Full Species List Flashcards
spiny, evergreen leaves; light, smooth bark; alternate leaves
Ilex opaca
Aquifoliaceae
horizontal lenticels; flaky old bark, porous new bark; horizontal white stripes; tree
Prunus serotina
Rosaceae
The FIRST woody shrub with evergreen opposite leaves that we will learn in this class; purple fruits
Cartrema americana
Oleaceae
shitty, eaten, warty leaves; fuzzy petiole; distinct smell; prefers wet habitats
Tamala palustris
Lauraceae
silvery, reflective underside; glaucous, leaf-shaped leaves; prefer hill bottoms
Magnolia virginiana
Magnoliaceae
mesic species with vertically striped bark; cones at top of tree; conical fruits often nearby
Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnoliaceae
red berries; evergreen; crenate leaf margins; young twigs are sharp and gray
Ilex vomitoria
Aquifoliaceae
pubescent, brown leaf underside and valvate bud scales
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnoliaceae
evergreen, alternate leaves; slightly serrated; waxy fruits
Morella cerifera
Myricaceae
semi-evergreen oak of the bottomlands; non-lobed leaves
Quercus laurifolia
Fagaceae
large spines under LARGE leaf scars; linear trunk design; largest angiosperm leaf in Mississippi
Aralia spinosa
Araliaceae
leaves die, but don’t fall; mesic; acuminate / pointy leaf tips; broad serrations; horizontally splotchy wood
Fagus grandifolia
Fagaceae
distinctive ridges and valleys in old bark; ridge tops are smoooth, valleys are orange; hairs on underside of midrib
Oxydendrum arboreum
Ericaceae
dry habitat; liana with no thorns; fuzzy underside of leaf; monocot; weird, palmately parallel venation w/ somewhat cordate base
Smilax pumila
Smilacaceae
rough, sandpaperish leaves; alternate leaves; greenish / pale yellowish petiole + midrib; vertical stripes and white splotches on bark
Symplocos tinctoria
Symplocaceae
shrub w/ black berries; light gray / pale green twigs
Ilex glabra
Aquifoliaceae
taller holly shrubs that tend to form clonal patches; purple twigs
Ilex coriacea
Aquifoliaceae
tiny, spindly twigs w/ little swelling flower buds at tips; flaky, shreddy old bark
Vaccinium elliottii
Ericaceae
3 medium-sized needles per fascicle; cones hurt when grabbed
Pinus taeda
Pinaceae
3 long needles per fascicle; pom-pom formations at twig tips
Pinus palustris
Pinaceae
opposite, ovate, thick, leathery, evergreen leaves; pointed at the end; two-raked on young twigs
Ligustrum japonicum
Oleaceae
evergreen leaves; grows out more than up; sclerophyllous leaves;
Quercus virginiana
Fagaceae
evergreen, opposite, ROUNDED leaves; irregular shrub, typically with a deer browse line
Ligustrum sinense
Oleaceae
sharp cones / nut shells; widely serrate leaf margins; vertically plated bark
Castanea mollissima
Fagaceae
evergreen conifer with bluish-green fleshy cones; scales on red twigs
Juniperus virginiana
Cupressaceae
spiky, circular fruits; pointy canopy, one main apical stem; vertical ridges; star shaped leaf; orange apical growth during winter; ridges/wings on twigs
Liquidambar styraciflua
Atlingiaceae
blackish / dark reddish bark; huge black fruits; vertical ridges; pinnately compound leaves with narrow leaflets
Juglans nigra
Juglandaceae
extremely short needles and tiny cones
Pinus echinata
Pinaceae
tiny, 4 part yellow inflorescence; hanging yellow flowers; spiky fruits; shrub; NARROW, UNEVENLY VALVATE, SLIGHTLY FUZZY BUDS; undulate leaves with asymmetrical leaf base
Hamamelis virginiana
Hamamelidaceae
liana; leaves are gray and waxy on the bottom; medium angry thorns
Smilax glauca
Smilacaceae
Palm; very tall; huge leaves; you’ll break your legs if you fall off of this one
Sabal palmetto
Arecaceae
conifer; lance-like leaves; cones have a rose-like pattern; very straight up, even if multi-stem; bark resembles peeling strips
Cunninghamia lanceolata
Cupressaceae
conifer; scales in a flat plane; often held vertically
Thuja occidentalis
Cupressaceae
conifer; needles shaped into flexible, thick, mostly flat leaves
Podocarpus macrophylla
Podocarpaceae
bottomlands pine; darker green needles; flattened bark instead of flaky;
Pinus glabra
Pinaceae
“overcup oak” due to the signature acorn structure where the cap encloses >75% of nut; strippy, plated bark
Quercus lyrata
Fagaceae
“sawtooth oak” due to the spiny (soft spines) covering the large acorns; rough bark; orange valleys on bark; vase-shaped tree with dark macresence
Quercus acutissima
Fagaceae
small leaves; bark is super splotchy and unique; sort of resembles a map with greenish, bumpy ‘land’ and orange ‘oceans’; circular samara; asymmetrical leaf base; small leaves
Ulmus parvifolia
Ulmaceae
tipping birches by rivers; peeling, papery bark; typically multi-stem; horizontal lenticels; deltoid (triangular) leaf with doubly serrate margin and truncate base
Betula nigra
Betulaceae
vertically shreddy bark; acute crotch angles; cones are rounded and spiky; undercrotch tends to have vertical, barcode-esque lines
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Cupressaceae
Magnolia that blossoms pink; pubescent, small, valvate buds; purpleish twigs
Magnolia X soulangina
Magnoliaceae
Evergreen; largest privet; blue berries in terminal cones; leaves are larger, less glossy, and have an acuminate apex; opposite at nodes
Ligustrum lucidum
Oleaceae
evil orange tree; fruits look like small pumpkins; 3-leaflets; massive spikes
Citrus trifoliata
Rutaceae
saw palmetto; sharp teeth on petioles; typically a sandy environment specialist
Serenoa repens
Arecaceae
stems with 2 ridges on the twigs; long vertical stripes; small terminal buds; round architecture
Ulmus alata
Ulmaceae
palm that tends to stay near the ground; harmless; “blue” refers to its slightly waxy, darker leaves
Sabal minor
Arecaceae
cycad; superficially resembles a fountain; male / female cones; revolute leaf margins that come to a point at the apex; sago palm
Cycas revoluta
Cycadaceae
slightly lobed leaf (spatulate); most variable leaves of the oaks; deciduous or semi-evergreen; smooth oak bark; prefers bottomlands
Quercus nigra
Fagaceae
sycamore; shreddy bark at bottom; very white bark at top of tree; loves floodplains; huge distinctive leaf; spiny pubescence on underside of leaf (only on veins in winter)
Platanus occidentalis
Platanaceae
sinewy, muscular trunk; small, grayish brown macresence; bottomlands species
Carpinus caroliniana
Betulaceae
bark similar to chinese elm, but substantially more shreddy; large woody spines; white, roselike flowers; leaves resemble parsely
Crataegus marshallii
Rosaceae
deciduous magnolia with smooth bark; very thick branches; prefer to grow on steep slopes; sparse architecture; large pubescent, valvate buds; giant leaves with auriculate base;
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnoliaceae
incredibly smelly leaves; purple petioles on an evergreen leaf-shaped leaf; dark maroon flower;
Illicium floridanum
Illiciaceae
beech drops :D little parasitic twigs with small flowers growing on beech roots
Epifagus virginiana
Orobanchaceae
twisty tree trunks; resides at the bottom of mesic slopes; vertical stripes on cinnamon-esque bark; near streams
Kalmia latifolia
Ericaceae
white oak bark; shreddy white bark shows up about halfway up the tree; hand-sized leaves with rounded lobes; mesic forest specialist
Quercus alba
Fagaceae
low palm; sharp needles at base
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Arecaceae
sinewy, shreddy, rough bark with vertical stripes; fruits resemble hops; bark is diagnostic for this one, since leaves resemble elms and carpinus
Ostrya virginiana
Betulaceae
deciduous magnolia with rough bark; ovate leaves with a rounded leaf base; glaucous (white/waxy) buds
Magnolia acuminata
Magnoliaceae
spanish moss; epiphytic commensal
Tillandsia usneoides
Bromeliaceae
evergreen oak with leaf-shaped leaves; upland habitat specialist; smoother bark than live oak
Quercus hemisphaerica
Fagaceae
fruticose lichen found in sandhills; sage in color; has the little “british soldiers” as a fruiting body
Cladonia spp.
large scrub oak; sandhill restricted; lobed oak leaves (turkey tracks); consistently acute leaf base; blocky, red oak bark
Quercus laevis
Fagaceae
evergreen, leaf-shaped leaves, with small serrate margins; grows on bayheads; very iconic bark,,, seems to be huge plates, taller than they are wide; shotgun tree
Gordonia lasianthus
Theaceae
liana with super dense, sharp spines; restricted to wet habitats; long, oblong, evergreen leaves;
Smilax laurifolia
Smilacaceae
white dangling racemes when flowering; platy, flaky, and often times greenish brown bark; tree with weird architecture; restricted to wet areas; evergreen but jettisons a portion of its leaves every so often
Cyrilla racemiflora
Cyrillaceae
thick, leathery, evergreen leaves; reinforced, thick margin (revolute); shrub; wetlands species; vein is 1 mm away from margin; zigzag stem/twigs; pink flowers
Lyonia lucida
Ericaceae
evergreen, leaf-shaped leaves, sometimes tips are red; white bell-shaped flowers; slightly serrate, almost crenate, leaf margins; wetland habitat; rough margins
Leucothoe axillaris
Ericaceae
aromatic, waxy leaves; grows in water/streams; evergreen, serrate margins (only few serrations, typically); less serrations and undulations than cerifera
Morella caroliniensis
Myricaceae
xeric oak (dry habitat); large leaves with cross-shaped lobes; scrubby branches, but not in trunk architecture; white oak !!! pubescent leaf undersides and twigs
Quercus stellata
Fagaceae
winged sumac; in winter, seems to be a singular stem sticking up; similar architecture to Aralia; young twigs are red, old twigs peel; small lenticels on twigs; diagnostic winged rachis
Rhus copallinum
Anacardiaceae
very, very short shrub with very small leaves; Vaccinium style leaves; evergreen; green stem
Vaccinium myrsinites
Ericaceae
dry habitat Morella; smaller leaves; nodes in the axils; around knee high;
Morella pumila
Myricaceae
small shrub; dark maroon leaves in winter; glossy leaves; very rounded tips, semi-truncate to acute base
Gaylussacia dumosa
Ericaceae
narrow, skinny, evergreen leaves; wetland shrub; whorled leaves; strongly acute leaf base; wispy architecture; yellow flowers
Hypericum galioides
Hypericaceae
green petioles; shrubby; leaves form vase shapes and are held close to the stem; its another Illicium, but its habit is different from floridanum
Illicium parviflorum
Illiciaceae
semi-evergreen oak; mix between live and overcup oak; live oak bark; acorn with large covering, but doesn’t cover whole nut; heavily lobed, leathery leaves
Quercus X componiae
Fagaceae
serrate margin at apex, entire margin at base; smooth bark; multi-trunked; acuminate tip with undulations; green petioles
Quercus myrsinifolia
Fagaceae
Extremely vertical bark w/ very thin valleys; beautiful white flowers; compact architecture; very acute crotches (weak); tall, pubescent, imbricate buds; circular, slightly serrate leaves; huge thorns in the wild
Pyrus calleryana
Roseaceae