Identification Test - Tree Descriptions 1

Front 1

Flower parts are all indeterminate in number and spirally arranged. Unique leaves

Back 1

Magnoliaceae (Magnolia)
Liriodendron
Tulip tree

Front 2

green fruit in picture is immature version similar to a certain fruit, twigs have lemony smell, big stipules leave scars encircling twig, large terminal bud with one hairy bud scale

Back 2

Magnoliaceae (Magnolia)
Magnolia
Cucumber tree

Front 3

Leaves maple-like but alternate, fruit an aggregate of achenes, buds infrapetiolar

Back 3

Platanaceae (Sycamore)
Platanus x acerifolia
London Plane

Front 4

leaves fragrant when crushed & "maple-like" but alternate, twigs may have corky ridges, unique fruit

Back 4

Hamamelidaceae (Witch-hazel)
Liquidambar
Sweet gum

Front 5

inequilateral leaf base, singly serrated, 1/2 leaf phyllotaxy, fruits solitary reddish-purple (when ripe) drupes, pseudoterminal bud very bent over

Back 5

Ulmaceae (Elm)
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry

Front 6

inequilater leaf base, doubly serrated leaves, fruit a single seed samara with hairy circular wing (press "H" ),

Back 6

Ulmaceae (Elm)
Ulmus americana
American Elm

Hint 6

Front 7

pinnately compound leaf w/ 7-11 leaflets, globular nut with thin involucre, twigs slender/shiny/slightly hairy, terminal bud dark yellow

Back 7

Juglandaceae (Walnut)
Carya cordiformis
Bitternut hickory

Front 8

Compound leaf w/5 (sometimes 7) leaflets, larger terminal leaflet, large buds w/ overlapping scales and inner ones densely hairy

Back 8

Juglandaceae (Walnut)
Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory

Front 9

pinnate compound leaves, 11-17 leaflets with very hair underside, sometimes has "moustache" between aux bud and leaves, elongated "football" nuts (press "H")

Back 9

Juglandaceae (Walnut)
Juglans cinerea
Butternut

Hint 9

Front 10

pinnate compound leaves, 14-22 slightly hairy leaflets, small or no terminal leaflet, globular slightly hairy nuts

Back 10

Juglandaceae (Walnut)
Juglans nigra
Black walnut

Front 11

leaves simple, alternate, tooth at end of each vein, very spiny husk on nuts that opens along 4 sutures

Back 11

Fagaceae (Beech)
Castanea dentata
American chestnut

Front 12

leaf veins end in tooth, fruit has spiy ivolucre that splits along 4 sutures, long point buds at high angle to twig (press "H")

Back 12

Fagaceae (Beech)
Fagus grandifolia
American beech

Hint 12

Front 13

Smaller leaves and darker twig/buds than American cousin,

Back 13

Fagaceae (Beech)
Fagus sylvatica
European beech

Front 14

lobes are deep narrow notches, leaves pale with orange-green pubescence below, nut much longer than wide, densely hairy pale brown buds (press H)

Back 14

Fagaceae (Beech)
Quercus garryana
Garry oak

Hint 14

Front 15

deep sinuses (esp in the middle) & rounded lobes on leaves, deep involucre with fringe on margin (press H), nut wider than long, lateral buds pressed against twig

Back 15

Fagaceae (Beech)
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak

Hint 15

Front 16

deep sinuses with pointed lobes acorn slightly wider than long (press H), cupule covers ~1/4 of nut and is very hairy inside

Back 16

Fagaceae (Beech)
Quercus palustris
Pin oak

Hint 16

Front 17

sharply pointed lobes, reddish brown buds at angle to twig,

Back 17

Fagaceae (Beech)
Quercus rubra
Red oak

Hint 17