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Field Botany

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1. Rosaceae - pyrus calleryana
European Hornbeam
Bradford Pear
White Sage
Alder Buckthorn

2. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Common Snowberry
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Rubber Rabbitbrush

3. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
Alder Buckthorn
Smokebush
Red Maple
Japanese Wisteria

4. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Arctic Willow
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Japanese Barberry
Wintergreen Barberry

5. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Large Periwinkle
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Quince

6. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Plum
Alder Buckthorn
Narrowleaf Poplar
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

7. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Horse Chestnut
Chokecherry
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

8. Pinaceae - Pinus mugo
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
River Birch
Littleleaf Linden
Rowan

9. Moraceae - morus alba
White Mulberry
Climbing Euonymus
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)

10. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
European Hornbeam
Beautybush
Silver Maple

11. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Smokebush
American Hornbeam
Climbing Euonymus

12. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Catawba
Green Ash
Cork Tree
Hydrangea

13. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
English Yew (v-shaped)
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Red Sumac
English Walnut

14. Cornaceae - cornus sericea
Red Osier Dogwood
Dappled Willow
Pottawatomi Plum
Hedge Maple

15. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Catawba
Paper Birch
Kentucky Coffee Tree

16. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Climbing Euonymus
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
English Ivy

17. Anacardiaceae - cotinus coggygria
Smokebush
Scrub Oak
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
European Larch (short needles that circle round)

18. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Fremont Mahonia
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

19. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Japanese Zelkova
Wintergreen Barberry
Golden Rain Tree

20. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Quince
European Hornbeam
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Joshua Tree

21. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Hydrangea
Paper Birch
Willowleaf Cotoneaster

22. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
False Spireae
Pottawatomi Plum
Sandbar Willow
Japanese Zelkova

23. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Big Sagebrush
Common Honeysuckle
Littleleaf Linden
Sugar Maple

24. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
Juniper (shrub form)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Japanese Pagoda

25. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
English Yew (v-shaped)
Juniper (shrub form)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Bradford Pear

26. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Littleleaf Linden
Rose-of-Sharon
False Spireae

27. Rosaceae - physocarpus malvaceus
Common Snowberry
Netleaf Hackberry
White Mulberry
Ninebark

28. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bigtooth Maple
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Sycamore Maple
River Birch

29. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
Corkscrew Willow
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Japanese Honeysuckle
American Elm

30. Fagaceae - Quercus macrocarpa
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Golden Rain Tree
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

31. Fabaceae - robinia pseudoacacia
Arctic Willow
Black Locust
Four Winged Saltbrush
Common Snowberry

32. Adoxaceae - viburnum opulus
Snowball Bush
Magnolia
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

33. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Trumpet Creeper
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Quince

34. Rosaceae - cotoneaster salicifolia rapandens
Fremont Mahonia
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Pyracantha
American Hornbeam

35. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Scrub Oak
Siberian Pea Shrub
Hydrangea
Willowleaf Cotoneaster

36. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Tulip Tree
European White Birch
Four Winged Saltbrush
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

37. Rosaceae - prunus domestica
English Ivy
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Plum
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

38. Rutaceae - phellodendron sachalinense
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Cork Tree
Redbud
Lavender

39. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Ohio Buckeye
Common Fig
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Peking Cotoneaster

40. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
Scrub Oak
Big Sagebrush
Wintergreen Barberry

41. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Scrub Oak
Russian Olive
Butterfly Bush
American Beech

42. Caprifoliaceae - diervilla sessilifolia
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Snowball Bush
Japanese Barberry
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

43. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Apple
European Beech
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Rose-of-Sharon

44. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Bradford Pear
Sugarberry
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

45. Pinaceae - Picea pungens
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Redbud
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Joshua Tree

46. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Juniper (shrub form)
European White Birch
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)

47. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Butterfly Bush
Cottonwood
Cliff Rose
Golden Rain Tree

48. Fagaceae - fagus grandifolia
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
English Yew (v-shaped)
American Beech
American Pussy Willow

49. Cupressaceae - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Ohio Buckeye
Pottawatomi Plum
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Bigtooth Maple

50. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Amur Maple
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Squawbush