Broad Leaf Identification Flashcards

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William Penn barberry

Berberidaceae

Berberis x gladwynensis ‘William Penn’

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Bergenia sp.

Saxifragaceae

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Scharletto Leucothoe

smaller than rainbow

new growth dark purple red

colorful in atumn and new growth in spring

Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Zablied’

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Scotch heather

Ericaceae

Calluna vulgaris

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loquat

Rosaceae

dark green leaves lite underside

softer look than evergreen magnolia

Eriobotryia japonica

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windmill palm

Arecaceae

fan shaped leaves that droop and die every 2 yrs

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Rhododendron delavayi

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stinking hellebore

thin spiny leaflets

Ranunculaceae

Helleborus foetidus

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berberis stenophylla

thin longated leaves that form a shield

3 points at tip

small barbs at nods

Berberis x stenophylla

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Mediterranean white heath

Ericaceae

grow in mounds

Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’

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privet honeysuckle

Caprifoliaceae

Lonicera pileata

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bush anemone

Hydrangeaceae

Carpenteria californica

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dwarf heavenly bamboo

Berberidaceae

Nandina domestica ‘Nana’

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same

red stems at new growth

round leaves

serrated

Escalloniaceae

Escallonia ‘Newport Dwarf’

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same

Ericaceae

hairs on leaf margins

Rhododendron ‘Cilpinensis’

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same

Ericaceae

Rhododendron bureavii

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pampas grass

sharp leaves

Cortaderia selloana

Poaceae

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yucca

hairs on the side of stif up right leaves

Asparagaceae

Yucca filamentosa

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fragrant sarccocca

Sarcococca ruscifolia

grows shoots

Buxaceae

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English laurel

ovate shaped leaves

alternate leaf arragement

yellow green color

small serration on leaf edge

thicker leaf more roundish

vein-like appearance

Prunus laurocerasus

Rosaceae

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autumn fern

Polypodiaceae

Dryopteris erythrosora

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waxleaf privet

Oleaceae

leaves point upward

new growth looks yellowish

Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’

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French holly

small leaves wants to be narrow and upright

Aquifoliaceae

Ilex aquifolium ‘Angustifolium’

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Osmanthus x Burkwoodii

Burkwood osmanthus

Oleaceae

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dwarf rosemary

grows low and out over rocks

Lamiaceae

Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus Group’

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Aztec Pearl choisya

Rutaceae

Choisya x dewitteana “Aztec Pearl

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holly-leaf osmanthus

opposite leaf arrangement

holly like green leaves less glossy than holly

blooms fall to late winter

tiny white fragrant flowers

fairly narrow plant new growth goes straight up

Oleaceae

Osmanthus heterophyllus

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Fradeasii

glossy green leaf similar to Newport dwarf

dead flowers hang on

reddishness to young stems

Escallonia x exoniensis ‘Fradeasii’

Escallionaceae

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same

dull leaves

Escallonia x langleyensis ‘Apple Blossom’

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winter creeper

Euonymus fortunei

Celastraceae

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Wheeler’s Dwarf pittosporum

Pittosporaceae

thick leaves

alternate false whorl

curled under leaf margins

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purple rockrose

Cistaceae

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hybrid kinnickinnick

Ericaceae

Arctostaphylos x media

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low stranvaesia

fruit dull and rough

Rosaceae

Stranvaesia davidiana var. undulata

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Same

twiggy smells like medicine old leaves turn red when warm turns green

Ericaceae

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spurge daphne

Thymelaceae

straight upright form

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Phormium tenax

Xanthorrhoeaceae

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Mt Vernon laurel

dense layering ground cover

glossy dark green leaves

smaller leaves than English laurel

leaf margin are widely spaced serrated

form lays flat when held out

Rosaceae

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warty barberry

Bereridaceae

3 spins smaller leaves

very white underside

38
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same

Escalloniaceae

duller green leaves

40
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Portuguese laurel

Ovate leaf formation pink leaf stems

new leaves look taco like shape

dark green serrated leaves

ungulated leaf margins

Rosaceae

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firethorn

has thorn that burn your skin if you get poked

Rosaceae

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variegated English holly

Aquifoliaceae

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star jasmine

climber

glossy yellow green veined

dark stems

winter leaf color change

Apocynaceae

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Mexican orange

Rutaceae

45
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same

Linnaeaceae

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laurustinus

leaves have some ungulation

shade leaves flatten out

new growth stems are red

pinkish white buds open to white flowers

opposite leaf arrangement

flowers Nov to March

Adoxaceae

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silverberry

rough brown stems

new leaves have sliverly underside with brown spots

plant looks sprayed painted

flowers in the fall small white fragrant flowers

stems can be thorny

Elaeagnaceae

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fatshedera

Araliaceae

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phontinia

leaf has serrated margin

leaf color is dull w/reddish edge

new growth is red

obovate leaf shape wider at the top than the bottom

fungal diease/canker spots

Rosaceae

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wild strawberry

Rosaceae

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madrona

native to calif to BC Canada

one of the few trees in the broadleaf catagory

best id by the bark peeling back cinnamon color

alternate leaf pattern looks whorled

trunk and branches look bent

Ericaceae

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heavenly bamboo

Berberidaceae

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tall sarcococca

clumps

Berberidaceae

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zabel laurel

looks like Otto but growth is not as upright

@60 degree angle

leaves are more yellow green

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rock spray cotoneaster

Rosaceae

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winter daphne

Thymelaeaceae

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Otto Luyken laurel

grows upward

Rosaceae

60
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variegated viburnum tinus

new foliage hairy

variegated

leaves have some ungulation

new growth stems are red

pinkish buds open to white flower

very fragrant

Nov to march flowers

Adoxaceae

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box honeysuckle

Caprifoliaceae

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variegated holly-leaf osmanthus

leaves arrangement opposite

never gets sick

grows smoll because of variation

flowers in late fall/winter

Oleaceae

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leather leaf viburnum

very veiny and fuzzy

wear mask when pruning

biggest longest leaf viburnum

Adoxaceae

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Baggesen’s Gold box honeysuckle

Caprifoliaceae

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impeditum rhododendron

small leaf woody brittle rhodie

native to the Himalayia’s

grow in high altitudes rocky good drainage areas

bell shape flowers (Ericaceae)

blue violet flowers spring bloom

false whorled leaf arrangement oval shape

needs full sun/part shade 6+ hrs

Ericaceae