angiosperm trees spot id

Question 1

salicaceae

Answer 1

willow family:

Question 2

Populus balsamifera

Answer 2

salicaceae, balsam poplar
- large shiny deltoid leavs
- large sticky terminal bud
- prominent leaf scars
- flower buds look like tiny brussels sprouts on stems

Question 3

Populus deltoides

Answer 3

Salicaceae, plains cottonwood
- deeply serrated deltoid leaves
- string of pearls type flowers

Question 4

Populus tremuloides

Answer 4

Salicaceae, trembling aspen
- rounder leaves
- flattened petiole
- very small buds
- more dissected crown

Question 5

Salix sp.

Answer 5

Salicaceae, willow species
- wispy flowers
- fuzzy catkins
-looks like a willow
- lanceolate leaves

Question 6

betualceae

Answer 6

birch family

Question 7

alnus crispa

Answer 7

Betualceae, green alder
- deeply veined leaves
- medium - tall shrub
-WOODY catkins
- toothed margins

Question 8

Betula payrifera

Answer 8

betualceae, paper birch
- stretched out, flowering male catkins
- prominent lenticels
- peeling bark

Question 9

betula pumila

Answer 9

Betualceae, bog birch
- crinolated leaves
- proinent lenticels
- no peeling bark
- reddish bark on branches

Question 10

Corylus cornuta

Answer 10

Betualceae, beaked hazelnut
- thinner, slightly fuzzy leaves
- flowers that looks like snouts
- female catkin only 3-4 flowers

Question 11

fagaceae

Answer 11

oak

Question 12

quercus marcrocarpa

Answer 12

Fagaceae, bur oak
- deeply lobed (round) oak leaves
- fruit is a nut
- very gnarly branches
- BIG hat

Question 13

Quercus rubra

Answer 13

Fagaceae, red oak
- nuts smoother with less of a hat
- sharper oak leaves

Question 14

ulmaceae

Answer 14

elms

Question 15

Ulmus americana

Answer 15

Ulmaceae, american elm
- thin, deep venation
- big elm with large leaves
- fruit looks like round, fuzzy ravioli
- conical brown buds
- oblique leaf base

Question 16

Ulmus pumila

Answer 16

Ulmaceae, siberian elm
- smooth ravioli fruit
- smaller leaves than american

Question 17

tilia sp

Answer 17

Tiliaceae, basswood (americana/cordata)
- wispier flowers (not catkins)
- inflorescence attatched to wings

Question 18

aesculus glabra

Answer 18

hippocastanaceae, ohio buckeye
- palmately compound
- big ol nuts
- prominent stamen
-shallow veination

Question 19

ceraceae

Answer 19

maple

Question 20

Acer ginnala

Answer 20

Amur maple
- very bright samaras
-deeply serrated leaves

Question 21

Acer negundo

Answer 21

Aceraceae, manitoba maple
- compound leaves that look like a classic maple when pushed together
- butterfly wing samaras
- DROOPY

Question 22

Acer saccharum

Answer 22

Aceraceae, sugar maple
- samaras with a big fruit (very green)
- classic maple leaves
- male and bisexual flowers
- samara wings 45 degrees

Question 23

acer saccharinum

Answer 23

silver maple
- distinctive leaf backside
- more deeply lobed than sugar maple
- samaras more of a cactus arms

Question 24

Fraxinus sp.

Answer 24

Oleaceae,
- rough, layered bark
- pinnately compound leaves
- opposite arrangement
- deep leaf scars
- chocolate chip buds