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Plant ID Flashcards

1
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Abies balsamea

A

Balsam Fir
-2 ranked needles
-Grey upright cones

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2
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Larix laricina

A

Tamarack
-needles change in colour in Fall
-raised needle-plate

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3
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Picea glauca

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White Spruce
-shorter than pine
-sharp, light needles

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4
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Picea marianna

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Black Spruce
-shaggy scales, darker
-lichen, egg-shaped cones

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5
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Picea pungins

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Colorado Blue Spruce
-green blue colour
-cones light brown
-long papery cones

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Pinus banksiana

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Jack Pine
-bear claw cones
-needles in bundles

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7
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Pinus Contorta

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Lodgepole Pine
-straight trunk
-shorter needles than Jack Pine
-sharp tip on cone

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Pinus sylvestris

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Scots Pine
-straight trunk
-sharp tip cone
-needles shorter than Jack Pine
-large cones

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9
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Populus balsimefera

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Black Poplar
-round pediole (stem)
-simple, serrated leaves
-deeply furrowed grey bark

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10
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Populus deltoides

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Cottonwood
-deltoid leaf shape
-heavily serrated
-deep ridges in bark

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11
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Salix discolour

A

Pussy willow
-fuzzy catkins

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12
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Salix exigua

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Sandbar Willow
-long and skinny leaf

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13
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Betula papyrifera

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Paper Birch
-noticeable lentisals on twig
-double serrated leaves with sharp tip

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14
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Betula occidentalis

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River Birch
-has droopy things
-serrated leaves

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Betula glandulosa

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Dwarf Birch
-glandular twigs
-serrated leaves

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16
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Betula glandulifera

A

Swamp Birch

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17
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Alnus virdis sp. crispa

A

Green Alder
-very finely serrated
-dark green

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18
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Alnus rugosa

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River Alder
-hanging catkins
-grey bark

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19
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Corylus cornuta

A

Beaked Hazlenut
-pointed shell
-serrated leaves

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20
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Acer negurdo

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Manitoba Maple

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21
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Acer spicatum

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Mountain Maple
-produces small keys

22
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Caragana aborescens

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Caragana
-little yellow flowers
-little pea-like thing

23
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Quercas macrocarpa

A

Bur Oak

24
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica

A

Green Ash

25
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Syringa vulgaris

A

Lilac
-purple or white flowers

26
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Ulmas americana

A

American Elm
-weird fuzzy seed things
-leaves kind of look like mint

27
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Ulmas pumila

A

Siberian Elm
-lateral leaves

28
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Symphoricarpos occidentails

A

Western Snowberry
-white flowers
-white berries

29
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Vibernum eduhe

A

Lowbush Cranberry
-small dinosaur feet

30
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Vibernum opulus

A

Highbush Cranberry
-big dinosaur feet

31
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Diervilla lonicera

A

Norther Bush Honeysuckles
-little yellow flowers with suckles

32
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Lanicera dioica

A

Twining Honeysuckles
-longer sickle stems
-little yellow flowers

33
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Cornus stolonifera

A

Red Osier Dogwood
-red bark
-white berries

34
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Juniperous communis

A

Common Juniper

35
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Juniperour horizontails

A

Creeping Juniper
-ground cover

36
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Eleognus communtata

A

Wolf Willow / Silver Berry
-silver hue to whole plant

37
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Shepherdia canadensis

A

Soapberry
-bright red berries

38
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Ledum groenlandicum

A

Labrador Tea
-thick ugly leaves

39
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Vaccinium myrtilloides

A

Velvet Leaf Blue Berry

40
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Champaedaphe calyculata

A

Leather Leaf
-tree shaped tree

41
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Kalmia angustifolia

A

Sheep laurel
-pink colour
-vortex looking

42
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Amelanchier alnifolia

A

Saskatoon Berry
-blue berries

43
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Prunus pennsylvanica

A

Pincherry

44
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Crataegus Spp.

A

Hawthorn
-bright red berries

45
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Potentilla fruitcosa

A

Shrubby Cirquefoil
-yellow flowers

46
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Prunus virgiana

A

Chokecherry
-shiny black berries

47
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Rosa Woodsii

A

Woods Rose
-thorns
-pink flowers

48
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Rosa acicularis

A

Prickly Rose
-light pink flowers
-bigger leaves

49
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Rubus idaeus

A

Red Raspberry

50
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Sorbus scopulina

A

Mountain Ash
-little red and white berries clustered
-smooth bark

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