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What is the definition of Blue Beech?
What is the definition of Blue Beech?
- Elliptical leaves, point tip, evergreen, entire margin, yellow-green below, twisted twig with leaves clustered at end, shreddy brown bark
- Longer than an American beech and doubly serrate, brown angled buds, muscular bark (correct)
- Doubly serrate, pubescent veins and petiole, long hop-like fruit, zigzag twigs, cat scratch bark
- Assymetrical lobing, mucronate tips, large cap with small bottom, red ski trail bark
What are the characteristics of the American Hophornbeam?
What are the characteristics of the American Hophornbeam?
Doubly serrate, pubescent veins and petiole, long hop-like fruit, zigzag twigs, cat scratch bark
Which of the following is true about Mountain Laurel?
Which of the following is true about Mountain Laurel?
- It is deciduous.
- It produces oval berries.
- It has shreddy brown bark. (correct)
- It has elliptical leaves with point tips. (correct)
What is a characteristic of Scarlet Oak?
What is a characteristic of Scarlet Oak?
Which description fits the Chestnut Oak?
Which description fits the Chestnut Oak?
What is the unique feature of American Witch-Hazel?
What is the unique feature of American Witch-Hazel?
Which of the following describes Norway Maple?
Which of the following describes Norway Maple?
What is a defining characteristic of the Sugar Maple?
What is a defining characteristic of the Sugar Maple?
What does the Baldcypress produce?
What does the Baldcypress produce?
Which characteristics relate to Mockernut Hickory?
Which characteristics relate to Mockernut Hickory?
What is unique about Eastern Red-Cedar?
What is unique about Eastern Red-Cedar?
Choose the correct definition for the Northern White-Cedar.
Choose the correct definition for the Northern White-Cedar.
What are the characteristics of the American Chestnut?
What are the characteristics of the American Chestnut?
What is notable about the Sweetgum?
What is notable about the Sweetgum?
Which of the following pertains to Yellow Buckeye?
Which of the following pertains to Yellow Buckeye?
What are unique features of Spicebush?
What are unique features of Spicebush?
What defines Osage-orange's appearance?
What defines Osage-orange's appearance?
Which of the following describes Norway Spruce?
Which of the following describes Norway Spruce?
What identifies Eastern Hemlock?
What identifies Eastern Hemlock?
What is significant about Eastern White Pine?
What is significant about Eastern White Pine?
What describes the Serviceberry's characteristics?
What describes the Serviceberry's characteristics?
Which of the following characteristics belong to Sweet Cherry?
Which of the following characteristics belong to Sweet Cherry?
Which statement describes Basswood?
Which statement describes Basswood?
Which features describe American Holly?
Which features describe American Holly?
Which description fits American Sycamore?
Which description fits American Sycamore?
Which distinct feature pertains to Bitternut Hickory?
Which distinct feature pertains to Bitternut Hickory?
What describes Black Locust?
What describes Black Locust?
What identifies Black Walnut?
What identifies Black Walnut?
Which features describe Black Willow?
Which features describe Black Willow?
What is the characteristic of Box-Elder?
What is the characteristic of Box-Elder?
What features describe Dryland Blueberry?
What features describe Dryland Blueberry?
What is a defining feature of Green Ash?
What is a defining feature of Green Ash?
Flashcards
Blue beech leaves
Blue beech leaves
Longer than American beech leaves, with doubly serrate edges, brown angled buds, and muscular bark.
American hophornbeam leaves
American hophornbeam leaves
Doubly serrate leaves, pubescent veins and petioles, long hop-like fruit, zigzag twigs, and cat scratch bark.
Mountain laurel leaves
Mountain laurel leaves
Elliptical leaves with pointed tips, evergreen, entire margins, yellow-green undersides and twisted twigs.
Scarlet oak leaves
Scarlet oak leaves
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Chestnut oak leaves
Chestnut oak leaves
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American witch-hazel leaves
American witch-hazel leaves
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Norway maple leaves
Norway maple leaves
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Sugar maple leaves
Sugar maple leaves
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Baldcypress leaves
Baldcypress leaves
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Mockernut hickory leaflets
Mockernut hickory leaflets
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Eastern red-cedar foliage
Eastern red-cedar foliage
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Northern white-cedar foliage
Northern white-cedar foliage
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American chestnut leaves
American chestnut leaves
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Sweetgum fruits
Sweetgum fruits
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Yellow buckeye leaves
Yellow buckeye leaves
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Spicebush leaves
Spicebush leaves
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Osage-orange leaves
Osage-orange leaves
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Norway spruce needles
Norway spruce needles
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Eastern hemlock needles
Eastern hemlock needles
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Eastern white pine needles
Eastern white pine needles
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Serviceberry bark
Serviceberry bark
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Sweet cherry leaves
Sweet cherry leaves
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Study Notes
Common Names with Leaves
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Blue beech: Features longer leaves than the American beech, with doubly serrate edges, brown angled buds, and muscular bark.
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American hophornbeam: Identified by doubly serrate leaves, pubescent veins and petioles, long hop-like fruit, zigzag twigs, and cat scratch bark.
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Mountain laurel: Possesses elliptical leaves with pointed tips, evergreen status, entire margins, yellow-green undersides, and a characteristic twisted twig with clustered leaves at the end.
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Scarlet oak: Notable for asymmetrical lobing with mucronate tips, a large acorn cap with a small base, and red ski trail-like bark.
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Chestnut oak: Has obovate leaves with wavy lobed margins, a beret-shaped acorn cap, and thick triangular bark.
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American witch-hazel: Broad leaves with an inequilateral base, wavy margins, slender light brown pubescent twigs, smooth gray-brown bark, and shrub-like growth.
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Norway maple: Recognized by broad leaves with three equally sized main lobes, spreading samaras, stout dark red to purple buds, and long narrow interlacing bark.
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Sugar maple: Distinguished by a dominant terminal lobe, five lobes with acuminate tips, parallel samaras, sharp pointed brown buds, and powdering bark.
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Baldcypress: Characterized by two-ranked needles, woody brown spherical cones, branches that drop in winter, and a wide tree base.
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Mockernut hickory: Contains 7-9 finely serrate leaflets, compound leaves, obovate-lanceolate shape, very pubescent rachis, green round nut with a thick husk, and a distinctive monkey leaf scar.
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Eastern red-cedar: Defined by rolled, chord-like foliage.
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Northern white-cedar: Features flat, chord-like foliage, glands on the underside of its leaves, and small cones.
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American chestnut: Presents a brown spiky ball fruit, beech-like leaves with oak bark characteristics, and rounded buds.
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Sweetgum: Notable for round dark brown spiky fruits, star-shaped leaves, long petioles, wrinkly twigs, and long blocked bark.
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Yellow buckeye: Has opposite, palmately compound leaves and produces large smooth fruit.
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Spicebush: A large shrub with simple, alternate, elliptical, and waxy leaves featuring red drupes.
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Osage-orange: Recognizable by its zigzag stem, entire leaf margins, stipular spines, orange inner bark, and large green brain-like fruit.
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Norway spruce: Known for hanging shoots, large pendant cones, silver dollar-like red bark, large orange buds, and four-angled needles.
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Eastern hemlock: Features rounded short needles, flattened structure, and small cones.
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Eastern white pine: Characterized by long feathery needles, five needles per fascicle, long open-scaled cones, and horizontal branches.
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Serviceberry: A small tree with smooth gray bark marked by black vertical stripes and serrate leaves.
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Sweet cherry: Exhibits serrate leaves with large glands on the petioles, short shoots, and silvery bark with black lenticels.
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Basswood: Recognized by its large broad leaves, rounded serrate margins, inequal chordate bases, ice cream cone-shaped buds, and hollow trunks.
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American holly: An evergreen plant with spiny leaves, smooth gray bark, and simple alternate leaf arrangement.
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American sycamore: Features alternate simple leaves, large size, camouflaged bark, maple leaf shape, large buds, and aggregate nutlets.
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Bitternut hickory: Displays pinnately compound leaves with serrated margins, a naked terminal bud that is sulfur yellow, 7-9 leaflets, and shallowly fissured light gray bark.
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Black locust: Identified by its pinnately compound leaf structure with small oval leaflets, white undersides, enlarged pulvina, ropey bark, and bean-sized legumes.
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Black walnut: Lacks a terminal leaflet, possesses a finely serrated margin on its pinnately compound leaves, multiple leaflets, an ET-like leaf scar, and dark brown ropey bark.
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Black willow: Exhibits simple, alternate, narrow lanceolate leaves with serrate margins, an open crown, long conical buds, and dark brown furrowed bark.
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Box-elder: Displays opposite, pinnately compound leaves where the terminal leaflet is close to the petiole, serrated margins, variably lobed shapes, green-white clustered samaras, red petioles, and green-purple twigs.
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Dryland blueberry: Simple, alternate leaves with green stems, variably serrate and pubescent surfaces, elliptical-oval shape, triangular papery buds, and shreddy brown bark.
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Green ash: Features opposite, pinnately compound leaves with a watermelon-like leaf scar and light gray hairs on new growth.
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Test your knowledge of various tree species with these flashcards focusing on their common names and leaf characteristics. Each card provides a distinct definition to help you learn and remember essential details about blue beech, American hophornbeam, and mountain laurel.
