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Field Botany

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1. Salicaceae - salix matsudana var. tortuosa
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Corkscrew Willow
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Alder Buckthorn

2. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Katsura Tree
Boxelder
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Flowering Quince

3. Celastraceae - euonymus japonicus
Japanese Euonymus
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Desert-Willow
Russian Olive

4. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
River Birch
Concord Grape
Cliff Rose
Leatherleaf Viburnum

5. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Siberian Elm
Wintergreen Barberry
English Walnut
Gold Dust Plant

6. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Four Winged Saltbrush
Sweet Gum
Black Locust

7. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
Thin-leaf alder
American Linden
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Rocky Mnt. Maple

8. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Golden Rain Tree
Honey Locust
Flowering Dogwood
Kentucky Coffee Tree

9. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Black Walnut
Horse Chestnut
Red Osier Dogwood

10. Berberidaceae - berberis repens
Thin-leaf alder
Oregon Grape
Rose-of-Sharon
European Hornbeam

11. Cupressaceae - Juniperus virginiana
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Japanese Pagoda
Mnt. Snowberry

12. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Hydrangea
Narrowleaf Poplar
European White Birch
Norway Maple

13. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Hydrangea
Concord Grape
Weigela
Oregon Grape

14. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree
Desert-Willow
Scrub Oak
Elderberry

15. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Russian Olive
White Mulberry
Littleleaf Linden
English Walnut

16. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Weigela
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Arctic Willow
Silver Maple

17. Rosaceae - cydonia oblongata
Cultivated Rose
Quince
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Flowering Plum

18. Pinaceae - Larix decidua
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Weigela
Big Sagebrush

19. Cupressaceae - Platycladus orientalis
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Red Osier Dogwood
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Flowering Quince

20. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bradford Pear
Ginkgo
Bigtooth Maple
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

21. Fagaceae - Quercus rubra
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Japanese Wisteria
Red Sumac

22. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Ohio Buckeye
Sandbar Willow
White Mulberry

23. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Cultivated Rose
Ninebark
Climbing Euonymus
Golden Current

24. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

25. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Boxwood
Trumpet Creeper
Juniper (shrub form)
Horse Chestnut

26. Salicaceae - populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
Black Walnut
Climbing Nightshade
Peking Cotoneaster

27. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Sugar Maple
Sugarberry
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Rowan

28. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
Cottonwood
Paperbark Maple
English Ivy
Golden Rain Tree

29. Sapindaceae - acer campestre
Hedge Maple
American Elm
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
European White Birch

30. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
European Beech
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

31. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
Flowering Quince
Virginia Creeper
Rubber Rabbitbrush
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

32. Anacardiaceae - cotinus coggygria
Sugar Maple
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Dappled Willow
Smokebush

33. Rosaceae - spiraea x vanhouttei
Juniper (shrub form)
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Bridal Wreath
Weeping Willow

34. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
Squawbush
False Spireae
Japanese Wisteria
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)

35. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
Golden Current
Sugar Maple
Quince
American Hornbeam

36. Rosaceae - spiraea x bumalda
Bumald Spiraea
Rose-of-Sharon
Concord Grape
Sycamore Maple

37. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Snowball Bush
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Pear

38. Rosaceae - physocarpus malvaceus
Desert-Willow
Hedge Maple
Trumpet Creeper
Ninebark

39. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Common Honeysuckle
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Gold Dust Plant

40. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
Western Wild Rose
Siberian Pea Shrub
Virginia Creeper
Weigela

41. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Honey Locust
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
White Sage
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

42. Fabaceae - robinia pseudoacacia
American Hornbeam
Thin-leaf alder
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Black Locust

43. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Peking Cotoneaster
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Common Hackberry
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

44. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Flowering Plum
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Rose-of-Sharon
Catawba

45. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Western Wild Rose
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Golden St. Johnswort
Squawbush

46. Rosaceae - cotoneaster salicifolia rapandens
Katsura Tree
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

47. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Sugarberry
Flowering Plum
Western Wild Rose

48. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
Littleleaf Linden
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Climbing Euonymus
Japanese Pagoda

49. Lamiaceae - lavandula angustifolia
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Climbing Nightshade
Lavender
Japanese Wisteria

50. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Siberian Pea Shrub
Sycamore Maple
Apricot
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)