Fruit Type & Wildlife/Human Value Flashcards

1
Q

red maple

A

samara (songbirds, fox)

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painted buckeye

A

capsule (squirrels) (poisonous to humans)

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3
Q

devil’s walking stick

A

purple drupe (poisonous to humans)

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4
Q

dwarf pawpaw

A

berry (squirrels)

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5
Q

persimmon

A

berry (raccoon, fox)

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6
Q

lespedeza (aka bush clover)

A

legume (quail)

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7
Q

sourwood

A

capsule

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8
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pitch pine

A

cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)

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9
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loblolly pine

A

cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)

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10
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Virginia pine

A

cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)

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11
Q

black cherry

A

dark purple drupe (songbirds, black bear)

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12
Q

white oak

A

nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)

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13
Q

southern red oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

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14
Q

post oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel)

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15
Q

winged sumac

A

red drupe (rabbits)

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16
Q

poison-ivy

A

green-white drupe (songbirds)

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17
Q

rusty blackhaw

A

blue drupe (songbirds)

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18
Q

lodgepole pine

A

cone: flat

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19
Q

serviceberry

A

dark purple pome (squirrels, humans)

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20
Q

pignut hickory

A

nut (squirrels) (not humans)

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21
Q

red hickory

A

nut (squirrels) (not humans)

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22
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mockernut hickory

A

nut (squirrels, humans)

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23
Q

fringetree

A

dark blue drupe

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24
Q

dogwood

A

red drupe (songbirds, turkey)

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25
Q

huckleberry

A

purple berry (songbirds, humans)

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26
Q

blackgum

A

dark blue drupe (black bear)

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27
Q

shortleaf pine

A

cone: flat (songbirds, squirrels)

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28
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scarlet oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

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29
Q

black oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

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30
Q

multiflora rose

A

achene on a red hip (rabbits)

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31
Q

sweetleaf

A

green drupe

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32
Q

sparkleberry

A

black berry (least valuable)

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33
Q

blueberry

A

blue berry (songbirds, black bear, humans)

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34
Q

maple-leaf viburnum

A

black drupe (songbirds)

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35
Q

smooth alder

A

nutlet

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36
Q

musclewood

A

nutlet

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37
Q

redbud

A

legume

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38
Q

silky dogwood

A

metallic blue drupe

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39
Q

hazelnut

A

nut (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

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40
Q

white ash

A

samara

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41
Q

dog-hobble

A

capsule

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42
Q

tulip-poplar

A

aggregate of samaras (songbirds)

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43
Q

umbrella tree

A

aggregate of follicles (songbirds eat the red, fleshy seeds)

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44
Q

red mulberry

A

multiple of drupelets (songbirds, squirrels, humans) (valuable wildlife food)

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45
Q

northern red oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

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46
Q

azalea

A

capsule

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47
Q

rhododendron

A

capsule

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48
Q

storax

A

capsule

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49
Q

eastern hemlock

A

cone: flat scale

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50
Q

Carolina hemlock

A

cone: flat scale

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51
Q

western hemlock

A

cone: flat scale

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52
Q

hard maple

A

samara (songbirds, squirrels)

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53
Q

box elder

A

samara

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54
Q

river cane

A

caryopsis

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55
Q

pawpaw

A

berry (squirrels turkey, humans) (skin of fruit can cause a rash on some people)

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56
Q

bitternut hickory

A

nut (squirrels, turkey)

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57
Q

shagbark hickory

A

nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)

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58
Q

hawthorn

A

pome (songbirds, bear) (sometimes made into jelly)

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59
Q

beech

A

nut (songbirds, squirrel, bear) (raw nuts toxic to humans)

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60
Q

winterberry

A

orange-red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)

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61
Q

American holly

A

red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)

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62
Q

spicebush

A

red drupe (songbirds)

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63
Q

hybrid white oak

A

nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)

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64
Q

overcup oak

A

nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)

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65
Q

Shumard oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

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66
Q

black willow

A

capsule

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67
Q

blackhaw

A

black drupe (songbirds, squirrel)

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68
Q

American elm

A

samara

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69
Q

soft maple

A

samara (songbirds, squirrels)

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70
Q

tree-of-heaven

A

samara

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71
Q

sweet-shrub

A

achene (hip-like structure)

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72
Q

pecan

A

nut (squirrels, turkey, humans) (prized in baking)

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73
Q

Chinese chestnut

A

nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)

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74
Q

Oriental bittersweet

A

capsule (used in dry floral arrangements and wreaths)

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75
Q

sugarberry (southern hackberry)

A

drupe (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

76
Q

ginkgo

A

fleshy seeds borne naked (some people develop skin rashes from contact with seeds)

77
Q

Osage-orange

A

green multiple of drupes

78
Q

Chinaberry

A

yellow drupe (deadly poisonous to livestock, poultry, humans if eaten)

79
Q

dawn-redwood

A

cone: peltate scale (shield-shaped)

80
Q

white mulbery

A

multiple of drupes (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

81
Q

Norway spruce

A

cone: flat scale

82
Q

laurel oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

83
Q

sassafras

A

blue drupe (songbirds)

84
Q

American chestnut

A

nut (squirrels, bear, humans)

85
Q

red spruce

A

cone: flat scale

86
Q

mimosa

A

legume

87
Q

silverling

A

achene or nutlet

88
Q

river birch

A

nutlet or samara (mature in the spring)

89
Q

strawberry bush

A

capsule (songbirds)

90
Q

green ash

A

samara

91
Q

privet

A

blue drupe (songbirds, raccoons)

92
Q

sweetgum

A

multiple capsule (songbirds, squirrels)

93
Q

Japanese honeysuckle

A

black berry (songbirds)

94
Q

Japanese stilt grass

A

caryopsis

95
Q

Virginia creeper

A

berry (songbirds)

96
Q

paulownia

A

capsule

97
Q

cherrybark oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

98
Q

blackberry

A

aggregate of black druplets (songbirds, humans)

99
Q

elderberry

A

dark purple drupe (songbirds)

100
Q

winter grape

A

dark purple berry (songbirds, squirrels, bears)

101
Q

muscadine

A

purple/black berry (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

102
Q

Carolina ash

A

samara

103
Q

swamp pepperbush

A

capsule

103
Q

inkberry

A

black drupe (songbirds, bear) (fruits irritate human stomachs and cause vomitting)

103
Q

longleaf pine

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

sand laurel oak

A

nut

103
Q

turkey oak

A

nut

103
Q

sand post oak

A

nut

103
Q

swamp cyrilla

A

light brown drupe-like

103
Q

lamb-kill

A

capsule

103
Q

sweetbay

A

follicle

103
Q

swampbay

A

dark blue drupe

103
Q

pond pine

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

pondcypress

A

cone: peltate scale

103
Q

Atlantic whitecedar

A

cone: peltate scale

103
Q

loblolly bay

A

capsule

103
Q

gallberry

A

black drupe (songbirds, black bear) (fruits irritate human stomachs)

103
Q

staggerbush

A

capsule

103
Q

swamp blackgum

A

black drupe (songbirds, bear)

103
Q

creeping blueberry

A

black berry

103
Q

beautyberry

A

lavender drupe-like (songbirds, raccoon)

103
Q

autumn-olive

A

dull orange drupe (songbirds, bears, humans)

103
Q

honeylocust

A

legume (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

103
Q

witch-hazel

A

“exploding” capsule

103
Q

lespedeza (sericea)

A

legume (quail)

103
Q

devilwood

A

drupe

103
Q

Engelmann spruce

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

spruce pine

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

slash pine (and South Florida slash pine)

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

Table-mountain pine

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

Douglas fir

A

cone: flat scale

103
Q

swamp chestnut oak

A

nut (squirrels, turkey)

103
Q

black locust

A

legume

103
Q

redwood

A

cone: peltate scale

103
Q

baldcypress

A

cone: peltate scale

103
Q

popcorn tree

A

capsule (wax on seed coat used in candle making)

103
Q

Sitka spruce

A

cone: flat

103
Q

catalpa

A

capsule

104
Q

oakleaf hydrangea

A

capsule

105
Q

glossy privet

A

blue drupe (songbirds)

106
Q

yellow bamboo

A

caryopsis

107
Q

dwarf hackberry

A

drupe

108
Q

jasmine

A

capsule

109
Q

eastern redcedar

A

cone: peltate and fleshy (songbirds, especially cedar waxwings) (female cones used to flavor gin)

110
Q

mountain laurel

A

capsule

111
Q

pear

A

pome

112
Q

blackjack oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

113
Q

chestnut oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (high wildlife value)

114
Q

winged elm

A

samara (mature in spring)

115
Q

southern arrowwood

A

blue-black drupe (songbirds) (in winter)

116
Q

ponderosa pine

A

cone: flat scale

117
Q

giant sequoia

A

cone: peltate scale

118
Q

western redcedar

A

cone: flat

119
Q

cross-vine

A

capsule

120
Q

Leyland cypress

A

cone: peltate scale

121
Q

black walnut

A

nut (squirrels, humans)

122
Q

waxmyrtle

A

dark blue, white wax-covered drupe (songbirds, turkey)

123
Q

ironwood

A

nutlet

124
Q

sycamore

A

achene

125
Q

Callery pear

A

pome

126
Q

water oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

127
Q

willow oak

A

nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)

128
Q

smilax

A

black or red berry (songbirds, bear)

129
Q

bladdernut

A

capsule

130
Q

red elm

A

samara (matures in spring)

131
Q

downy arrowwood

A

black drupe (songbirds, squirrels) (eat in winter)

132
Q

nut pine

A

cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels, humans)

133
Q

trembling aspen

A

capsule

134
Q

trumpet creeper

A

capsule

135
Q

elaeagnus

A

red drupe covered with silvery scales

136
Q

English ivy

A

black drupe

137
Q

winterberry (verticillata)

A

red drupe

138
Q

yaupon

A

orange-red drupe (cause vomiting in humans)

139
Q

southern magnolia

A

aggregate of follicles

140
Q

blue spruce

A

cone: flat scale

141
Q

white pine

A

cone: flat scale

142
Q

mistletoe

A

white berry with sticky coating (songbirds) (poisonous to humans)

143
Q

laurel cherry

A

black drupe (songbirds)

144
Q

kudzu

A

legume

145
Q

sawtooth oak

A

nut (produces fruit early) (squirrels)

146
Q

Texas red oak

A

nut

147
Q

pin oak

A

nut

148
Q

live oak

A

nut

149
Q

sugar pine

A

cone: flat scale

150
Q

western white pine

A

cone: flat scale