Plant List 3b (Pines cont.) Flashcards
What’s the binomial name of Eastern White Pine?
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pines are intolerant of:
pollution, salt, compacted or alkaline soils
How to identify Pinus strobus?
-5 needles/fascicle, bluish-green 3-5” long,
-soft and pliable;
-pyramidal to oval shape;
-cylindrical brown cones 4-8“ long;
-bark is thin, smooth, grayish green becoming darker
with age
What is the binomial name of Dwarf Eastern White Pine?
Pinus strobus ‘Nana’
What’s a use for Dwarf Eastern White Pine?
rock garden, foundation, shrub border
garden, specimen
What is the binomial name of Limber pine?
Pinus flexilis
How to recognize limber pine?
- 5 needles/fascicle, dark to bluish
green,densely crowded at branch ends,
pointing forward; - brown cones with
thick scales up to 8” long; - pyramidal to
rounded shape
What is the binomial name of Templehof Japanese White Pine?
Pinus parviflora ‘Templehof’
Which of the pines with 5 fascicles is salt-tolerant?
Pinus parviflora ‘Templehof’
Which of the 5 fascicled pines likes full sun?
Pinus flexilis, limber pine
Which is the tallest of the 5 fascicled pines?
Pinus strobus
What are 2 characteristics of the Sciadopityaceae family?
- Evergreen trees
- Small scale-like leaves, long needle-like
branches, whorled - Resinous
- 1 species
What’s the binomial name of Japanese Umbrella-pine?
Sciadopitys verticillata
Uses for the Japanese umbrella pine:
specimen, rock garden, bonsai
Characteristics of Cyperaceae family? (2)
*Monocots
*Grass-like herbaceous plants
*Sheathing leaves, usually with blades
*Stems often triangular and mostly solid
*Majority like sunny, moist to wet habitats
*Between 70-115 genera, 5000 species
What’s the binomial name of the umbrella plant?
Cyperus alternifolius
What’s the binomial name of papyrus?
Cyperus papyrus
What conditions do cyperus like?
wet, boggy soils, full sun to part shade
