Fruit Type & Wildlife/Human Value Flashcards
red maple
samara (songbirds, fox)
painted buckeye
capsule (squirrels) (poisonous to humans)
devil’s walking stick
purple drupe (poisonous to humans)
dwarf pawpaw
berry (squirrels)
persimmon
berry (raccoon, fox)
lespedeza (aka bush clover)
legume (quail)
sourwood
capsule
pitch pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
loblolly pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
Virginia pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)
black cherry
dark purple drupe (songbirds, black bear)
white oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
southern red oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
post oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel)
winged sumac
red drupe (rabbits)
poison-ivy
green-white drupe (songbirds)
rusty blackhaw
blue drupe (songbirds)
lodgepole pine
cone: flat
serviceberry
dark purple pome (squirrels, humans)
pignut hickory
nut (squirrels) (not humans)
red hickory
nut (squirrels) (not humans)
mockernut hickory
nut (squirrels, humans)
fringetree
dark blue drupe
dogwood
red drupe (songbirds, turkey)
huckleberry
purple berry (songbirds, humans)
blackgum
dark blue drupe (black bear)
shortleaf pine
cone: flat (songbirds, squirrels)
scarlet oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
black oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
multiflora rose
achene on a red hip (rabbits)
sweetleaf
green drupe
sparkleberry
black berry (least valuable)
blueberry
blue berry (songbirds, black bear, humans)
maple-leaf viburnum
black drupe (songbirds)
smooth alder
nutlet
musclewood
nutlet
redbud
legume
silky dogwood
metallic blue drupe
hazelnut
nut (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
white ash
samara
dog-hobble
capsule
tulip-poplar
aggregate of samaras (songbirds)
umbrella tree
aggregate of follicles (songbirds eat the red, fleshy seeds)
red mulberry
multiple of drupelets (songbirds, squirrels, humans) (valuable wildlife food)
northern red oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
azalea
capsule
rhododendron
capsule
storax
capsule
eastern hemlock
cone: flat scale
Carolina hemlock
cone: flat scale
western hemlock
cone: flat scale
hard maple
samara (songbirds, squirrels)
box elder
samara
river cane
caryopsis
pawpaw
berry (squirrels turkey, humans) (skin of fruit can cause a rash on some people)
bitternut hickory
nut (squirrels, turkey)
shagbark hickory
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)
hawthorn
pome (songbirds, bear) (sometimes made into jelly)
beech
nut (songbirds, squirrel, bear) (raw nuts toxic to humans)
winterberry
orange-red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)
American holly
red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)
spicebush
red drupe (songbirds)
hybrid white oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
overcup oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
Shumard oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
black willow
capsule
blackhaw
black drupe (songbirds, squirrel)
American elm
samara
soft maple
samara (songbirds, squirrels)
tree-of-heaven
samara
sweet-shrub
achene (hip-like structure)
pecan
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans) (prized in baking)
Chinese chestnut
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)
Oriental bittersweet
capsule (used in dry floral arrangements and wreaths)