Fruit Type & Wildlife/Human Value Flashcards

1
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red maple

A

samara (songbirds, fox)

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2
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painted buckeye

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capsule (squirrels) (poisonous to humans)

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3
Q

devil’s walking stick

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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)

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legume (quail)

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7
Q

sourwood

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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

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cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)

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10
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Virginia pine

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cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels)

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11
Q

black cherry

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dark purple drupe (songbirds, black bear)

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12
Q

white oak

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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

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nut (raccoon, squirrel)

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15
Q

winged sumac

A

red drupe (rabbits)

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16
Q

poison-ivy

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green-white drupe (songbirds)

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17
Q

rusty blackhaw

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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
Q

mockernut hickory

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nut (squirrels, humans)

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23
Q

fringetree

A

dark blue drupe

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24
Q

dogwood

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red drupe (songbirds, turkey)

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huckleberry
purple berry (songbirds, humans)
26
blackgum
dark blue drupe (black bear)
27
shortleaf pine
cone: flat (songbirds, squirrels)
28
scarlet oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
29
black oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
30
multiflora rose
achene on a red hip (rabbits)
31
sweetleaf
green drupe
32
sparkleberry
black berry (least valuable)
33
blueberry
blue berry (songbirds, black bear, humans)
34
maple-leaf viburnum
black drupe (songbirds)
35
smooth alder
nutlet
36
musclewood
nutlet
37
redbud
legume
38
silky dogwood
metallic blue drupe
39
hazelnut
nut (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
40
white ash
samara
41
dog-hobble
capsule
42
tulip-poplar
aggregate of samaras (songbirds)
43
umbrella tree
aggregate of follicles (songbirds eat the red, fleshy seeds)
44
red mulberry
multiple of drupelets (songbirds, squirrels, humans) (valuable wildlife food)
45
northern red oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
46
azalea
capsule
47
rhododendron
capsule
48
storax
capsule
49
eastern hemlock
cone: flat scale
50
Carolina hemlock
cone: flat scale
51
western hemlock
cone: flat scale
52
hard maple
samara (songbirds, squirrels)
53
box elder
samara
54
river cane
caryopsis
55
pawpaw
berry (squirrels turkey, humans) (skin of fruit can cause a rash on some people)
56
bitternut hickory
nut (squirrels, turkey)
57
shagbark hickory
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)
58
hawthorn
pome (songbirds, bear) (sometimes made into jelly)
59
beech
nut (songbirds, squirrel, bear) (raw nuts toxic to humans)
60
winterberry
orange-red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)
61
American holly
red drupe (songbirds, turkey) (fruit irritates human stomachs)
62
spicebush
red drupe (songbirds)
63
hybrid white oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
64
overcup oak
nut (most valuable to wildlife) (raccoon, squirrel, bear)
65
Shumard oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
66
black willow
capsule
67
blackhaw
black drupe (songbirds, squirrel)
68
American elm
samara
69
soft maple
samara (songbirds, squirrels)
70
tree-of-heaven
samara
71
sweet-shrub
achene (hip-like structure)
72
pecan
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans) (prized in baking)
73
Chinese chestnut
nut (squirrels, turkey, humans)
74
Oriental bittersweet
capsule (used in dry floral arrangements and wreaths)
75
sugarberry (southern hackberry)
drupe (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
76
ginkgo
fleshy seeds borne naked (some people develop skin rashes from contact with seeds)
77
Osage-orange
green multiple of drupes
78
Chinaberry
yellow drupe (deadly poisonous to livestock, poultry, humans if eaten)
79
dawn-redwood
cone: peltate scale (shield-shaped)
80
white mulbery
multiple of drupes (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
81
Norway spruce
cone: flat scale
82
laurel oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
83
sassafras
blue drupe (songbirds)
84
American chestnut
nut (squirrels, bear, humans)
85
red spruce
cone: flat scale
86
mimosa
legume
87
silverling
achene or nutlet
88
river birch
nutlet or samara (mature in the spring)
89
strawberry bush
capsule (songbirds)
90
green ash
samara
91
privet
blue drupe (songbirds, raccoons)
92
sweetgum
multiple capsule (songbirds, squirrels)
93
Japanese honeysuckle
black berry (songbirds)
94
Japanese stilt grass
caryopsis
95
Virginia creeper
berry (songbirds)
96
paulownia
capsule
97
cherrybark oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
98
blackberry
aggregate of black druplets (songbirds, humans)
99
elderberry
dark purple drupe (songbirds)
100
winter grape
dark purple berry (songbirds, squirrels, bears)
101
muscadine
purple/black berry (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
102
Carolina ash
samara
103
swamp pepperbush
capsule
103
inkberry
black drupe (songbirds, bear) (fruits irritate human stomachs and cause vomitting)
103
longleaf pine
cone: flat scale
103
sand laurel oak
nut
103
turkey oak
nut
103
sand post oak
nut
103
swamp cyrilla
light brown drupe-like
103
lamb-kill
capsule
103
sweetbay
follicle
103
swampbay
dark blue drupe
103
pond pine
cone: flat scale
103
pondcypress
cone: peltate scale
103
Atlantic whitecedar
cone: peltate scale
103
loblolly bay
capsule
103
gallberry
black drupe (songbirds, black bear) (fruits irritate human stomachs)
103
staggerbush
capsule
103
swamp blackgum
black drupe (songbirds, bear)
103
creeping blueberry
black berry
103
beautyberry
lavender drupe-like (songbirds, raccoon)
103
autumn-olive
dull orange drupe (songbirds, bears, humans)
103
honeylocust
legume (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
103
witch-hazel
"exploding" capsule
103
lespedeza (sericea)
legume (quail)
103
devilwood
drupe
103
Engelmann spruce
cone: flat scale
103
spruce pine
cone: flat scale
103
slash pine (and South Florida slash pine)
cone: flat scale
103
Table-mountain pine
cone: flat scale
103
Douglas fir
cone: flat scale
103
swamp chestnut oak
nut (squirrels, turkey)
103
black locust
legume
103
redwood
cone: peltate scale
103
baldcypress
cone: peltate scale
103
popcorn tree
capsule (wax on seed coat used in candle making)
103
Sitka spruce
cone: flat
103
catalpa
capsule
104
oakleaf hydrangea
capsule
105
glossy privet
blue drupe (songbirds)
106
yellow bamboo
caryopsis
107
dwarf hackberry
drupe
108
jasmine
capsule
109
eastern redcedar
cone: peltate and fleshy (songbirds, especially cedar waxwings) (female cones used to flavor gin)
110
mountain laurel
capsule
111
pear
pome
112
blackjack oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
113
chestnut oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (high wildlife value)
114
winged elm
samara (mature in spring)
115
southern arrowwood
blue-black drupe (songbirds) (in winter)
116
ponderosa pine
cone: flat scale
117
giant sequoia
cone: peltate scale
118
western redcedar
cone: flat
119
cross-vine
capsule
120
Leyland cypress
cone: peltate scale
121
black walnut
nut (squirrels, humans)
122
waxmyrtle
dark blue, white wax-covered drupe (songbirds, turkey)
123
ironwood
nutlet
124
sycamore
achene
125
Callery pear
pome
126
water oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
127
willow oak
nut (raccoon, squirrel) (poisonous to livestock and humans)
128
smilax
black or red berry (songbirds, bear)
129
bladdernut
capsule
130
red elm
samara (matures in spring)
131
downy arrowwood
black drupe (songbirds, squirrels) (eat in winter)
132
nut pine
cone: flat scale (songbirds, squirrels, humans)
133
trembling aspen
capsule
134
trumpet creeper
capsule
135
elaeagnus
red drupe covered with silvery scales
136
English ivy
black drupe
137
winterberry (verticillata)
red drupe
138
yaupon
orange-red drupe (cause vomiting in humans)
139
southern magnolia
aggregate of follicles
140
blue spruce
cone: flat scale
141
white pine
cone: flat scale
142
mistletoe
white berry with sticky coating (songbirds) (poisonous to humans)
143
laurel cherry
black drupe (songbirds)
144
kudzu
legume
145
sawtooth oak
nut (produces fruit early) (squirrels)
146
Texas red oak
nut
147
pin oak
nut
148
live oak
nut
149
sugar pine
cone: flat scale
150
western white pine
cone: flat scale