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ROSACEA Prunus subhirtella
lvs: 1-2", tip acuminat, lower pubescent on veins
fls: single or semi-double, extrafloral nectaries, 1/2" diameter
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PINACEA Pinus nigra
lvs: 2 needles per fasicle, 4-6" long, stiff
cones: female yellowish brown, keel dif. color
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RUTACEAE Skimmia japonica
lvs: citrus scented, crowded at ends of branchlets (looks whorled, actually alt)
fls: 4 parted, white and fragrant
fruit: red berry on female plant
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PINACEA Cedrus
lvs: needle-like, thin and rigid, dense whorls 0.5-2.5" long on short shoots
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APOCYNACEAE Vinca minor
lvs: opp and decussate, simple, entire, elliptic to ovate
fls: solitary, perfect, radial, corolla funnel-form, 5 lobed, lilac blue, pink, white
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PINACEA Cedrus deodora
lvs: densely fascicled on spurs, triangular, pointed, needles longer than other cedars
cones: upright female, male cheetos
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CORNACEAE Cornus mas
lvs: 3-5 pairs of veins, long hairs on underside of lvs in vein axils
fls: apetalous, bracts yellow, non showy
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BUXACEAE Buxus sempervirens
lvs: opp, entire, short petioled, leathery, many lvs slightly concave
fls: small female fl in center surrounded by several male fls
fruit: distinctive 3 horned capsule
other: lvs smell like cat urine
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ADOXACEAE Viburnum tinus
lvs: opp, simple, entire, leathery (slightly wrinkled)
- fls: infl-compound convex umbel
- white or pinkish w/wine-red calyx
fruit: ovoid metallic blue drupes
other: bushy shrub w/red branchlets
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OLEACEA Forsythia
lvs: opp, simple (~3 leaflets)
fls: appear b/f lvs
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ADOXACEAE Viburnum x bodnantense
lvs: opp, bronze when young
fls: tubular, fused corolla, rich rose red to pink, age to white, fragrant
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RUTACEAE Choisya ternata
lvs: ternately compound, leaflets glossy, sessile, 2-3" long, strong smell when crushed
fls: fragrant
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ERICACEAE Rhododendron
lvs: entire margin, often scales or hairs on lower side of leaf
fls: umbel-like racemes, flowers are disc shaped, bell shaped, or funnel shaped
other: fls bloom on previous yrs growth
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ERICACEA Arbutus unedo
lvs: elliptic to oblong, above lustrous dark green
- fls: infl-panicles
- fls w/corolla, urn-shaped, white
fruit: berry, strawberry like ~2cm across (Unedo= I eat one)
other: tree to 10m
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AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex aquifolium
- lvs: undulate margin
- variable spines, short petiole, leathery and shiny
fls: 4 parted, white, imperfect, fragrant
fruit: bright red fleshy drupe
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AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex cornuta
lvs: 3 spined and broad at tip, oblong-rectangular, older lvs entire
fls: 4 parted, white, imperfect
fruit: bright red drube
other: cornuta = horn shaped
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LAMIACEAE Rosmarinus officinalis
lvs: opp, simple, entire, sessile, narrow, revolute, lower white
fls: violet blue
other: evergreen shrub
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THYMELAEACEAE Daphne laureola
lvs: obovate, 5-8cm long, gradually narrows at base
fls: yellowish green in winter
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ERICACEAE Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
lvs: entire, obtuse, slightly revolute, 0.5-0.75" long
fls: small, nodding, pendulous, 5 fused petals, urn shaped, pink and white
other: red stems, prostrate shrub, evergreen
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THYMELAEACEAE Daphne odora
lvs: entire, obovate, blundly pointed, varigated, only midrib conspicuous
fls: infl-dense terminal heads, apetalous, calyx urn shaped to cylindric, calyx 4 lobed, rosy purple
other: shrub 2-3ft, evergreen, fragrant
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ROSACEA Oemleria cerasiformis
lvs: alt, simple, entire, lvs narrowly oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, light greenish-yellow, smell like cucumber
fruit: thin fleshed drupe
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GROSSULARIACEAE Ribes sanguineum
lvs: 3-5 lobed, palmate, palmately veined (usually with 5 main veins)
fls: loose pendulous spike, red or pink fls
other: deciduous twiggy shrub, hummingbird attractor
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HAMAMELIDACEAE Corylopsis
lvs: strong venation, both palmate and pinnate veins, margins sharply toothed, base cordate, lvs soft
fls: spikes hanging from leaf axils, up to 20 fls per infl, light yellow
fruit: woody capsules
other: shrub or small tree to 15ft, flower b/f lvs
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PINACEAE Pinus contorta
lvs: 2 needles per fascicle, twisted, deep green, 1-2" long (mush shorter than P. nigra)
cones: pointing back, ovoid to 2"
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ARECACEAE Trachycarpus fortunei
lvs: fan shaped, round but deeply lobed, extremely large (2-4ft!) leather, long petioles with teeth along margin
fls: small, yellow in large hanging clusters
fruit: fleshy drupe, looks like grape clusters
other: unbranched trunk, fibrous hairs on trunk from persisting petioles
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