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Field Botany

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1. Malvaceae - tilia tormentosa
White Mulberry
Silver Linden
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Japanese Maple

2. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Flowering Plum
Japanese Pagoda
Cultivated Rose

3. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
Siberian Elm
Japanese Honeysuckle
Fremont Mahonia
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

4. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Oregon Grape
Plum
English Ivy
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

5. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Plum
Boxwood
Hydrangea
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

6. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Inkberry
Rowan
Weeping Willow

7. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Siberian Elm
Silver Maple
Quaking Aspen
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

8. Ulmaceae - celtis occidentalis
Common Hackberry
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Sandbar Willow
Willowleaf Cotoneaster

9. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Horse Chestnut
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Hedge Maple

10. Pinaceae - Pinus ponderosa
Japanese Honeysuckle
Tree of Heaven
Juniper (shrub form)
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

11. Rosaceae - spiraea x vanhouttei
Weeping Willow
Arctic Willow
Lilac
Bridal Wreath

12. Moraceae - morus alba
Alder Buckthorn
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
American Beech
White Mulberry

13. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

14. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Scrub Oak
Bigtooth Maple
European Beech

15. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Juniper (shrub form)
Bridal Wreath
Scrub Oak
Western Wild Rose

16. Fabaceae - cercis canadensis
Redbud
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Red Sumac
Cliff Rose

17. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
American Hornbeam
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Concord Grape
Silver Linden

18. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Western Wild Rose
Climbing Euonymus
Rose-of-Sharon
Japanese Barberry

19. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Weeping Willow
Concord Grape
Japanese Maple

20. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Cultivated Rose
Siberian Elm
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Alder Buckthorn

21. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Pear
Western Wild Rose
Big Sagebrush

22. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Juniper (shrub form)
Pottawatomi Plum
Apple
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)

23. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
Dappled Willow
European Beech
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Tree of Heaven

24. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
English Ivy
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
White Sage

25. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Common Privet
Netleaf Hackberry
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Catawba

26. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
European Hornbeam
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

27. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Japanese Zelkova
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
American Elm
European Beech

28. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos oreophilus
Beautybush
Mnt. Snowberry
American Beech
American Hornbeam

29. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Forsythia
Oregon Grape
Littleleaf Linden

30. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Sugar Maple
Quaking Aspen
Tree of Heaven
American Linden

31. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree
Paper Birch
Siberian Elm
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

32. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
American Hornbeam
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Virginia Creeper
Black Locust

33. Ulmaceae - ulmus americana
Rose-of-Sharon
Common Snowberry
American Elm
American Pussy Willow

34. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Russian Olive
Concord Grape
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

35. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Japanese Wisteria
Silver Maple
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)

36. Salicaceae - salix purpurea
Arctic Willow
Amur Maple
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
European Beech

37. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Honey Locust
Beautybush
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)

38. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Pottawatomi Plum
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Tree of Heaven
Boxelder

39. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Wintergreen Barberry
Oregon Grape
Ninebark
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

40. Rosaceae - prunus domestica
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Snowball Bush
Plum

41. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Gold Dust Plant
Ohio Buckeye
Narrowleaf Poplar

42. Rosaceae - spiraea x bumalda
Large Periwinkle
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Bumald Spiraea
Japanese Wisteria

43. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Arctic Willow
False Spireae
Sugar Maple

44. Caprifoliaceae - Lonicera tatarica
Redbud
Common Honeysuckle
Japanese Honeysuckle
Hedge Maple

45. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Virginia Creeper
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Japanese Honeysuckle
European Larch (short needles that circle round)

46. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Butterfly Bush
Cliff Rose
English Walnut
Silver Maple

47. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Juniper (shrub form)
English Walnut
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

48. Fabaceae - robinia pseudoacacia
Oregon Grape
Hedge Maple
Japanese Honeysuckle
Black Locust

49. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
River Birch
Bearberry Cotoneaster
European Hornbeam
Cottonwood

50. Salicaceae - salix discolor
American Pussy Willow
Wintergreen Barberry
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush