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TEST 2
labs: 5, 6, 7
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
10/23/2012

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Term
Cercis occidentalis
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: western red bud

Leaf: cordate (heart)

Twig: Red, young

Flower: Red-Purple

Term
Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: california broom

Leaf: pinnately compund

Flower: yellow

Term
Lupinus albifrons
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: silver lupine

Leaf: palmately compund, 6-10 leaflets,

silvery-silky (both sides)

Flower: purple

Term
Lupinus arboreus
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: yellow bush lupine

Leaf: palmately compound

Flower: yellow

Term
Lupinus chamissonis
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: dune lupine

Leaf: palmately compound

 

Term
Pickeringia montana
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: chaparral pea

Leaf: palmately compound

Twig: spinose (twig=spine)

 

Term
Pickeringia glandulosa var. torreyana
Definition

FABACEAE - Legume Family

CN: honey mesquite, mesquite

Leaf: bipinnate

Twig: 1-2 axillary thorns

 

Term
Acer macrophyllum
Definition

SAPINDACEAE - Soapberry Family

CN: bigleaf maple

Leaf: opposite, cordate lobes

Fruit: double winged samara (steep)

Term
Acer circinatum
Definition

SAPINDACEAE - Soapberry Family

CN: vine maple

Leaf: opposite, simple,

toothed, smaller lobes

Fruit: double winged samara (180, wide)

Term
Acer glabrum
Definition

SAPINDACEAE - Soapberry Family

CN: mountain maple

Leaf: opposite, simple, 3-5 lobed,

smaller than big leaf, larger than vine

Fruit: samara

Term
Acer negundo var. californicum
Definition

SAPINDACEAE - Soapberry Family

CN: box elder

Leaf: opposite, pinnately compound (weird),

3-5 leaflets, pubescent

Fruit: winged samara (60*-90*)

Term
Aesculus californica
Definition

SAPINDACEAE - Soapberry Family

CN: california buckeye

Leaf: opposite, palmately compound (rare, largest)

Fruit: capsule (pear)

Term
Rhus ovata
Definition

ANACARDIACEAE - Sumac/Cashew Family

CN: sugar bush

Leaf: alternate, simple,

glabrous and shiny, thick and leathery

Fruit: drupe

Term
Rhus aromatica
Definition

ANACARDIACEAE - Sumac/Cashew Family

CN: skunkbush

Leaf: alternate, pinnately compound, 3-5 parted

Fruit: drupe, reddish

Term
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Definition

ANACARDIACEAE - Sumac/Cashew Family

CN: western poison oak

Leaf: alternate, innately compound,

lop leaf larger, trifoliate

Fruit: drupe

Term
Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
Definition

RHAMNACEAE - Buckthorn Family

CN: buck brush

Leaf: opposite

Twig: opposite, unequal branches

Fruit: capsule

Term
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. thyrsiflorus
Definition

RHAMNACEAE - Buckthorn Family

CN: blue blossum

Leaf: alternate, simple, 3 veined (raised),

dark green, glabrous above

Twig: green

Flower: blue

Term
Frangula californica subsp. californica
Definition

RHAMNACEAE - Buckthorn Family

CN: california coffeeberry

Leaf: alternate, prominent midvein below

Twig: red

Fruit: drupe, black

Term
Rhamnus crocea
Definition

RHAMNACEAE - Buckthorn Family

CN: spiny redberry

Leaf: serrate edges

Twig: stiff, spinescent

 

Term
Cornus nuttallii
Definition

CORNACEAE - Dogwood Family

CN: mountain dogwood

Leaf: opposite, veins arcuate

Fruit: drupe, head-like clusters

Term
Cornus sericea subsp. occidentalis
Definition

CORNACEAE - Dogwood Family

CN: american dogwood, red osier

Leaf: opposite, veins arcuate

Twig: red-purple

Flower: showy

Term
Arctostaphylos subsp. ???
Definition

ERICACEAE - Heath Family

CN: manzanita

Leaf: thicj and leathery

Bark: red-brown to purple

Fruit: drupe, apple-like

Flower: white or pink

Term
Arbutus menziesii
Definition

ERICACEAE - Heath Family

CN: pacific madrone

Leaf:evergreen, glabrous, leathery

Bark: modeled - many colors

Fruit: drupe, apple-like

Flower: white or pink

Term
Gaultheria shallon
Definition

ERICACEAE - Heath Family

 

CN: salal

 

Leaf: evergreen, ovate-round, heart shape @ base

 

Twig: zig-zag

 

 

Flower: white or pink

 

Term
Rhododendron occidentale
Definition

ERICACEAE - Heath Family

 

CN: western azalea

 

Leaf: deciduous, thin surfaces, light green,

mid-vein yellowish-red

 

 

Flower: white or pink

 

Term
Vaccinium ovatum
Definition

ERICACEAE - Heath Family

CN: califronia huckleberry

Leaf: evergreen, glabrous and shiny, paler green below,

thick and leathery, serrate leaves

 

 

 

Term
Eriodictyon californicum
Definition

BORAGINACEAE - Borage Family

CN: california yerba santa

Leaf: serrate, rolled under, glabrous, felt-like below,

hairy, distinct nasty odor.

Term
Eriodictyon traskiae
Definition

BORAGINACEAE - Borage Family

CN: trask's yerba santa, lamb's ear

Leaf: evergreen, alternate,

dense gray tomentum on both sides (hairy)

Term
Salvia mellifera
Definition

LAMIACEAE - Mint Family

CN: black sage

Leaf: evergreen, opposite,

dark green, arromatic

Term
Salvia leucophylla
Definition

LAMIACEAE - Mint Family

CN: purple sage

Leaf: evergreen, opposite,

white, arromatic, base truncate

Flower: lavender

Term
Mimulus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus
Definition

PHRYMACEAE -  Lopseed family

CN: northern moneky flower, sticky monkey flower

Leaf: evergreen, opposite, sticky

Flower: orange

Term
Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans
Definition

CAPRIFOLIACEAE -  Honeysuckle Family

 

CN: california honeysuckle

Leaf: opposite, upper leaves joined at base, sessile,

thick and leathery

Twig: woody twining VINES

 Fruit: berry, bright red

Term
Lonicera involucrata
Definition

CAPRIFOLIACEAE -  Honeysuckle Family

 

CN: twinberry

Leaf: opposite, point up, 

dark green above, paler pubescent below

Term
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Definition

CAPRIFOLIACEAE -  Honeysuckle Family

 

CN: snowberry

Leaf: opposite, glaborous, scattered hairs below

Fruit: berry, white with black spots on upper end

Term
Symphoricarpos mollis
Definition

CAPRIFOLIACEAE -  Honeysuckle Family

 

CN: creeping snowberry, trip vine

Leaf: opposite, pubescent and green above, 

densly pubescent below

Twig: trailing or creeping, VINE

Term
Sambucus nigra subsp. caerulea
Definition

ADOXACEAE - Muskroot/ Elderberry Family

CN: blue elderberry

Leaf: opposite, pinnatley compund, 3-9 leaflets

Fruit: drupe, blue-black

Term
Garrya elliptica
Definition

GARRYACEAE - Silk Tassel Family

 

CN: coast silk tassel

Leaf: opposite, tassels, leathery, green, glaborous,

densely tomentose below

Term
Garrya veatchii
Definition

GARRYACEAE - Silk Tassel Family

 

CN: veatch silk tassel

Leaf: opposite, dark green above, felty below

Term
Artemisia californica
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: california sagebrush

Leaf: alternate, filiform lobes, aleopathic, 

light green to gray, pungent sage-like odor

Term
Artemisia tridentata
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: big sagebrush

Leaf: 3 dented, sessile

Term


Baccharis pilularis subsp. consanguinea

Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: coyote bush, chaparral broom

Leaf: wedged shaped, 3 prominent veins, 

toothed upper 2/3

Flower: numerous heads on branchlets, white

Term
Baccharis salicifolia subsp. salicifolia
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: mule fat, seep willow

Leaf: alternate, lance-shaped

Twig: 5-6 angled

Term
Hazardia squarrosa
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: saw toothed golden bush

Leaf: alternate, sharply serrate margins,

leathery or stifflt papery, often resinous

Term
Ericameria ericoides
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: heather goldenbush

Leaf: alternate, axillary clusters

Term
Ericameria nauseosa
Definition

ASTERACEAE [COMPOSITAE] - Sunflower Family

CN: rubber rabbitbush

Leaf: filiform, strong stinky odor

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