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Aceraceae Acer rubrum Red Maple |
Opposoite, teethed, palmate leaves. Not deeply lobed. 3 or 5 star |
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Aceraceae Acer saccharinum Silver Maple |
Opposite leaves. Rank odor. deep lobes, toothed White on back peely bark in strips |
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Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac |
Shrub, compound (3) alternate leaves. Toothed & pinnate. Hairy twigs & hairy on back of leaf. Purple-ish stems sometimes. milky sap. aromatic. |
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Annonaceae Asimina triloba Paw Paw |
no stipule scars fuzzy, rusty bud on tip alternate, simple leaves aggregated berries flowers: 2x3 petals |
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Berberidaceae Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry |
yellow inner wood short shoots & stems |
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Bignoniaceae Catalpa speciosa Northern catalpa |
whorled, cordate leaves. 5-12 in leaves (very big) pinnately veined bean-like hanging fruit (long & brown) |
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Caprifoliaceae Lonicera sempervirens trumpet honeysuckle |
Vein with simple, opposite, pinnate leaves. perfoliated leaves on top smooth twig, smooth leaf hollow pith tube flower |
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Caprifoliaceae Sambucus Elderberry |
opposite, compound leaves big, spongy pith grow fast but weak |
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Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar |
glaucous fruits scale like leaves |
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Fabaceae Cercis canadensis redbud |
legume fruit cordate leaves alternate, simple leaves |
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Fagaceae Quercus bicolor swamp white oak |
alternate, simple leaves blunt teeth shiny on top, pale/white below light brown twig |
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Fagaceae Quercus macrocarpa bur oak |
large acorns with worty cap middle lobes almost reach center
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Fagaceae Quercus palustris pin oak |
Simple, broad, lobed, pinnate, alternate leaves. Branches grow down. Flat, dark bark. Small acorn w/ shallow cup.
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Fagaceae Quercus ruba red oak |
flowers form in catkins alternate, simple leaves uniform in shape
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Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo |
simple, lobed, alternate leaves Dichotomous veins. brown continuous pith |
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Grossulariaceae Ribes missouriense Missouri goosberry |
alternating, palmate, lobed armed with spines shrub |
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Juglandaceae Juglans nigra Black walnut |
alternate, compound, pinnate leaves leaflets subopposite strongly aromatic dark chambered pith large, round, husked nuts |
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Lauraceae Sassafras albidum Sassafras |
cinnamon smell drupes alternate simple leaves, lobed some lobed/unlobed leaves blue fruit on red stock |
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Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera tulip tree
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"sylvester face" alterante, simple leaves stipule scars around twig aggregate fruit |
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Oleaceae Fraxinus Ash tree |
sumara with single seeds opposite and subopposite leaves white on bottom, dark on top bark forms diamonds/braids "candelabra" look |
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Pinaceae Picea abies Norway spruce |
dangly, weeping branches. large cones w/ paper scales |
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Pinaceae Picea pungens Blue Spruce |
Stiff, blue needles Small cones w/ papery scales. Jagged cone edges. Smells like pine |
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Pinaceae Pinus strobus white pine |
Needles clustered in 5 fascicles. Smooth cone scales. Sticky after being plucked Curved cone |
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Roseaceae Amelanchier Service Berry |
tree, simple, alternate, toothed leaf base is cordate pinnate venation fleshy pome smooth twig/smooth leaves |
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Rosaceae Prunus serotina Black cherry |
cyanide in twigs/leaves alternate, simple leaves dark purple fruit/drupe stalk with fruit (raseme) lines across bark, chippy bark brown spots on peteals reddish hair on back vein |
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Rosaceae Rubus Blackberries/dewberries |
armed stems 3-5 compound leaves stipules on peteal hairy leaves aggregate fruit alternating, palmate leaves |
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Taxaceae Taxus yew plant |
Flat, spiral, needle-like leaves Green stems |
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Ulmaceae Celtis occidentalis hackberry |
corky bark, long fibers irregular leaf base, toothed pointed, curved tip palmate, simple alternate leaf with rough hairs drupe |
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Ulmaceae Ulmus americana American elm |
alternate, serrated leaf pointed on leaf tip bendy wood/strips for rope asymmetrical leaf bases smooth on top |
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Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron radicans Poison Ivy |
center leaf sticks out further than in sumac |
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Betulaceae Betula nigra River Birch |
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Caprifoliaceae Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle |
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Fabaceae Albizia julibrissin mimosa |
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Moraceae Maclura pomifera osage orange |
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Moraceae Morus alba White mulberry |
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Platanaceae Platanus occidentalis sycamore |
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Rosaceae Rosa multiflora multiflora rose |
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Rubiaceae Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush |
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Rutaceae Zanthoxylum americanum toothache tree |
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Salicaceae Salix nigra Black willow |
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Ulmaceae Ulmus pumila Siberian elm |
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5 major groups of woody plants |
gymnosperms: cycads, conifers, gnetophytes, ginkgos;
angiosperms
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what does dioecious mean? |
male and female reproductive material on two separate plants |
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cycad characteristics |
big compounds leaves dioecious large male cones megasporophylls |
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ginkgo characteristics |
only one species fan shaped leaves dichotomous venetation simple leaves |
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gnetophytes characteristics |
female cones are branching dioecious opposite, simple leaves fleshy female cones |
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conifer characteristics |
largest group of gymnosperms small male cones often monoecious needle or scale like leaves woody or fleshy cones |
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families within coniferophyta |
taxaceae pinaceae cupressaceae |
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genera of pinaceae |
pinus (pine) picea (spruce) tsuga (hemlock) pseudotsuga (douglas fir) cedrus (cedar)
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genera of Cupressaceae |
juniperus taxodium metasequoia thuja
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what defines a flower? |
the presence of a carpel covering ovules
a carpal is a modified leaf that surrounds immature seeds |
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what is a fruit? |
a mature ovary that is part of the carpal |
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Aceraceae Acer saccharum sugar maple |
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Anacardiaceae Cotinus obovatus smoke tree |
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Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca American holly |
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Cornaceae Cornus florida Flowering dogwood |
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Cupressaceae Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress |
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Fabaceae Gleditisia triacanthos Honey locusts |
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Fabaceae Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffee tree |
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Fagaceae Fagus grandifolia Beech |
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Fagaceae Quercus alba white oak |
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Fagaceae Quercus muehlenbergii chinkapin oak
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Hammamelidaceae Hamamelis vernalis Ozarks witch hazel |
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Hamamelidaceae Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum |
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Magnoliaceae southern magnolia |
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Malvaceae Hibiscus syriacus rose of Sharon |
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Oleaceae Fraxinus pensylvanica Green ash
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Pinaceae Pinus echinata short-leaf pine |
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Ranunculaceae Clematis |
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Rosaceae Malus crabapple |
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Rosaceae Pyrus calleryana Callery pear/bradford pear |
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Salicaceae Salix babylonica Weeping willow |
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Tiliaceae Tilia americana American Linden |
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Aceraceae family characteristics |
the maples double sumara is the fruit type mostly palmately lobed leaves useful for bowling, syrup |
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Anacardiaceae characteristics |
the cashew family milky sap, compound leaves, usually fruits are drupes naked buds and hairy leaves
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Annonaceae characteristics |
flowering plant family with alternate, simple , entire leaves and naked buds. Flowers have two sets of petals and many stamens and carpals. Fruit is an aggregate of large, bean-shaped berries. |
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Aquifoliaceae characteristics |
dioecious seeples stay on the back of the fruit simple alternate leaves light grey bark fruit: berries with seeples sometimes spiny |
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Berberidaceae characteristics |
Shrubs and herbaceous plants with mostly alternate leaves and often with spines. Flower parts tends to be in 3s and the anthers are valvate. Fruit is usually a berry and there is no smell in the twigs. |
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Betulaceae characteristics |
* Leaves simple, alternate, deciduous, toothed.
* Flowers imperfect (one-gendered) in catkins. * Fruit is a small single seeded nutlet. |
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Bignoniaceae characteristics |
big flowers whorled, opposite leaves capsules with hairy seeds |
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Caprifoliaceae characteristics |
fragrant flowers nectar 5 petals inferior ovary berry opposite leaves |
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Cornaceae characteristics |
green stems showy inflorensis, petals are brachts drupes spherical, large flower buds |
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Cupressaceae characteristics |
Monoecious gymnosperm family with some evergreen and some deciduous species. Most have peltate cone scales with 1 or more ovules. The evergreen species tend to have opposite or whorled scale-like leves and fleshy cones, while the deciduous species tend to have alternate flat "needles" and drier cones. Only one deciduous species has opposite leaves. |
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Fabaceae characteristics |
legumes (open on two sides + seeds in 1 row) alternate compound leaves stipules nitrogen fixing nodules pulvinus and swollen base of petiole |
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Fagaceae characteristics |
beech family alternate simple leaves pinnate venation flowers in catkins acorns |
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Ginkgoaceae |
u know what a ginkgo is |
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Grossulariaceae |
palmately lobed alternately leaves shrubs spines +/- prickles inferior ovary berry is the fruit currants and gooseberry economic uses |
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Hamamelidaceae characteristics |
trees or shrubs -leaves simple, alternate, entire or serrate -flowers actinomorphic, bisexual or unisexual -flower parts in 4’s or 5’s -carpels 2, partially fused; ovary inferior -woody capsule |
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Juglandaceae characteristics |
walnut family large aromatic leaves opposite or alternate pinnately compound flowers usually in catkins |
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Lauraceae characteristics |
Tree or shrubs with alternate leaves. Flower parts in threes, anthers valvate. Twigs, flowers and leaves all with a pleasant or lemony smell. Fruit is a drupe or a berry. |
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Magnoliaceae characteristics |
Trees with alternate, broad, usually entire leaves. Stipular scars that completely surround the twig. Fruit is an aggregate of follicles or samaras. Flowers perfect, large, and showy with lots of each flower part. |
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Malvaceae characteristics |
usually herbs or shrubs -leaves simple,commonly palmately lobed -stellate hairs common -mucilage cells -stamens monadelphous, or in 5 clusters, each with filaments basally connate -capsules (often schizocarpous |
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Moraceae characteristics |
mulberry/fig family usually milky sap |
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Oleaceae characteristics |
2opposite to subopposite leaves 4 petals and stamens drupe or samara |
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Pinaceae characteristics |
Gymnosperms family with needle-like leaves, often in fascicles. Seeds usually winged, two per cone scales; cones woody. Pollen often with two wings. Monoecious. |
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Platanaceae characteristics |
simple alternate, oval in shape leaves large plate like leaves |
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Ranunculaceae characteristics |
usually herbs -leaves simple and deeply lobed or compound -stamens usually many -apocarpous gynoecium |
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Rosaceae characteristics |
aggregate drupes, pomes, and pips hypanthium always have stipules alternate leaves |
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Salicaceae characteristics |
dioecious male and female catkins stipules alternate simple leaves capsules and hairy seeds often found near water |
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Taxaceae characteristics |
coniferous many branched small trees and shrubs evergreen spirally arranged leaves |
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Ulmaceae characteristics |
alternate simple with an asymmetrical base
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Anacardiaceae Rhus glabra smooth sumac |
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Bignoniaceae Campsis radicans trumpet creeper |
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Celastraceae Euonymus alatus Burning bush |
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Celastraceae Euonymus fortunei wintercreeper |
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Ebenaceae Diospyros virgiana persimmon |
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Fagaceae Quercus stellata Post oak |
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Hippocastanaceae Aesulus glabra ohio buckeye |
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Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis bitternut |
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Lauraceae Lindera benzoin spicebush |
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Nyssaceae Nyssa sylvatica blackgum |
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Oleaceae Fraxinus quadrangulata blue ash |
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Pinaceae Pinus echinata short-leaf pine |
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Ranunculaceae Clematis buttercup |
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Saliacaceae Populus deltoides cottonwood |
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Salicaceae Salix caroliniama Carolina willow |
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Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima tree of heaven |
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Smilacaceae Smilax greenbrier |
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Vitaceae Ampelopsis cordata false grape |
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper |
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Vitaceae Vitis grape |
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