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26 Cards in this Set
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Manitoba maple, box-elder
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Acer negundo
-opposite compound leaf -double samara -doesn't look like a maple -bole has knobs -shade-intolerant -leaves are toothed, lobed -smooth margin, broad and opposite leaves |
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White spruce, Canadian spruce
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Picea glauca
-shade-intolerant -used for wood pulp, lumber, and landscape -leaves are straight, stiff, sharp -needles hang down, unsheathed, singly attatched -needles flat in cross-section |
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Scots pine
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Pinus sylvestris
-2 needle -shade-intolerant -Christmas tree -needles twisted, stiff, sharp-pointed -cones are in clusters |
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Jack Pine
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Pinus balsamifera
- 2 needle -hard pine -found around sand -not a dense crown |
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Douglas-fir
(b/c of hyphen, not a true fir) |
Pseudotsuga menzieii
-bracts on cones -5 needles -soft |
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Eastern white pine
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Pinus strobus
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trembling (quaking) aspen
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Populus tremuloides
-flat petiole |
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Paper birch, white birch
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Betula Papyrifera
-white bark -zigzag twig -alternate branches -shade-intolerant -ornamental, landscaping -bark sheds in large sheets -leaves are double-toothed |
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lodgepole pine
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Pinus Contorta
-contorta means twisted -2 needle |
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Red ash
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica
-single samara -opposite branches -compound leaf |
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Butternut
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Juglans cinerea
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White Ash
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Fraxinus americana
-shade-tolerant in Eastern Canada -used for commercial ash wood -terminal bud, compound leaves, petiole was absent, with single samara |
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Swiss stone pine
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Pinus cembra
-thick 5 needle fasicle bundle |
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Ohio Buckeye
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-Aesculus glabra
-likes moist sites -ornamental/landscaping -leaves are compound, prominent petiole, alternate leaves, toothed margin |
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Bur Oak
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-Quercus macrocarpa
-drought-tolerant, and moderately shade-tolerant -leaves are long with rounded lobes -unique leaf shape |
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Ginkgo or maiden hair tree
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Ginko biloba
-2nd oldest tree in world -looks like a fan |
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White Fir
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-Abies concolor
-expensive tree |
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Ponderosa Pine
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Pinus ponderosa
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Blue Spruce, Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens
-stiff, angular, sharp needles -sensitive to iron -native to rocky mntn area -ornamental purposes -cones are chestnut brown, thin, and flexible -bark is flaky |
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American Elm, white elm
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Ulmus americana
-found on wet sites -shade tolerant, but grows better in sun -bark of tree is dark-grayish brown -toothed margin, alternate, compound leaves -large and course margin, not lobed, full-crown |
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Siberian Larch
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Larix sibirica
-needles fall off -needles are whorals |
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Basswood
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Tilia americana
aka Linden -shade-tolerant -used for furniture, and by beekeepers -leaves are long and thick -heart-shaped leaves |
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The rest of the trees are not native to Canada but common ornaments in canada
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yep
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Balsam Poplar
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Populus balsamifera
-black poplar |
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European Mountain Ash
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Sorbus aucupaia
-Sorbus means not a true ash -compound leaf -red berries -keeps leaves in winter |
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Silver Maple
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Acer saccharinum
-opposite-single leaf -looks like a maple |
