Plant ID's Flashcards
Solidago
Goldenrod
Has simple leaves, alternate leaves, grows in the field
Microstegium Vimineum
Japanese Stillgrass
Grows low to the ground, has alternate leaves
Quercus Alba
White Oak
Has simple leaves, smooth lobe, takes a long time to decompose
Quercus Rubra
Red Oak
Has spiked lobes, Gals on leaf (Baby Larvae)
Acer Plantanoides
Norway Maple
Has a defecsive liquid coming out of the stem, handshaped leaves that are huge
Ageratina Altissima
White Snakeroot
Has Opposite leaves, look like spades (like in cards)
Rosa Multiflora
Has compound leaves, does not have smooth leaves, has alternate leaves
Toxicodendron Radicans
Juniperus Virginiana
Eastern red cedar
Shades out flowering plants, in the older part of the forest
Lonicera Japonica
Japanese Honey Suckle
Simple leaves, opposite leaves, grows upward for light, less protection, needs other trees to survive
Rubus
Wild Blackberry
Makes purple berries, simple leaves
Ailanthus Altissima
Tree of Heaven
Compound, opposite leaves, have seed dispersal from wind
Berberis Thunbergii
Japanese Blackberry
Makes edible berries, thorny
Parthenocissus Quinquefolius
Virginia Creeper
Produces red berries, compund
Carya Ovata
Shagbark Hickory
Has compund leaves
Fagus Grandifolia
American Beech
Oval leaves, has a streight leaf vein, simple leaves, smooth bark, not invasive
Cornus Florida
Flowering Dogwood
Makes big white flowers, leaves are clumped and facing down
Centaurea
Knapweed
Wine Berry
Rubus Phoenicolasis
Spade Leaves
Queen Anslace
Daucas Carata
Artemisia absinthium
Cirsium Thistle
Typha
Ragweed
Ambrosia Artemisifolia