
Golden St. Johnswort
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

14. Cupressaceae - Juniperus virginiana
Sugar Maple
Japanese Pagoda
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Snowball Bush

15. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Inkberry
Climbing Nightshade
Concord Grape

16. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Sugarberry
Apricot
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)

17. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Plum
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)

18. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Cottonwood
Forsythia
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)

19. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Weigela
Common Privet
Netleaf Hackberry
Cranberry Cotoneaster

20. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut
Climbing Nightshade
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Ninebark

21. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
Scrub Oak
Peking Cotoneaster
American Hornbeam
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

22. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Concord Grape
Apricot
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Alder Buckthorn

23. Berberidaceae - berberis repens
Paperbark Maple
Oregon Grape
European White Birch
Catawba

24. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Butterfly Bush
European Hornbeam
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Scrub Oak

25. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Weeping Willow
English Yew (v-shaped)
Littleleaf Linden
Common Fig

26. Celastraceae - euonymus japonicus
Flowering Dogwood
Large Periwinkle
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Japanese Euonymus

27. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Lilac
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Tulip Tree

28. Rutaceae - phellodendron sachalinense
Japanese Wisteria
Cork Tree
American Linden
Forsythia

29. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Golden Current
Squawbush
Littleleaf Linden
Amur Maple

30. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
Weigela
European Beech
American Linden
Netleaf Hackberry

31. Salicaceae - populus tremuloides
Siberian Elm
Quaking Aspen
European White Birch
Lavender

32. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Japanese Pagoda
Apple
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Crabapple

33. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Redbud
Virginia Creeper
Common Honeysuckle
Forsythia

34. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Sugarberry
Fremont Mahonia
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Climbing Euonymus

35. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Large Periwinkle
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Oregon Grape
Silver Maple

36. Asteraceae - artemisia tridentata
American Beech
Amur Maple
Bumald Spiraea
Big Sagebrush

37. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
Flowering Plum
Japanese Wisteria
Smokebush
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)

38. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Bigtooth Maple
Paperbark Maple
Red Maple

39. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Flowering Plum
Apple
Wintergreen Barberry
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

40. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Alder Buckthorn
English Walnut
Tall Oregon Grape
Sugar Maple

41. Malvaceae - tilia americana
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
American Linden
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Siberian Elm

42. Pinaceae - Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Norway Maple
Pottawatomi Plum

43. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Squawbush
Narrowleaf Poplar
Joshua Tree
Burkwood's Viburnum

44. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Sandbar Willow
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Desert-Willow
American Elm

45. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Weigela
Littleleaf Linden
Redbud

46. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Flowering Dogwood
Large Periwinkle
Oregon Grape
Amur Maple

47. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Katsura Tree
Red Maple
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Western Wild Rose

48. Ginkgoaceae - ginkgo biloba
English Ivy
Ginkgo
Snowball Bush
Cork Tree

49. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
English Walnut
Japanese Barberry
Boxelder
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

50. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Inkberry
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Amur Maple
Forsythia