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Dendrology Lab 2
Common Name, Scientific Name, and Important Keys
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 3
08/21/2012

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Term

Aceraceae

Acer negundo

epicormic branches,

decidious, pinnately compound opposite

leaflets 3-5, glaborous twigs,

samara fruit, bark is smooth (grey/brown)

Definition
boxelder
Term

Annonaceae

Asimina triloba

alternate, blades ovulate, petioles short

foliage has fetid odor when crushed

large green berry (bean shaped)

Definition
pawpaw
Term

Asteraceae

Baccharis halimifolia

decidious evergreen shrub

egg-shaped/rhombric leaf w/ coarse teeth

cotton like flowers invasive

Definition
eastern baccharis, groundsel tree
Term

Betulaceae

Betula nigra

blades triangulary ovate, margins double serrate

twigs slender/zigzag, bark is reddish/brown

tiny staminate catskins fruit

nutlets with ciliate wings

 

Definition
river birch
Term

Fabaceae

Cersis canadensis

leaves broadly ovate, bases heart shaped

margins entire, palmately veined

purplish petal flower

fruit is legumed flat and oblong

Definition
redbud
Term

Fabaceae

Lespedeza cuneata

invasive, perrinial herb

fruit is a legume pod

Definition
Chinese lespedeza
Term

Fabaceae

Robinia pseudoacacia

thick deeply furrowed blackish bark

9-19 pinnate oval leaflets

legume white fruit

Definition
black locust
Term

Fagaceae

Quercus acutissima

medium sized, decidious tree

bark is dark grey and furrowed

saw-tooth triangular leaf

Definition
sawtooth oak
Term

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia macrophylla

medium understory tree

branches bend under its heavy foliage

Definition
bigleaf magnolia
Term

Rosaceae

Pyrus calleryana

conic/ rounded crown

white clusterd flowers

Definition
Callery pear ('Bradford pear')
Term

Salicaceae

Salix nigra

swampy areas, leaf blades are narrowly-lance

margins finely serrate

twigs are glaborous and brittle

bark forms forking ridges w/ scaly plates

Definition
black willow
Term

Smilacaceae

Smilax spp.

thorned, easy spreading

brushes up and/or grows up trees

Definition
greenbriar, smilax
Term

Styracaceae

Halesia spp.

simple ovolate leaves

flowers pendolous, white or pink

flowers produce in clusters in 2-6 together

Definition
silverbell
Term

Vitaceae

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

5 leafed dome shape

rapid growth, red leaf stem occasionaly

Definition
Virginia creeper
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