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Field Botany

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1. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
European Beech
Japanese Wisteria
Climbing Nightshade
Climbing Euonymus

2. Salicaceae - salix integra
Snowball Bush
Black Walnut
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Dappled Willow

3. Amaranthaceae - atriplex canescens
Four Winged Saltbrush
Magnolia
Cork Tree
Horse Chestnut

4. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
European White Birch
Hedge Maple
Red Sumac

5. Pinaceae - Cedrus atlantica
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)

6. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Forsythia
Pear
Lilac
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

7. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Forsythia
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Norway Maple
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

8. Sapindaceae - acer glabrum
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Rocky Mnt. Maple
English Walnut

9. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)
Boxwood

10. Fagaceae - Quercus rubra
River Birch
Ginkgo
Boxwood
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)

11. Cercidiphyllaceae - cercidiphyllum japonicum
Bridal Wreath
Pottawatomi Plum
Flowering Plum
Katsura Tree

12. Cupressaceae - Hesperocyparis arizonica
Inkberry
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Joshua Tree
Green Ash

13. Cornaceae - cornus sericea
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Japanese Barberry
Red Osier Dogwood
Bigtooth Maple

14. Fagaceae - Quercus macrocarpa
English Yew (v-shaped)
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Quince

15. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos oreophilus
Catawba
Ohio Buckeye
Pottawatomi Plum
Mnt. Snowberry

16. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Climbing Euonymus
Large Periwinkle
Common Fig
Black Locust

17. Adoxaceae - Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Rowan
Quince
Bristlecone Pine (resin ducts and 5 needles in fascicle)
Leatherleaf Viburnum

18. Bignoniaceae - catalpa speciosa
Ninebark
Desert-Willow
Catawba
Hawthorn

19. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Butterfly Bush
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Pear

20. Fagaceae - fagus grandifolia
Apple
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Pyracantha
American Beech

21. Rosaceae - prunus americana
Fremont Mahonia
Pottawatomi Plum
Rose-of-Sharon
Cliff Rose

22. Caprifoliaceae - kolwitzia amabalis
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Amur Maple
Inkberry
Beautybush

23. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Joshua Tree

24. Taxaceae - Taxus x media
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
White Sage
Golden Current

25. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Horse Chestnut
English Walnut
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Narrowleaf Poplar

26. Tamaricaceae - tamarix chinensis
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Common Hackberry
Plum
Hydrangea

27. Moraceae - morus alba
White Mulberry
European Hornbeam
Netleaf Hackberry
Flowering Quince

28. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Snowball Bush
Rowan
Honey Locust
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

29. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Snowball Bush
Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Golden St. Johnswort

30. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Crabapple
Shrubby Cinquefolia
European White Birch
Big Sagebrush

31. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Western Wild Rose
Common Privet
Pear
Lilac

32. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Quaking Aspen
Juniper (shrub form)
Japanese Pagoda
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)

33. Fabaceae - sophora japonica
River Birch
Common Hackberry
Japanese Pagoda
Japanese Maple

34. Rosaceae - sorbaria sorbifolia
False Spireae
Boxwood
Apple
Wintergreen Barberry

35. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam
Lilac
Paper Birch
White Mulberry

36. Malvaceae - tilia americana
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
American Linden
Golden Current

37. Adoxaceae - sambucus coerulea
Elderberry
Katsura Tree
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Tall Oregon Grape

38. Rosaceae - cotoneaster salicifolia rapandens
Flowering Dogwood
Rose-of-Sharon
American Beech
Willowleaf Cotoneaster

39. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Netleaf Hackberry
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Sweet Gum
River Birch

40. Cupressaceae - Juniperus virginiana
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Common Honeysuckle
Hawthorn
Climbing Nightshade

41. Fagaceae - quercus gambelii
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Common Fig
Scrub Oak
Common Honeysuckle

42. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Red Maple
Magnolia

43. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)
Cork Tree
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Fremont Mahonia

44. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Red Maple
Sweet Gum
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)

45. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Japanese Zelkova
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Flowering Quince

46. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Large Periwinkle
Squawbush
Bradford Pear
Flowering Quince

47. Rosaceae - physocarpus malvaceus
Sugar Maple
Ninebark
False Spireae
Common Hackberry

48. Grossulariaceae - ribes aureum
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Golden Current
Big Sagebrush
Netleaf Hackberry

49. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Sugarberry
European Larch (short needles that circle round)

50. Araliaceae - hedera helix
Western Wild Rose
English Ivy
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)