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Field Botany

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1. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Red Maple
Boxelder
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra
Cherry Laurel

2. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Silver Maple
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Golden St. Johnswort
Redbud

3. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Flowering Dogwood
Cliff Rose
Sugarberry
Tulip Tree

4. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Quince
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Green Ash
Chokecherry

5. Fabaceae - gleditsia triacanthos
Alder Buckthorn
Paperbark Maple
Honey Locust
Weeping Willow

6. Rosaceae - prunus americana
American Beech
Pottawatomi Plum
European Hornbeam
Snowball Bush

7. Rosaceae - prunus virginiana
Climbing Euonymus
Squawbush
Thin-leaf alder
Chokecherry

8. Fabaceae - gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Japanese Pagoda
Red Maple
Magnolia

9. Salicaceae - populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
Quince
Climbing Euonymus
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)

10. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Golden Current
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Silver Linden

11. Ulmaceae - ulmus americana
Katsura Tree
Fremont Mahonia
American Elm
Crabapple

12. Rosaceae - malus x domestica
Honey Locust
Tulip Tree
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Apple

13. Fagaceae - fagus sylvatica
European Beech
Tree of Heaven
Cranberry Cotoneaster
American Hornbeam

14. Rosaceae - chaenomeles japonica
Common Privet
American Linden
Flowering Quince
Apple

15. Betulaceae - betula pendula
Norway Maple
European White Birch
Weigela
Quince

16. Juglandaceae - juglans regia
Boxelder
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
English Walnut
Paperbark Maple

17. Rosaceae - cercocarpus ledifolius
English Walnut
Japanese Barberry
Silver Linden
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany

18. Cupressaceae - Juniperus scopulorum
Climbing Euonymus
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
White Mulberry
Quince

19. Malvaceae - tilia americana
Common Fig
English Walnut
Apricot
American Linden

20. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Climbing Nightshade
Cliff Rose

21. Cupressaceae - Sequiadendron giganteum
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)

22. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Climbing Nightshade
Tulip Tree
Bradford Pear

23. Salicaceae - salix discolor
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Paperbark Maple
American Pussy Willow
Beautybush

24. Asteraceae - artemisia ludoviciana
Smokebush
White Sage
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
False Spireae

25. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
Rose-of-Sharon
River Birch
Joshua Tree
Norway Maple

26. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Japanese Euonymus
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Ohio Buckeye

27. Rhamnaceae - frangula alnus subsp. baetica
Paperbark Maple
Desert-Willow
Alder Buckthorn
Cultivated Rose

28. Ulmaceae - celtis reticulata
Netleaf Hackberry
Paper Birch
False Spireae
Desert-Willow

29. Malvaceae - tilia cordata
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush
Crabapple
Littleleaf Linden

30. Berberidaceae - berberis thunbergii
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Lavender
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Japanese Barberry

31. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Red Maple
Arizona Cypress (cones look like horned brussel sprouts)
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)

32. Pinaceae - Picea pungens
Tall Oregon Grape
Common Fig
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)

33. Salicaceae - populus angustifolia
Quaking Aspen
Dappled Willow
Smokebush
Narrowleaf Poplar

34. Rosaceae - physocarpus opulafolius
Purple Ninebark
Common Hackberry
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
River Birch

35. Asparagaceae - yucca brevifolia
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
Squawbush
Bridal Wreath
Joshua Tree

36. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Narrowleaf Poplar
Honey Locust
Burkwood's Viburnum

37. Sapindaceae - aesculus hippocastanum
Japanese Maple
Big Sagebrush
Rowan
Horse Chestnut

38. Magnoliaceae - liriodendron tulipifera
Boxelder
Colorado Blue Spruce (Cone has notches and larger needles)
Flowering Plum
Tulip Tree

39. Salicaceae - salix babylonica
Chokecherry
Weeping Willow
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
Bradford Pear

40. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Japanese Pagoda
Amur Maple
Forsythia
Quaking Aspen

41. Simaroubacceae - ailanthus altissima
White Sage
English Walnut
Tree of Heaven
Common Hackberry

42. Pinaceae - Pinus nigra
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Climbing Euonymus
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Squawbush

43. Buxaceae - Buxus sempervirens
Bigtooth Maple
Japanese Wisteria
Boxwood
European Hornbeam

44. Rosaceae - malus floribunda
Chinese Elm
Boxwood
Japanese Pagoda
Crabapple

45. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Katsura Tree
Pyracantha
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Butterfly Bush

46. Sapindaceae - acer tataricum
Apricot
American Hornbeam
Amur Maple
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)

47. Moraceae - morus alba
Norway Maple
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Red Osier Dogwood
White Mulberry

48. Moraceae - ficus carica
Japanese Barberry
Amur Maple
Common Fig
Catawba

49. Fabaceae - robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
Honey Locust
Shrubby Cinquefolia
Black Walnut

50. Berberidaceae - berberis repens
Siberian Pea Shrub
Norway Maple
Oregon Grape
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)