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Field Botany

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1. Cornaceae - cornus florida
Chokecherry
Siberian Elm
European Hornbeam
Flowering Dogwood

2. Ulmaceae - celtis laevigata
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Elderberry
Peking Cotoneaster
Sugarberry

3. Sapindaceae - acer plantanoides
Norway Maple
Hedge Maple
Chinese Elm
Mnt. Snowberry

4. Pinaceae - Pseudatsuga menziesii
Douglass Fir (Cone has hairy stuff)
Boxelder
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Flowering Dogwood

5. Rosaceae - purshia mexicana
Elderberry
Katsura Tree
Cliff Rose
Snowball Bush

6. Caprifoliaceae - weigela florida
Scots Pine (2 medium needles in fascicle)
Weigela
Apple
Bridal Wreath

7. Celastraceae - euonymus alatus
Butterfly Bush
Corkscrew Willow
Netleaf Hackberry
Winged Euonymus / Burning Bush

8. Anacardiaceae - rhus glabra
Red Sumac
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Snowball Bush

9. Sapindaceae - acer palmatum
Beautybush
Japanese Maple
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
American Pussy Willow

10. Platanaceae - Platanus x acerifolia
Netleaf Hackberry
Sycamore (smaller leaves - maple shaped)
Red Maple
Chinese Elm

11. Rosaceae - rosa woodsii
Western Wild Rose
Katsura Tree
Trumpet Creeper
Netleaf Hackberry

12. Salicaceae - salix exigua
Elderberry
Sandbar Willow
Bald cypress (feathery leaves)
Fremont Mahonia

13. Rosaceae - cercocarpus montanus
Japanese Wisteria
Alder-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Japanese Barberry
Bradford Pear

14. Asteraceae - ericameria nauseosus
Silver Linden
Tamarisk (Salt Cedar)
Magnolia
Rubber Rabbitbrush

15. Betulaceae - betula papyrifera
Cherry Laurel
Paper Birch
Oregon Grape
River Birch

16. Oleaceae - fraxinus pennsylvanica
Tree of Heaven
Green Ash
Sweet Cherry
Golden Current

17. Pinaceae - Pinus mugo
Mugo Pine (cup shaped - shrubby - 2 needles in fascicle)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Dappled Willow

18. Betulaceae - betula occidentalis
Plum
Common Snowberry
Bigtooth Maple
River Birch

19. Vitaceae - vitis labrusca
Black Locust
Hybrid Yew (leaves all the way around)
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Concord Grape

20. Pinaceae - Pinus flexilis
Flowering Dogwood
Tree of Heaven
Limber Pine (Flexible and 5 short needles in fascicle)
Bumald Spiraea

21. Schrophulariaceae - buddleja davidii
Flowering Plum
Butterfly Bush
Joshua Tree
Incense Cedar (seed cone with three splayed parts)

22. Sapindaceae - aesculus glabra
Flowering Plum
White Spruce (Cone w/out notches and smaller needles)
Japanese Pagoda
Ohio Buckeye

23. Oleaceae - forsythia suspensa
Forsythia
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Golden Current
Fremont Mahonia

24. Sapindaceae - acer rubrum
Butterfly Bush
Quince
Red Maple
Ponderosa Pine (3 long needles in fascicle)

25. Aquifoliaceae - ilex glabra
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Dawn redwood (yew shaped leaves)
Inkberry
Common Snowberry

26. Celastraceae - euonymus japonicus
Japanese Euonymus
Hedge Maple
Sycamore Maple
Boxwood

27. Sapindaceae - acer negundo
Utah Juniper (one seed in the seed cone)
Boxelder
Japanese Zelkova
American Linden

28. Fabaceae - cercis canadensis
Catawba
Sycamore Maple
Lilac
Redbud

29. Hamamelidaceae - liquidambar styraciflua
Wintergreen Barberry
European Beech
Pyracantha
Sweet Gum

30. Pinaceae - Abies concolor
White Fir (rounded blunt tips - smells citrusy)
Common Snowberry
Japanese Pagoda
Boxelder

31. Solanaceae - solanum dulcamara
Boxwood
Climbing Nightshade
Chinese Elm
English Ivy

32. Caprifoliaceae - lonicera japonica
Purple Ninebark
Cottonwood
Deodar Cedar (medium needles that circle round)
Japanese Honeysuckle

33. Malvaceae - hibiscus syriacus
European Larch (short needles that circle round)
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
American Sycamore (huge leaves - maple shaped)
Rose-of-Sharon

34. Malvaceae - tilia americana
English Yew (v-shaped)
American Linden
Netleaf Hackberry
Mormon Tea / Green Ephedra

35. Pinaceae - Pinus monophylla
Single Leaf Pinyon Pine (1 round needle)
Rocky Mnt. Juniper (smaller cones with multiple seeds)
English Walnut
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)

36. Rosaceae - cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Trumpet Creeper
Leather-leaf Mnt. Mahogany
Bridal Wreath

37. Fagaceae - Quercus rubra
Amur Maple
Northern Red Oak (bristle tipped leaves)
Paper Birch
Corkscrew Willow

38. Taxaceae - Taxus baccata
Virginia Creeper
Joshua Tree
Ninebark
English Yew (v-shaped)

39. Rosaceae - prunus armeniaca
Japanese Honeysuckle
Apricot
American Pussy Willow
Pottawatomi Plum

40. Sapindaceae - acer saccharum
Giant Sequoia (REALLY spiky)
Virginia Juniper (tree form)
Bridal Wreath
Sugar Maple

41. Rosaceae - prunus cerasifera
Japanese Yew (Flat Plane)
Burkwood's Viburnum
European Beech
Flowering Plum

42. Elaeagnaceae - elaeagnus angustifolia
English Oak (short petiole and and lobes at base very small)
Burkwood's Viburnum
Russian Olive
Shrubby Cinquefolia

43. Pinaceae - Pinus edulus
Bradford Pear
Pinyon Pine (2 short medium needles in fascicle)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Bigtooth Maple

44. Adoxaceae - viburnum x burkwoodii

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45. Berberidaceae - berberis fremontii
River Birch
Fremont Mahonia
Golden St. Johnswort
Climbing Nightshade

46. Anacardiaceae - cotinus coggygria
Japanese Zelkova
Black Walnut
Japanese Honeysuckle
Smokebush

47. Apocynaceae - vinca major
Thin-leaf alder
Cherry Laurel
Silver Linden
Large Periwinkle

48. Rosaceae - physocarpus opulafolius
Japanese Barberry
Mossy-Cup Oak (feathery acorn - middle lobes almost to middle)
English Yew (v-shaped)
Purple Ninebark

49. Hypericaceae - hypericum frondosum
Juniper (shrub form)
Atlas Cedar (Needles star clusters and birch cone)
Golden St. Johnswort
Flowering Plum

50. Ulmaceae - ulmus pumila
Paper Birch
Black Pine (2 long needles in fascicle and star bud)
Apricot
Siberian Elm