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89 Cards in this Set
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Red Maple, Acer rubrum Family: Aceraceae Fruit: Samara specific epithet: red use: song birds eat fruit |
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Aralia Spinosa Devil's walking stick, hercules' club Family name: Araliaceae (ginsing) Fruit: purple drupe (poisonous to humans) specific epithet: spiny use: leaves boiled and eaten |
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Diospyros virginiana Persimmon, common persimmon Family: Ebenaceae Fruit: berry use: golf club heads |
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Pinus teada loblolly pine Family: Pinaceae Fruit: cone specific epithet: torch wood use: pulp, lumber |
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Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Family: Pinaceae Fruit: cone (black stripe in scale) use: christmas trees |
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Prunus serotina black cherry, wild black cherry Family: Rosaceae Fruit: dark purple drupe specific epithet: late flowering use: black bears eat fruit |
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Quercus alba white oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: white |
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Quercus stellata post oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: starred |
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Quercus falcata Southern red oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: turkey foot |
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Rhus copallina winged sumac, shining sumac Family: Anacardiaceae (cashew) Fruit: red drupe |
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Toxicodendron radicans poison-ivy Family: Anacardiaceae Fruit: green and yellow drupe specific epithet: adventitious rooting |
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Amelanchier arborea downy serviceberry Family: Rosaceae Fruit: dark purple pome use: humans and crows eat fruit |
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Carya glabra pignut hickory, pignut Family: Juglandaceae (walnut) Fruit: nut use: railroad ties, nuts eaten by squirrels but not humans |
5 Leaflets, no flaky bark
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Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory, white hickory Family: Juglandaceae Fruit: nut (eaten by humans) |
thick husk
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Cornus florida flowering dogwood, dogwood Family: Cornaceae Fruit: red drupe specific epithet: flowering use: grouse eat fruit, weaving shuttles *dogwood anthracnose= disease |
Arcuate venation |
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Nyssa sylvatica black gum, black tupelo Family: Cornaceae or Nyssaceae Fruit: drupe (dark blue) use: bee tree |
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Pinus echinata shortleaf pine, shortleaf Family: Pinaceae Fruit: cone use: sold as yellow pine, seeds eaten by songbirds |
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Quercus coccinea scarlet oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: scarlet |
mask-like, shiny ridges, ringed end acorns
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Quercus velutina black oak, quercitron Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: velvety (young leaves) use: inner bark produces yellow dye |
velvety leaves
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Robinia psuedoacacia black locust Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae Fruit: legume Paired Stipular Spines use: cabin construction (shrinks less) *poisonous to livestock |
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Rosa multiflora multiflora rose Family: Rosaceae Fruit: achene use: hips for brewing tea, wildlife cover |
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Vaccinium arboreum farkleberry, sparkleberry Family: Ericaceae Fruit: berry |
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Vaccinium sp. blueberry Family: Ericaceae Fruit: berry use: WTD eat foliage |
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Alnus serrulata hazel alder, smooth alder Family: Betulaceae (birch) Fruit: nutlet or samara specific epithet: finely saw-toothed use: wetland restoration |
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Carpinus caroliniana musclewood, bluebeech Family: Betulaceae Fruit: nutlet use: tool handles |
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Cercis canadensis redbud, Judas tree Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae Fruit: legume flowers edible |
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Corylus americana American hazelnut Family: Betulaceae Fruit: nut use: fruit eaten by wild turkey
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Fraxinus americana white ash Family: Oleaceae Fruit: samara Lvs: opp. 5-7 entire leaflets w/ Grooved Rachis Bark: Ashy gray to brown in color, with interlacing corky ridges forming obvious diamonds *killed by ash borer beetle |
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Liriodendron tulipifera tuliptree Family: Magnoliaceae Fruit: aggregate of samaras use: bee tree, furniture, songbirds eat fruit |
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Morus rubra red mulberry Family: Moraceae Fruit: multiple drupelets use: lumber, wildlife food source |
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Quercus rubra Northern red oak, red oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut use: furniture Shinny ridges |
Shinning ridges
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Tsuga candadensis Eastern hemlock Family: Pinaceae Fruit: cone use: tanning leather *wooly adelgid |
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Acer saccharinum silver maple Family: Aceraceae Fruit: samara use: Wtd eat foliage |
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Ailanthus altissima tree-of-heaven, ailanthus Family: Simaroubaceae Fruit: samara specific epithet: very tall native to china |
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Carya Illinoinensis pecan, sweet pecan Family: Juglandaceae Fruit: nut use: humans eat, furniture |
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Celtis laevigata sugarberry Family: Ulmaceae (elm) Fruit: drupe (orange-brown) use: furniture, slack cooperage, songbirds eat fruit |
Plinervy
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Ginkgo biloba ginkgo, maidenhair Family: Ginkgoaceae Fruit: naked seeds specific epithet: two-lobed use: leaves treat alzheimer's and dementia |
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Maclura pomifera osage-orange, bow-wood Family: Moraceae Fruit: multiple of drupes specific epithet: pome-bearing use: fence posts |
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides dawn-redwood Family: Cupressaceae or Taxodiaceae Fruit: peltate (shield-shaped) cone native to china |
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Morus alba white mulberry Family: Moraceae Fruit: multiple druplets use: food for silkworms in colonial times |
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Quercus laurifolia laurel oak, swamp laurel oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: laurel leaves |
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Sassafras albidum Sassafras Family: Lauraceae (laurel) Fruit: drupe (blue) use: songbirds eat fruit, root beer |
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Castanea dentata American chestnut, chestnut Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: dentate leaves use: furniture, tannin *chestnut blight |
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Acer saccharum sugar maple Family: Aceraceae Fruit: samara use: sports equipment, furniture, WTD browse foliage |
rounded sinuses
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Asimina triloba pawpaw, common pawpaw Family: Annonaceae Fruit: berry use: fruits eaten by turkey |
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Carya cordiformis bitternut hickory Family: Juglandaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: heart shaped use: turkey eat fruit *pecan-hickory section |
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Carya ovata shagbark hickory Family: Juglandaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: egg-shaped use: bats roost under some shags |
5 leaflets
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Fagus grandifolia American beech, Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut (toxic to humans) use: brewing beer, porcupines eat inner bark *killed by beech bark disease |
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Ilex decidua Deciduous Holly, possumhaw Family: Aquifoliaceae Fruit: drupe (orange/red) use: fruit eaten by turkey, NOT by humans |
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Juglans nigra black walnut Family: Juglandaceae Fruit: nut use: gunstocks, furniture, nuts eaten by squirrels and humans |
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Lindera benzoin spicebush Family: Lauraceae Fruit: drupe (red) use: fruit eaten by songbirds |
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Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oak, cow oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut(largest) specific epithet: named after F.A. Michaux use: WTD eat foliage |
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Quercus pagoda cherrybark oak, swamp red oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: pagoda shape (leaf) *also called Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia |
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Quercus shumardii Shumard oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: nut specific epithet: named after B.F. Shumard |
Shinny ridges, mask-like
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Salix nigra black willow Family: Salicaceae (willow) Fruit: capsule use: charcoal for black powder |
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Staphylea trifolia bladdernut Family: Staphyleaceae (bladdernut) Fruit: capsule |
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Ulmus americana American elm, white elm Family: Ulmaceae Fruit: samara use: steam-bent furniture parts *dutch elm disease |
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Albizia julibrissin silktree, mimosa Family: Fabaceae Fruit: legume use: pollinated by hummingbirds *native to China |
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Betula nigra river birch Family: Betulaceae Fruit: nutlet or samara *incorrectly called paper birch |
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Euonymus americanus hearts-bustin' with love Family: Celastraceae Fruit: capsule use: songbirds eat fruit |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash Family: Oleaceae Fruit: samara use: inner bark eaten by beavers *emerald ash borer |
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Ligustrum sinense privet, Chinese privet Family: Oleaceae Fruit: drupe (blue) specific epithet: of or from China use: WTD browse foliage |
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Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Family: Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel) Fruit: capsule (multiple) use: resin used for perfume, inner bark eaten by beavers |
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Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle Family: Caprifoliaceae Fruit: berry (black) use: WTD browse foliage |
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Muscadinia rotundifolia muscadine grape, muscadine Family: Vitaceae Fruit: berry (dark purple) specific epithet: round leaves use: wine, eaten by songbirds |
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper, woodbine Family: Vitaceae Fruit: berry (dark blue) specific epithet: 5-leaflets use: songbirds eat fruit |
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Paulownia tomentosa princess tree, paulownia Family: Paulowniaceae, Bignoniaceae Fruit: capsule use: furniture |
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Rubus argutus southern blackberry Family: Rosaceae Fruit: aggregate of drupelets use: songbirds and humans eat fruit |
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Sambucus canadensis American elderberry Family: Adoxaceae or Caprifoliaceae Fruit: drupe (dark purple) use: fruit eaten by songbirds, leaves contain toxins, smells like gin |
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Quercus phellos Willow Oak Family: Fagaceae Fruit: Acorn roundish, saucer-like cups, thin greenish-red involucre Leaves: no lobes, narrower than shingle |
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Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia Family: Magnoliaceae Fruit: Aggregate of Follicles Bud: Valvate |
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Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak Fagaceae Largest acorn of all oaks, 3/4s enclosed by a fringed bowl-shaped cup White Oak |
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Tilia americana American Basswood, Linden Tiliaceae Bract w/ peduncle w/ fruit (nutlet) |
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Lagerstroemia indica Crepe-myrtle Lythraceae |
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Magnolia soulangiana Saucer Magnolia Magnoliaceae Bark: Smooth, mottled gray |
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Euonymus fortune Winter Creeper Celatraceae Aerial roots present when climbing |
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Quercus marilandica Blackjack Oak Fagaceae Lvs: Wolverine Claw, Lustrous green above and paler w/ orange-brown pubescene below |
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Ulmus alata Winged elm Ulmaceae Twig: 2nd year or older twigs form corky wings that protrude 1/2" |
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Quercus palustris Pin Oak Fagaceae 5 lobed can be 7-9 lobed, 10-30 bristles, entire, Major lobes form a U-shape. Bright green above and pale below with axillary tufts |
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Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Fagaceae acorns: almost entirely covered by the warty and unfringed cap White oak group |
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Picea pungens Blue Spruce Pinaceae Needles: silvery blue to dark green. |
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Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Aceraceae 5 to 7 deeply palmate lobes, some cultivars so deeply lobed that leaf appears compound Leaves look like POT leaves |
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Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye Hippocastanaceae Opp , palmately compound, usually 5, elliptical, serrated leaflets |
Resembles a Buck's eye
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Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar Cupressaceae Fragrant smell (covers scent) |
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Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree Fabaceae Alt, bi-pinnately compound, (no spines or thorns) very large (1 to 3 feet long), with numerous 1 1/2 to 2 inch ovate leaflets, entire margins |
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Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Fagaceae Alt, simp, broadly lanceolate, unlobed with a single, terminal bristle-tip. Broader than the willow oak |
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Koelreuteria paniculata Golden Raintree Sapindaceae Alt, pinnately (or partially bi-pinnately) compound, irregular serrations or lobes on leaflets Weird Fruit, Unique Leaf |
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Ilex opaca American Holly Aquifoliaceae Alternate, simple, evergreen, elliptical, 2 to 4 inches long, spiny toothed margin, thickened and leathery |
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Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Fagaceae Alternate, simple, obovate, 3 to 7“, margin with large irregular blunt teeth |
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