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Field Botany

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1. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Sandbar Willow
Western Wild Rose
American Linden

2. Malvaceae - tilia americana
American Linden
Netleaf Hackberry
Apple
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)

3. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
Quaking Aspen
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Hydrangea

4. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Wintergreen Barberry
Sweet Gum
River Birch
White Sage

5. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
American Beech
Rose-of-Sharon
Golden Rain Tree

6. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Chokecherry
Trumpet Creeper
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)

7. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Butterfly Bush
Lavender
Red Osier Dogwood
Russian Olive

8. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos albus
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Silver Linden
Flowering Quince
Common Snowberry

9. Anacardiaceae - Rhus typhina
Chokecherry
Hydrangea
Staghorn Sumac (Fuzzy everything!)
Amur Maple

10. Asteraceae - ericameria nauseosus
Rowan
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Netleaf Hackberry
Western Wild Rose

11. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Rose-of-Sharon
Tulip Tree
Magnolia

12. Sapindaceae - koelreutaria paniculata
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Golden Rain Tree
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Common Fig

13. Magnoliaceae - magnolia sp.
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Magnolia
Virginia Creeper
Common Snowberry

14. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Netleaf Hackberry
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Russian Olive
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

15. Betulaceae - carpinus caroliniana
American Hornbeam
Western Wild Rose
Japanese Pagoda
Snowball Bush

16. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Paperbark Maple
Red Maple
Gold Dust Plant

17. Ginkgoaceae - ginkgo biloba
Japanese Maple
Sweet Cherry
Sweet Gum
Ginkgo

18. Platanaceae - Platanus occidentalis
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Weigela
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Squawbush

19. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Russian Olive
Sweet Cherry
River Birch
Weigela

20. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Cherry Laurel
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
White Sage

21. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Crabapple
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Japanese Pagoda
Boxwood

22. Cupressaceae - Calocedrus decurrens
Crabapple
Narrowleaf Poplar
Beautybush
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

23. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
Pyracantha
Redbud
European Hornbeam
Silver Maple

24. Sapindaceae - acer grandidentatum
Bigtooth Maple
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)

25. Oleaceae - syringa vulgaris
Flowering Plum
Magnolia
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Lilac

26. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Black Locust
White Sage
Silver Maple
English Walnut

27. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Red Sumac
Boxwood
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Golden St. Johnswort

28. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
Japanese Honeysuckle
American Elm
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)

29. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
Red Sumac
Bearberry Cotoneaster
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Magnolia

30. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Black Walnut
Flowering Plum
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)

31. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Sycamore Maple
American Beech
Cherry Laurel
Tall Oregon Grape

32. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Sweet Cherry
Honey Locust
English Ivy
Pear

33. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
Sweet Gum
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Japanese Wisteria

34. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Bradford Pear
Japanese Honeysuckle

35. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
Japanese Maple
False Spireae
Japanese Zelkova
Elderberry

36. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Scrub Oak
Squawbush
Flowering Plum
Hydrangea

37. Rosaceae - physocarpus opulafolius
Purple Ninebark
Rowan
Black Walnut
English Ivy

38. Pinaceae - Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Quince
Sugarberry
Tulip Tree

39. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

40. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Japanese Barberry
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)

41. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Flowering Dogwood
Cultivated Rose
Pear
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

42. Salicaceae - salix purpurea
Arctic Willow
Silver Linden
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Golden St. Johnswort

43. Cercidiphyllaceae - cercidiphyllum japonicum
Quince
Katsura Tree
Juniper (shrub form)
Black Locust

44. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster apiculatus
European Hornbeam
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Netleaf Hackberry
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

45. Rosaceae - sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Ninebark
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Japanese Euonymus

46. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Weigela
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Peking Cotoneaster

47. Salicaceae - salix matsudana var. tortuosa
Thin-leaf alder
Corkscrew Willow
Red Maple
Japanese Wisteria

48. Fagaceae - fagus grandifolia
Quaking Aspen
Thin-leaf alder
Honey Locust
American Beech

49. Berberidaceae - Berberis aquifolium
Tall Oregon Grape
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
White Sage
Sugar Maple

50. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Japanese Maple
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Big Sagebrush
Hydrangea