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Field Botany

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1. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
English Yew (v-shaped)
Siberian Elm
Four Winged Saltbrush
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)

2. Sapindaceae - aesculus glabra
Large Periwinkle
Ohio Buckeye
Peking Cotoneaster
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

3. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Japanese Maple
Littleleaf Linden
Bigtooth Maple

4. Asteraceae - ericameria nauseosus
American Elm
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Honey Locust
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

5. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Red Osier Dogwood
Cottonwood
Rowan
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

6. Rosaceae - spiraea x bumalda
Bumald Spiraea
Plum
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Magnolia

7. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Silver Maple
Hydrangea
Siberian Pea Shrub
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

8. Tamaricaceae - tamarix chinensis
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Gold Dust Plant
Common Honeysuckle

9. Magnoliaceae - magnolia sp.
Magnolia
Butterfly Bush
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

10. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Climbing Nightshade
American Hornbeam
Oregon Grape
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

11. Rosaceae - pyracantha coccinea
Cork Tree
Lilac
Pyracantha
Cliff Rose

12. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Elderberry
Hydrangea
Quince
Cottonwood

13. Pinaceae - Pinus ponderosa
Common Snowberry
Hydrangea
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Japanese Pagoda

14. Aquifoliaceae - ilex glabra
Inkberry
Lilac
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Japanese Barberry

15. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Large Periwinkle
European Hornbeam
Black Walnut

16. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
Boxwood
Squawbush
Rose-of-Sharon
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

17. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos oreophilus
Hawthorn
Mnt. Snowberry
Apricot
Common Privet

18. Asteraceae - artemisia tridentata
Netleaf Hackberry
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Big Sagebrush
Paper Birch

19. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
White Mulberry
Climbing Euonymus
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Tree of Heaven

20. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Common Fig
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Juniper (shrub form)

21. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Smokebush
Lilac
Cliff Rose

22. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Trumpet Creeper
Chokecherry

23. Pinaceae - Pinus longaeva
Cherry Laurel
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Tulip Tree
Russian Olive

24. Cupressaceae - Juniperus osteosperma
Apple
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Japanese Barberry
Snowball Bush

25. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
English Walnut
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Thin-leaf alder
Rose-of-Sharon

26. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Paperbark Maple
Amur Maple
American Pussy Willow
River Birch

27. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
Inkberry
Tree of Heaven
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Japanese Maple

28. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Weigela
Golden Rain Tree
Littleleaf Linden
Japanese Honeysuckle

29. Rosaceae - pyrus calleryana
Common Fig
Quaking Aspen
Bradford Pear
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

30. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Pear
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Silver Linden
Boxelder

31. Rosaceae - chaenomeles japonica
Flowering Quince
Beautybush
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

32. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Norway Maple
Russian Olive
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Japanese Zelkova

33. Cupressaceae - Hesperocyparis arizonica
Weigela
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

34. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Wintergreen Barberry
Tall Oregon Grape

35. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Ginkgo
Netleaf Hackberry
Black Walnut
Narrowleaf Poplar

36. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian Olive
Elderberry
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Cherry Laurel

37. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Squawbush
Chinese Elm
Big Sagebrush
Narrowleaf Poplar

38. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
European Hornbeam
Western Wild Rose
Thin-leaf alder
Gold Dust Plant

39. Cupressaceae - Juniperus scopulorum
Trumpet Creeper
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Flowering Dogwood

40. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Hydrangea
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
American Hornbeam
Common Privet

41. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
American Elm
Golden Rain Tree
English Ivy
Catawba

42. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Rocky Mnt. Maple
English Yew (v-shaped)
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Southern Bush Honeysuckle

43. Pinaceae - Pinus sylvestris
Rose-of-Sharon
Chinese Elm
Boxwood
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

44. Caprifoliaceae - diervilla sessilifolia
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Ginkgo
Japanese Wisteria
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

45. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Pear
Paper Birch
River Birch
Four Winged Saltbrush

46. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Oregon Grape
Tulip Tree
Bigtooth Maple

47. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Zelkova
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

48. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
European Beech
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Dappled Willow
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

49. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Cliff Rose
Quince
Netleaf Hackberry

50. Pinaceae - Picea pungens
Ninebark
Silver Maple
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Amur Maple