week 10

  1. low shrub
    leaf obovate, acute base, bottom entire, upper serrated,
    spiky pepper fruits
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    • Clethra alnifolia (leaves like alder)
    • Clthraceae; swamp pepperbush, white-alder
    • Fruit: capsule
    • bee tree
    • native americans ate leaves like spinach
  2. low shrub (< 3ft)
    leaf bottom entire, top half serrated
    serrations point to tip
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    • Ilex glabra (smooth)
    • Aquifoliaceae; inkberry
    • Fruit: black drupe
    • bee tree
    • fruit bad for humans, good for songbirds, bear
  3. longest needle
    thick lateral branches
    large cone
    white terminal bud
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    • Pinus palustris (of the swamp)
    • Pinaceae; longleaf pine
    • *Cone: flat scale, large
    • virgin lumber sold as heart pine
    • formerly naval stores
    • leaves used as mulch
  4. often scrubby form
    nearly evergreen leaf thick and leathery, glossy, short petiole, some have lobes
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    • Quercus hemisphaerica (hemispherical nut shape)
    • Fagaceae; laurel oak
    • *Fruit: nut
    • red oak
    • sometimes lumped with Quercus laurifolia
  5. smooth shiny leaf w/ 3 or 5 lobes
    wedge shaped base, 3-lobes look like turkey foot
    large pointed terminal bud
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    • Quercus laevis (smooth. i.e. leaves)
    • Fagaceae; turkey oak
    • *Fruit: nut. cap scales roll under and inside cap
    • unlike most oaks, leaves turn bright red in fall
  6. lobing mixed b/w white- and post oaks
    narrow ridges on bark
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    • Quercus margaretta
    • Fagaceae; dwarf post oak
  7. WAKE COUNTY!!!
    small crooked tree
    semi-evergreen in NC
    oblanceolate leaf
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    • Cyrilla racemiflora (raceme-flowered)
    • Cyrillaceae; titi
    • fruit: drupe-like
    • honey made from this tree can poison honey bee larvae
  8. small shrub < 3ft
    whorled or opp leaves (2-3/node)
    waxy underside
    capsule fruit on now
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    • Kalmia angustifolia (narrow-leaved)
    • Ericaceae; sheep-kill
    • fruit: capsule
    • foliage poisonous to humans, livestock
  9. small tree in NC, evergreen.
    alt simple leaf w/ waxy silver underside (glaucus)
    leaves smell sweet, sugary
    smooth gray bark
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    • Magnolia virginiana (of VA)
    • Magnoliaceae; sweetbay
    • *fruit: follicle
    • lumber sold as magnolia or yellow-poplar
  10. lost leaves already
    bark gray w/ irregular ridges
    leaves smaller than blackgum
    diaphragmed pith
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    • Nyssa biflora (2-flowered)
    • Cornaceae; swamp blackgum
    • Fruit: drupe
    • tupelo honey source
    • OBLIGATE wetland species
    • valuable pulpwood
  11. fragrant leaves
    midvein pubescent on underside
    pubescent new growth/twig
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    • Persea palustris (of the swamp)
    • Lauraceae; swampbay
    • bay leaf sub for cooking
    • trees in SC, GA, FL dying from Laurel Wilt disease
  12. not associated w/ a river
    leaves alt.
    entire twigs fall off
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    • Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (2-ranked)
    • Cupressaceae; pondcypress
    • *cone: peltate scales
    • Obligate Wetland Species
    • wood valuable for siding, shingles, shakes
  13. tall, straight, narrow crown
    tiny, scale-like, opp, decussate leaf in flat splays
    bark has spiraled twisted shaggy ridges
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    • Chamaecyparis thyoides (similar to Thuja)
    • Cupressaceae; Atlantic whitecedar, juniper
    • *cone scale: peltate
    • OBLIGATE WETLAND SP
    • wood decay resistant, valuable
    • poles pilings, siding, shingles, boats
    • food for rare butterfly
    • rapidly disappearing in stands due to inadequate regeneration after logging and conversion to ag or loblolly
  14. alt, simple, eliptical evergreen leaf, glabrous, serrated, decurrent base, wedge shaped
    narrow crown
    older bark has thick dep ridges
    capsule egg-shaped w/ long peduncle
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    • Gordonia lasianthus
    • Theaceae (Tea Family); loblollybay, gordonia
    • *fruit: capsule
  15. small/med shrub
    simple, alt, evergreen leathery leaf w/ bristles
    undersides have black dots
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    • Ilex coriacea (leathery)
    • Aquifoliaceae; gallberry
    • fruit: black drupe
    • songbirds
  16. small shrub in dense thickets
    alt, simple, leathery, evergreen, glabrous, leaf
    new twigs are flattened, submarginal vein extends along leaf edge/margin
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    • Lyonia lucida (shining)
    • Ericaceae; staggerbush
    • fruit: capsule
  17. loblolly cone on peduncle
    epicormic branches and sprouts on trunk
    longer needles
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    • Pinus serotina (late)
    • Pinaceae; pond pine
    • *cone: flat scales
    • OBLIGATE WETLAND SP
    • lower quality wood
  18. < 1ft
    tiny, alt. simple evergren leaf
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    • Vaccinium crassifolium (leaves like Crassula)
    • Ericaceae; creeping blueberry
    • fruit: berry
Author
johnbuckthree
ID
50223
Card Set
week 10
Description
Jones Lake: Carolina Bays and adjacent sandy uplands.
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