2. Dicot Evergreen Trees

Question 1

Distinctive red bark, pods, clusters of yellow flowers at branch end

Answer 1

Black Wattle
Acacia mabellae

Question 2

Blue-gray foliage, weeping branches, yellow puff-ball flowers .25-.5”

Answer 2

Weeping Myall, Weeping Acacia
Acacia pendula

Question 3

Long, attractive pods, maroon new bark that turns grayish brown w age, weeping, long thin leaves up to 16” long

Answer 3

Shoestring acacia/Shoestring Wattle
Acacia stenophylla

Question 4

2-3 inch long oval leaves, 1 inch wide fleshy white petals, edible fruit

Answer 4

Pineapple guava or Feijoa
Acca sellowiana

Question 5

Shiny red bark, flower clusters, edible red-yellow fruit

Answer 5

Arbutus ‘Marina’

Question 6

Handsome bark, picturesque flowers, edible red-yellow fruit (bland), dark green foliage

Answer 6

Strawberry Tree
Arbutus unedo

Question 7

Red to brownish berry like tiny apple, 2.5-3” long-oblong solar-tracking leaves, upright leaves, shrub, blue gray foliage

Answer 7

Dr. Hurd manzanita
Arctostaphylos manzanita ‘Dr. Hurd’

Question 8

Small, red flower, long 12” pod, dense dark green foliage

Answer 8

Carob
Ceratonia siliqua

Question 9

Round 3-6” fruit, glossy dark green foliage, evergreen all year, attracts pollinators

Answer 9

Orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, kumquat
Citrus cvs.

Question 10

Powdery white-pinkish bark, golden green foliage

Answer 10

Lemon gum
Corymbia citriadora

Question 11

Green, veiny, leathery simple leaf, small golden fruit

Answer 11

Loquat
Eriobotria japonica

Question 12

Shapely, muscular architecture, rich dark green leaves

Answer 12

Indian laurel/Laurel Fig
Ficus microcarpa

Question 13

Fluffy red flowers, round hollow pod

Answer 13

Red flowering eucalyptus
Corymbia ficofolia

Question 14

Yellow fruit w red seed, 3 seed pod

Answer 14

Carrotwood/Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis anacardiodes

Question 15

Long, narrow leaves, small white and yellow blossoms, weeping architecture

Answer 15

Australian Willow
Geijera parviflora

Question 16

Tony pinkredblack flowers, shrubby

Answer 16

New Zealand Tea Tree/Manuka
Leptospermum scoparium

Question 17

Distinctive long, narrow, serrated leaf, mix of gray and red bark

Answer 17

Island Ironwood
Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. asplenifolius

Question 18

Huge white blossom, tough green leave that’s copper underneath, strong build

Answer 18

Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora

Question 19

Puffball pinkpurple flowers, gnarled bark, shrubby or treelike build

Answer 19

Pink melaleuca
Melaleuca nesophila

Question 20

Fluffy (white?) bottlebrush flower, long bluegray leaves, peeling bark

Answer 20

Paperbark tree
Melaleuca quinquenervia

Question 21

Red bottlebrush shaped flower, weeping structure

Answer 21

‘Little John’ Red Bottlebrush tree

Melaleuca viminalis

Question 22

Red puffy flower, elegant wide branching

Answer 22

New Zealand Christmas Tree

Metrosideros excelsa

Question 23

Small fruit, light gray green leaves, small simple oblong leaf

Answer 23

Oleo europea
Olive tree

Question 24

Big green fruit, big leathery simple leaf

Answer 24

Avocado
Persea americana

Question 25

White puffy flower, edges of leaf curve upward

Answer 25

Catalina Cherry

prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii

Question 26

Hollylike leaf, gorgeous majestic build, very textured bark

Answer 26

Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia

Question 27

Hollylike leaf, flatter than coast live oak, yellow green flatter leaf, smaller than coast live oak

Answer 27

Island Oak
Quercus tomentella

Question 28

Red berries in bunches, weeping build, compound leaf w narrow leaflets

Answer 28

Peruvian/California Pepper Tree
Schinus molle

Question 29

Little magenta berries, pointy simple leaf

Answer 29

Eugenia
Szygium paniculatum

Question 30

Fragrant leaf, small yellow white flower

Answer 30

California bay
Umbellularia californica