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Field Botany
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1. Fabaceae - robinia pseudoacacia
Bradford Pear
Desert-Willow
Black Locust
Purple Ninebark
2. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Sugar Maple
Wintergreen Barberry
Flowering Dogwood
3. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Burkwood's Viburnum
Littleleaf Linden
Weigela
Hawthorn
4. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
Silver Maple
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Large Periwinkle
Apple
5. Pinaceae - Picea glauca
English Yew (v-shaped)
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Shrubby Cinquefolia
6. Betulaceae - carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam
Black Locust
Sweet Gum
Trumpet Creeper
7. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Cottonwood
Common Snowberry
English Walnut
American Beech
8. Caprifoliaceae - symphoricarpos oreophilus
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Ninebark
Red Sumac
Mnt. Snowberry
9. Rosaceae - Cotoneaster acutifolia
Peking Cotoneaster
Pear
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Large Periwinkle
10. Cornaceae - cornus sericea
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Green Ash
Red Osier Dogwood
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
11. Salicaceae - salix integra
Siberian Elm
Cultivated Rose
Oriental aborvitae (large and horned cone)
Dappled Willow
12. Oleaceae - Ligustrum vulgare
Japanese Pagoda
American Pussy Willow
Common Privet
Dappled Willow
13. Fagaceae - Quercus robur
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Bradford Pear
American Linden
Narrowleaf Poplar
14. Pinaceae - Cedrus deodara
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Bradford Pear
Rowan
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
15. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Flowering Dogwood
Ginkgo
Chokecherry
16. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Tree
European Beech
American Beech
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
17. Rosaceae - Rosa hybrid cultivar
Desert-Willow
Hydrangea
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Cultivated Rose
18. Taxaceae - Taxus cuspidata
Weigela
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Norway Maple
Purple Ninebark
19. Malvaceae - tilia tormentosa
Purple Ninebark
Silver Linden
Apricot
Ginkgo
20. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Big Sagebrush
Four Winged Saltbrush
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Sweet Cherry
21. Ulmaceae - zelkova serrata
Beautybush
Japanese Zelkova
Climbing Nightshade
Dappled Willow
22. Cupressaceae - Taxodium distichum
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Hedge Maple
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
23. Anacardiaceae - rhus aromatica
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Squawbush
Quaking Aspen
Russian Olive
24. Rosaceae - prunus laurocerasus
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Golden Rain Tree
Cherry Laurel
25. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Beautybush
Apricot
Dappled Willow
Squawbush
26. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Cranberry Cotoneaster
Squawbush
Sugarberry
Weigela
27. Celastraceae - Euonymus fortunei
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Climbing Euonymus
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Red Sumac
28. Fabaceae - cercis canadensis
Flowering Quince
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Golden Current
Redbud
29. Rosaceae - pyrus communis
Bigtooth Maple
Smokebush
Pear
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
30. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
Tree of Heaven
Desert-Willow
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Joshua Tree
31. Fabaceae - wisteria floribunda
Katsura Tree
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Japanese Wisteria
Siberian Elm
32. Cupressaceae - Hesperocyparis arizonica
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Golden Rain Tree
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
33. Cupressaceae - Juniperus virginiana
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Fremont Mahonia
Sycamore Maple
Japanese Euonymus
34. Salicaceae - populus tremuloides
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Common Privet
Weigela
Quaking Aspen
35. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
Apricot
Green Ash
European Beech
Sandbar Willow
36. Hydrangeaceae - hydrangea sp.
Hydrangea
Oregon Grape
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Dappled Willow
37. Salicaceae - populus fremontii
Littleleaf Linden
Cottonwood
American Pussy Willow
Cultivated Rose
38. Fabaceae - caragana arborescens
Arctic Willow
Virginia Creeper
English Walnut
Siberian Pea Shrub
39. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Siberian Pea Shrub
English Walnut
Amur Maple
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
40. Aquifoliaceae - ilex glabra
Inkberry
Corkscrew Willow
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Japanese Maple
41. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Gold Dust Plant
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
American Beech
River Birch
42. Cercidiphyllaceae - cercidiphyllum japonicum
River Birch
Sweet Gum
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Katsura Tree
43. Ephedraceae - ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Apple
Oregon Grape
44. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Flowering Plum
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Cherry Laurel
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
45. Tamaricaceae - tamarix chinensis
Peking Cotoneaster
Japanese Euonymus
Norway Maple
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
46. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Climbing Nightshade
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Butterfly Bush
Japanese Zelkova
47. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Ohio Buckeye
White Mulberry
Boxwood
Scrub Oak
48. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian Olive
Tall Oregon Grape
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
False Spireae
49. Rosaceae - prunus avium
Silver Maple
American Linden
Siberian Pea Shrub
Sweet Cherry
50. Cupressaceae - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Lilac
Cultivated Rose
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)