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Field Botany

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1. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Japanese Zelkova
Ginkgo
Amur Maple
English Walnut

2. Ginkgoaceae - ginkgo biloba
Butterfly Bush
Paperbark Maple
Smokebush
Ginkgo

3. Platanaceae - Platanus occidentalis
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Golden Current
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)

4. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Quaking Aspen
Siberian Elm
Wintergreen Barberry
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

5. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Fremont Mahonia
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Western Wild Rose
Trumpet Creeper

6. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Climbing Nightshade
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Cliff Rose

7. Ulmaceae - celtis occidentalis
Chinese Elm
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Common Hackberry
Rocky Mnt. Maple

8. Cupressaceae - Juniperus sp.
Desert-Willow
Green Ash
Juniper (shrub form)
Squawbush

9. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Ginkgo
Sugarberry
Lilac
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)

10. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Cultivated Rose
Desert-Willow
Trumpet Creeper
Cherry Laurel

11. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
Silver Linden
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
River Birch
Cranberry Cotoneaster

12. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Wintergreen Barberry
Netleaf Hackberry
Hydrangea
Squawbush

13. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
False Spireae
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)

14. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Netleaf Hackberry
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

15. Rosaceae - pyrus calleryana
White Mulberry
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Lavender
Bradford Pear

16. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Japanese Euonymus
Hawthorn
American Hornbeam
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

17. Tamaricaceae - tamarix chinensis
Black Walnut
Inkberry
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

18. Pinaceae - Cedrus deodara
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Sweet Cherry
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Dappled Willow

19. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Tree
American Pussy Willow
Magnolia
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

20. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Large Periwinkle
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Tall Oregon Grape
Siberian Pea Shrub

21. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Boxwood
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Golden St. Johnswort

22. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Desert-Willow
White Sage
Common Honeysuckle
Sandbar Willow

23. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Sugarberry
Bumald Spiraea
White Mulberry
English Ivy

24. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Butterfly Bush
Japanese Wisteria
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

25. Caprifoliaceae - Lonicera tatarica
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Peking Cotoneaster
Sugar Maple
Common Honeysuckle

26. Salicaceae - salix discolor
Apple
Horse Chestnut
American Pussy Willow
Japanese Barberry

27. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Western Wild Rose
Forsythia
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

28. Cupressaceae - Platycladus orientalis
Gold Dust Plant
Butterfly Bush
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

29. Rosaceae - prunus americana
Hydrangea
Large Periwinkle
Corkscrew Willow
Pottawatomi Plum

30. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Common Honeysuckle
Hawthorn
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Trumpet Creeper

31. Salicaceae - salix integra
Inkberry
Siberian Elm
Dappled Willow
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)

32. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Lavender
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Japanese Pagoda
Wintergreen Barberry

33. Malvaceae - tilia tormentosa
Quaking Aspen
Peking Cotoneaster
Silver Linden
Kentucky Coffee Tree

34. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Gold Dust Plant
Japanese Barberry
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

35. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Cliff Rose
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Bradford Pear
European Larch (short needles that circle round)

36. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leatherleaf Viburnum
English Walnut
Apricot
Boxwood

37. Salicaceae - salix matsudana var. tortuosa
Tulip Tree
Japanese Barberry
Corkscrew Willow
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

38. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Corkscrew Willow
Ohio Buckeye
Common Snowberry

39. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Red Osier Dogwood
Climbing Nightshade
Littleleaf Linden
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)

40. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Scrub Oak
Hedge Maple
Japanese Barberry
Western Wild Rose

41. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Siberian Pea Shrub
Beautybush
Amur Maple
Pottawatomi Plum

42. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Ninebark
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
European White Birch
Gold Dust Plant

43. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
Sugar Maple
Amur Maple
Boxwood
Fremont Mahonia

44. Pinaceae - Pinus mugo
Crabapple
Pear
Trumpet Creeper
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)

45. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Weeping Willow
Honey Locust
Green Ash
Bigtooth Maple

46. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
River Birch
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Common Honeysuckle
Gold Dust Plant

47. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Cliff Rose
Red Maple
Boxwood

48. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Weigela
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Black Walnut
English Ivy

49. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Bridal Wreath
Oregon Grape
Juniper (shrub form)
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

50. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Pyracantha
Russian Olive
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Boxwood