LO 3.2 - Use a botanical key to identify 10 winter twigs from a list of 20 Flashcards
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Magnolia
* Red berry
* Hairy buds
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Lime
* Red buds
* Alternate buds on stem
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Norway Maple
* Main apical bud with two side buds.
* Terminal buds.
* Red buds (Sycamores are Green)
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ElderBerry
* Bark is full of lenticels.
* Stem has a hollow pithy centre.
* Opposite buds.
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Horse Chestnut
* Terminal bud.
* Sticky bud.
* Look for the leaf scars that resemble the underside of a horse shoe.
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Sycamore
* Terminal Bud
* Green buds (Maple is red)
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Walnut
* Look for black buds
* Terminal buds
* Leaf scar looks like ET or a monkeys face.
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Ash
* Distinctive Black buds
* Opposite buds
* Green bark and Goats hoof on top.
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Ginko
* Rough and protruding little buds
* Alternate buds
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Beech
* Pointed buds
* Alternate buds
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Larch
* Alternate buds
* Balls on branch
* Look for small cones
* all the needles come from one whorl
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Oak
* Look for a cluster of buds at the top.
* May have an acorn attached.
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Birch
* Alternate buds
* Pointy buds
* Small catkins on the end
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Hazel
* Alternate buds
* Green catkins
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Hawthorn
* Red berries
* Small Opposite buds which stick out from the branch.
* With thorns a little lower down.
* Cluster of buds at top.
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Hornbeam
* Opposite buds
* Look for destinctive seeds.
* Pointy buds a bit like Birch
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Mountain Ash or Rowan
* Hairy bud sticking out from the branch with little veins on the sides of them.
* May have red berries.
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Willow
* Buds grow very close to the bark.
* Developed buds may be furry.
* Opposite buds, around about the branch every three or so.
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Sweet Chestnut
* Red buds, very small
* Alternate buds
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Cherry
* Clustered buds
* Pointed buds
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Alder
* Alternate buds (on short stalks)
* Large catkins
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