LO 3.1 - 10 Trees in leaf from a list of thirty

Question 1

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Do you know where the first lot of trees are located.

Part 1. Reveal for a map.

Answer 1

Question 2

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Do you know where the second lot of trees are located.

Part 2. Reveal for a map.

Answer 2

Question 3

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ID this tree.

Answer 3

Eucalyptus gunii

Question 4

ID this tree.

ID this tree.

Answer 4

Azara microphylla

box-leaf azara

Family: Salicaceae. Location: just outside Alpine House

A large evergreen shrub or small tree, with very small glossy dark green leaves. Flowers small, deep yellow, vanilla-scented, in small clusters from late spring. Fruit a small red berry, seldom developing.

Question 5

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Thuja plicata

Answer 5

Question 6

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ID this tree.

Answer 6

Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’

Question 7

Toxicodendron vernicifluum

(Formerly Rhus verniciflua)

Answer 7

Question 8

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ID this tree.

Answer 8

Larix decidua

Question 9

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ID this tree.

Answer 9

Ostrya carpinifolia

Question 10

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ID this tree.

Answer 10

Palatanus orientalis var. digitata

Question 11

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ID this tree.

Answer 11

Acer henryi

Henry’s maple

Family: Sapindaceae. Location: just outside Alpine House

A small tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves are compound with 3 leaflets, thin and papery, up to 12 cm wide and 5 cm across usually with 3 lobes, with a waxy, whitish underside. Leaflets sometimes have a few shallow teeth but no lobes.

Question 12

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ID this tree.

The leaves are green and glossy on the upper side, dull on the underside, 8–10 cm long and 3–4 cm broad, laurel-like and with a serrated margin.

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Arbutus unedo

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Sorbus commixta ‘Dodong’

Answer 13

Question 14

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Ginkgo biloba

Answer 14

Question 15

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Cercis siliquastrum

Answer 15

Question 16

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Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’

Answer 16

Question 17

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ID this tree.

Answer 17

Liriodendron tulipiferia

Question 18

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ID this tree.

Answer 18

Betula utilis var. jacquemontii

Question 19

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Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’

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Question 20

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Escallonia resinosa

Answer 20

Question 21

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Azara microphylla

Answer 21

Question 22

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ID this tree.

Answer 22

Sorbus hupehensis ‘November Pink’

Question 23

ID this tree.

ID this tree.

Answer 23

Trachycarpus fortunei

Chusan palm

Family: Arecaceae. Location: Around Teak House.

T. fortunei is a dioecious evergreen palm forming a small tree with a stout, fibre-covered trunk bearing a terminal tuft of deeply divided, fan-shaped dark green leaves to 1m in width, and large arching sprays of small, light yellow flowers.

Question 24

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ID this tree.

Answer 24

Ginkgo biloba

maidenhair tree

Family: Ginkgoaceae. Location: continue… on left past Zelkova.

G. biloba is a deciduous tree to 25m, conical when young, becoming more irregular with age. Leaves to 12cm in width, fan-shaped and often bilobed, turning clear yellow in autumn. Unpleasantly scented dull yellow fruits in autumn on female plants

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Trachycarpus fortunei

Answer 25

Question 26

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Eucalyptus gunii

Answer 26

Question 27

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ID this tree.

Answer 27

Cercis siliquastrum

Judas tree

A bushy, deciduous small tree. Leaves to 10cm in width, broadly heart-shaped. Flowers rosy-pink, pea-shaped, in clusters on the older wood. Fruit a conspicuous flattened purplish pod to 12cm in length.

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Sorbus hupehensis ‘November Pink’

Answer 28

Question 29

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ID this tree.

Answer 29

Fraxinus excelsior ‘Pendula’

weeping ash

Family: Oleaceae. Location: Opposite library.

A strong-growing medium-sized deciduous tree forming an umbrella-shaped crown of pendulous branches arching to the ground. Leaves pinnate, sometimes turning yellow in the autumn

Question 30

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ID this tree.

Answer 30

Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’

Question 31

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Answer 31

Thuja plicata

Question 32

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Acer cappadocicum ‘Rubrum’

Answer 32

Question 33

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Euonymus hamiltonianus

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Question 34

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Larix decidua

Answer 34

Question 35

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ID this tree.

Answer 35

Carpinus betulus ‘Frans Fontaine’

hornbeam ‘Frans Fontaine’

Family: Betulaceae. Location: car park.

A narrow, columnar deciduous tree, with smooth, grey bark which darkens with age. The tree can grow to 10m (33ft) high when mature. It bears fresh green leaves in spring and summer, which turn to a rich, golden-yellow in autumn. It can often hold its dead, brown leaves through the winter, before shedding them in spring when it comes into growth once more. This cultivar only produces male catkins which are green and appear in April.

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Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’

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Question 37

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Arbutus unedo

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Question 38

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Carpinus betulus ‘Frans Fontaine’

Answer 38

Question 39

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ID this tree.

Answer 39

Prunus ‘Tai-haku’

Question 40

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Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’

coral-bark maple

Family: Sapindaceae. Location: Just outside Alpine House.

‘Sango-kaku’ is a large deciduous shrub or small tree to 6m, with coral-red young branches bearing 5-lobed leaves which open pinkish-yellow, becoming green in summer and yellow in autumn. Flowers small, reddish.

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Liriodendron tulipiferia

Answer 41

Question 42

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Betula utilis var. jacquemontii

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ID this tree.

Question 43

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Acer griseum

Answer 43

ID this tree.

Question 44

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Fraxinus excelsior ‘Pendula’

Answer 44

Question 45

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ID this tree.

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Euonymus hamiltonianus

Family: Celastraceae. Location: Beside library.

A tree-like, deciduous shrub to 6m tall and broad. The leaves are narrowly-oval, up to 12cm long, with scalloped edges and sometimes narrowing to a long, sharp point; they turn brilliant red in autumn. Small, pale green flowers are followed by four-lobed, dusky pink fruit that split to reveal orange seeds.

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Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’

Answer 46

Question 47

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ID this tree.

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Escallonia resinosa

Family: Escalloniaceae. Around the back of the Herbarium.

An evergreen shrub or small tree, that can reach up to 6m in its native environment, but rarely above 2m in cultivation. Has reddish stems and glossy, slightly sticky green leaves with finely toothed edges. Foliage has a spicy aroma when wet. Produces clusters of small, tubular white flowers with recurved tips in summer.

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Ostrya carpinifolia

Answer 48

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Palatanus orientalis var. digitata

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Question 50

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ID this tree.

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Acer cappadocicum ‘Rubrum’
Family: Sapindaceae. Location: Car park.
‘Rubrum’ is a medium-sized deciduous tree with a spreading crown of 5-lobed leaves, bright crimson when young, later green, yellow in autumn. Flowers yellow.

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Acer henryi

Answer 51

ID this tree.

Question 52

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Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’

ash ‘Jaspidea’

Family: Oleaceae. Location: carpark.

‘Jaspidea’ is a vigorous medium-sized deciduous tree with yellow young shoots conspicuous in winter. Leaves pinnate, yellow when young and also in autumn. Flowers inconspicuous.

Question 53

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ID this tree.

Answer 53

Zelkova carpinifolia

Question 54

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ID this tree.

Answer 54

Sorbus commixta ‘Dodong’

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Prunus ‘Tai-haku’

Answer 55

Question 56

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ID this tree.

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Acer griseum

paperbark maple

Family: Sapindaceae. Location: college entrance plus down by river

A small spreading deciduous tree with attractive peeling, papery chestnut-brown bark. Leaves with 3 leaflets, downy and whitish beneath, turning brilliant red and orange in autumn. Flowers small

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Sorbus domestica

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Question 58

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Sorbus domestica

service tree

Family: Rosaceae. Location: Just outsice Alpine House.

S. domestica is a tree, up to 20m high, with a domed, open crown and level, spreading branches and orange-tinged brown bark which cracks into small rectangles. Pinnate leaves, 15-22cm long, with 13-21 oblong, partly-serrated, dark yellowish-green leaflets, turn orange-red or yellow in autumn. Domed clusters, about 10cm across, of greyish-cream flowers appear in early summer and are followed by green fruits, 2-3cm long, which are tinged brownish-red on the sunny side and shaped like small apples or pears, in late summer and early autumn

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Zelkova carpinifolia

Answer 59

Question 60

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Answer 60

Rhus verniciflua

Varnish tree

Family Anacardiaceae. Location: Opposite library.

Rhus verniciflua is a deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft) by 10 m (32ft). It is in flower in July, and the seeds ripen from September to November. The species is dioecious and is pollinated by Bees. The plant is not self-fertile.