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Field Botany

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1. Ulmaceae - ulmus parvifolia
Redbud
Red Sumac
Chinese Elm
Cranberry Cotoneaster

2. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Bridal Wreath
Forsythia
Cranberry Cotoneaster

3. Fabaceae - cercis canadensis
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Rowan
Redbud

4. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Sugar Maple
Siberian Elm
English Walnut
False Spireae

5. Rosaceae - Dasiphora fruticosa
Pear
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Burkwood's Viburnum
Amur Maple

6. Rosaceae - pyrus calleryana
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Red Maple
Bradford Pear
Tree of Heaven

7. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Red Osier Dogwood
Japanese Honeysuckle
Cliff Rose
Weeping Willow

8. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Weeping Willow
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)

9. Sapindaceae - acer saccharinum
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Lilac
Silver Maple
Dappled Willow

10. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Catawba
Golden St. Johnswort
Rubber Rabbitbrush

11. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
Red Sumac
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Climbing Nightshade
Gold Dust Plant

12. Rosaceae - crataegus sp.
Climbing Nightshade
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Hawthorn
Paperbark Maple

13. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Inkberry
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

14. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Japanese Wisteria
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Japanese Barberry

15. Cupressaceae - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Siberian Elm
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Cliff Rose

16. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
European Hornbeam
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
River Birch
Narrowleaf Poplar

17. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Netleaf Hackberry
Silver Linden
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Littleleaf Linden

18. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Sweet Cherry
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Narrowleaf Poplar
Cultivated Rose

19. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Inkberry
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Tall Oregon Grape
Joshua Tree

20. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Sandbar Willow
Red Osier Dogwood
Green Ash
Japanese Barberry

21. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Pyracantha
Boxwood
Alder Buckthorn
Cottonwood

22. Bignoniaceae - campis radicans
Sweet Gum
Corkscrew Willow
Trumpet Creeper
Norway Maple

23. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree
Bradford Pear
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Bigtooth Maple

24. Berberidaceae - Berberis julianae
Wintergreen Barberry
Sandbar Willow
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Snowball Bush

25. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Tree of Heaven
Golden St. Johnswort
Crabapple
Mnt. Snowberry

26. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Squawbush
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Bradford Pear
Siberian Elm

27. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Chokecherry
Western Wild Rose
Boxwood
Large Periwinkle

28. Ulmaceae - ulmus americana
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Golden Current
Sycamore Maple
American Elm

29. Sapindaceae - acer plantanoides
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Norway Maple
Shrubby Cinquefolia
American Hornbeam

30. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Bumald Spiraea

31. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Pyracantha
Hedge Maple
Weeping Willow
Joshua Tree

32. Ginkgoaceae - ginkgo biloba
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Common Fig
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Ginkgo

33. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Pyracantha
Rocky Mnt. Maple
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Four Winged Saltbrush

34. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lilac
Wintergreen Barberry
Green Ash

35. Pinaceae - Cedrus deodara
Norway Maple
Siberian Pea Shrub
Four Winged Saltbrush
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)

36. Bignoniaceae - chilopsis linearis
Cherry Laurel
Desert-Willow
Rocky Mnt. Maple
Lavender

37. Sapindaceae - acer griseum
Ginkgo
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Trumpet Creeper
Paperbark Maple

38. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Redbud
Cherry Laurel
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)

39. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
American Pussy Willow
Butterfly Bush
Virginia Creeper
Rocky Mnt. Maple

40. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bigtooth Maple
Japanese Wisteria
European White Birch
Sandbar Willow

41. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Golden St. Johnswort
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Tulip Tree

42. Rosaceae - physocarpus malvaceus
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Quaking Aspen
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Ninebark

43. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Dappled Willow
Rowan
Chinese Elm
American Elm

44. Caprifoliaceae - diervilla sessilifolia
Cork Tree
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Snowball Bush
Hydrangea

45. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Arctic Willow
Scrub Oak
Japanese Maple
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

46. Vitaceae - parthenocissus quinquifolia
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Virginia Creeper
European White Birch
Rose-of-Sharon

47. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Apricot
Horse Chestnut
Alder Buckthorn

48. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Bumald Spiraea
Concord Grape
Wintergreen Barberry
Elderberry

49. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Netleaf Hackberry
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

50. Garryaceae - aucuba japonica
Siberian Pea Shrub
Gold Dust Plant
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
White Mulberry