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Plant List #7: Sapindaceae Family Flashcards

1
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What is the family name of the plants on this list?

A

Sapindaceae

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What is the binomial name of the Amur maple?

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Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala

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How tall does the Amur maple grow?

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Up to 20 feet wide and tall

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What are the uses for the Amur maple?

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Specimen, group planting, hedge, and screen

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5
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Which maple may be invasive in natural areas?

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Amur maple

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What is the binomial name of the Crimson King maple?

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Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’

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7
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What is the height and spread of the Crimson King maple?

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50 feet tall, 35 feet wide

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8
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Which maples are salt and pollution tolerant?

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Norway maples: Crimson King and Columnar maple

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What is the disease that maples can be susceptible to?

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Tar spots (fungal disease)

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10
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Which tree on this list is overused and highly invasive near natural areas?

A

Crimson King maple

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What is the binomial name of the Columnar maple?

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Acer platanoides ‘Columnare’

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What is the height and spread of the Columnar maple?

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60 feet tall, 20 feet wide

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What are the uses of the Columnar maple?

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Narrow urban spaces, screens, bonsai

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Which tree on this list has surface roots that can lift pavement or interfere with mowing?

A

Columnar maple

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What is the binomial name of Cut leaf Japanese maple?

A

Acer palmatum var dissectum

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What is the height and spread of the cut leaf Japanese maple?

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8 feet wide and tall

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17
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What is the use of the cut leaf Japanese maple?

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Small tree, large shrub specimen, bonsai

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What is the binomial name of the Bloodgood Japanese maple?

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Acer palamatum ‘Bloodgood’

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19
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What is the height and spread of the Bloodgood Japanese maple?

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20 feet tall and wide

20
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What is the use of the Bloodgood Japanese maple?

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Specimen, accent, group, rock garden, border, bonsai

21
Q

What is the binomial name of the Striped maple?

A

Acer pensylvanicum

22
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What is the second common name for the Striped maple? Why?

A

Goosefoot maple because the leaves can look like goose footprints

23
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What is a distinguishing feature of the bark on the Goosefoot maple?

A

White stripey lines on stems/branches

24
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What is the height and spread of the Striped maple?

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24 feet tall, 20 feet wide

25
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What are the uses of the Goosefoot maple?

A

Border shrub, understory woodland plant, naturalization, restoration

26
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What are the light requirements of the goosefoot maple?

A

Partial to full shade

27
Q

What is the binomial name of the Sugar maple?

A

Acer saccharum

28
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What is the height and spread of the Sugar maple?

A

80 feet tall, 60 feet wide

29
Q

Which tree on this list struggles with compacted and salty soil?

A

Acer saccharum

30
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What are the uses of the sugar maple?

A

Park, naturalized area, street trees where there is low salt and soil compaction, not urban tolerant

31
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Which maples on this list are native to Ontario

A

Acer saccharum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum

32
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Which maple on this list has wood that is considered harder than other maples?

A

Acer saccharum

33
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What is the binomial name of the Silver maple?

A

Acer saccharinum

34
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What is the height and spread of the Silver maple?

A

100 feet tall, 40 feet wide

35
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What are the uses of the silver maple?

A

Naturalized wet lowlands

36
Q

Which maple on this list has particularly weak wood?

A

Acer saccharinum

37
Q

Which maple on this list can tolerant wetter conditions?

A

Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

38
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Which maple on this list has a crown that is not very dense?

A

Acer saccharinum

39
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What is the binomial name of the Red maple?

A

Acer rubrum

40
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What is the height/spread of the Red maple?

A

70 feet tall, 50 feet wide

41
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What are the uses of the Red maple?

A

Specimen, mass planting, native tree

42
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What is the Freeman maple a cross between?

A

Red maple and silver maple
(Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum)

43
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What is the binomial name of the Freeman maple?

A

Acer x freemanii

44
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What is the height and spread of the Freeman maple?

A

60 feet tall, 40 feet wide

45
Q

What are the distinguishing features that the Freeman maple took from their parent plants?

A

Fall colour and wood density from the Red maple
Deep lobes, water tolerant from the Silver maple

46
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What are the uses of the Freeman maple?

A

Street tree, shade tree, rain garden

47
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Which two trees on this list would do well in wet soils?

A

Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
Freeman maple (Acer x freemanii)

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