-
vine, slightly winged rachis
opp. 9-13 small serrate leaflets
- Campis radicans (rooting)
- Bignoniaceae; trumpet creeper
- *Fruit: capsule
- pollinated by hummingbirds
- Trumpet Creeper Family
-
silver underside w/ tiny brown spots
silver scales
evergreen
- Elaeagnus pungens (prickly)
- Elaeagnaceae; elaeagnus
- fruit: drupe
- native to Japan
-
evergreen
white veins
- Hedera helix (twining)
- Araliaceae; English ivy
- fruit: drupe
-
red shriveled drupes,
deciduous, sunken veins
crenate, pubescent underside
- Ilex verticillata (whorled)
- Aquifoliaceae; winterberry
- fruit: drupe
-
evergreen, small, leaves crenate from tip to base (unlike others)
small tree
- Ilex vomitoria (causing vomiting)
- Aquifoliaceae; yaupon
- fruit: drupe
- strong tea used by Native Americans to induce vomiting
-
large leathery leaves, large aggregate of follicles
- Magnolia grandiflora (large-flowered)
- Magnoliaceae; southern magnolia
- *Fruit: aggregate of follicles
- native to lower coastal plain
-
small tree, crooked, multi-stem, evergreen
lanceolate leaves covered in tiny yellow dots (glands)
tiny, waxy, gray drupes along stem
- Morella cerifera (bearing wax)
- Myricaceae; waxmyrtle
- fruit: drupe
- Waxmyrtle family
- roots fix nitrogen
- wax used in candle-making
- songbirds, quail, turkey
-
all blue or all green
5-6" cone
- Picea pungens (prickly)
- Pinaceae; blue spruce
- *Coine: flat scales
- Native to UT, CO, NM, AZ
-
5 needles per bundle
no sheath
distinct uni-nodal growth
long thin cone
- Pinus strobus (cone)
- Pinaceae; white pine
- *Cone: flat scales
- soft wood
- ship masts
- only eastern white pine
-
opp. sub-orbicular, thick, leathery leaves
twigs stay green
- Phoradendron serotinum (late)
- Viscaceae; mistletoe
- fruit: berry
- hemiparasite on hardwoods
- steals water, nutrients, not sugars
- poisonous berry
- songbirds
-
evergreen, shiny, wavy, elliptical
2 tiny glands on underside base
juveniles serrated
- Prunus caroliniana (of Carolina)
- Rosaceae; laurel cherry
- fruit: drupe
- songbirds
-
twining shrub
trifoliate leaves, some lobed
hairy young twigs
- Pueraria montana (of the mountain)
- Leguminosae; kudzu
- fruit: legume
- high quality fodder
-
serrated elliptical leaf (chestnut-like, but glabrous)
nut cap very distinct - dreadlocks!
- Quercus acutissima (deeply cut)
- Fagaceae; sawtooth oak
- *Fruit: nut
- native to Asia
-
similar to scarlet, but no red in fall
similar to schumard, but squared lobes/no overlap
nut cap not flat/saucer-shaped
- Quercus texana (of TX)
- Fagaceae; Nuttall oak
- *Fruit: nut
- native to Gulf coast
- red oak
-
mini northern red oak cap
small face w/ beret
smooth bark
- Quercus palustris (of the swamp)
- Fagaceae; pin oak
- *Fruit: nut
-
evergreen
elf hat cap w/ peduncle
cobbled, dark gray bark
always ridged (no ski trails)
white oak, but almost bristled
- Quercus virginiana (of VA)
- Fagaceae; live oak
- *Fruit: nut
- first tree to be managed for timber in US
- dense wood formerly used in sailing ships
- traditional shade tree in southern cities
- white oak!
-
giant cone
- Pinus lambertiana (named for Lambert)
- Pinaceae; sugar pine
- *cone: flat scales
- Largest pine
- found in OR, CA
- resin sugary, formerly chewed like gum
-
- Pinus monticola (of the mountain)
- Pinaceae; western white pine
- *Cone: flat scale
- white pine found in N Rockies, Cascades, Sierra Nevadas, prized for shelving, molding, window frames
- decimated by white pine blister rust from Europe
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