Plant Quiz

Question 1

Blackgum

Answer 1

Nyssa sylvatica
Nearly horizontal branches
Glossy oblong leaves
Bark is thick, rough and deeply furoughed in rectangular or irregular patterns
50-100ft

Question 2

American Beech

Answer 2

Fagus grandifolia
-large tree 60-80ft
Leaves: spreading in two rows, elliptical, long pointed at tip
Bark is light grey and smooth
Autumn leaves are light brown, orange and yellow

Question 3

American Sycamore

Answer 3

Platanus occidentalis
Large eastern hardwood
Large base, straight trunk, large spreading often crooked branches
60-100 ft
Leaves are waxy with scattered Large teeth
Bark is smooth, whiteish and mottled, peeling off in Large flakes
Leaves turn brown in autumn

Question 4

Sugar Maple

Answer 4

Acer saccharum
Large tree w striking autumn colors with deep red, orange and yellow
Has five distinct veins
Grayish brown bark

Question 5

Red maple

Answer 5

Acer rubrum
Large tree
Leaves three shallow short pointed lobes that turn red, orange and yellow
Bark grey thin, smooth becoming fissures into long thin scaly ridges
Reddish brown bark

Question 6

Chestnut oak

Answer 6

Quercus Montana
Large tree with broad open irregular crown
60-80ft
Leaves are elliptical or obovate broadcast beyond Middle short-pointed at tip, edges wavy with 10-16 rounded teeth on each side gradually narrowed to base. Leaves turn yellow in fall.
Bark is gray becoming thick and deeply furrowed into broad or narrow ridges

Question 7

White oak

Answer 7

Quercus alba
Peeling bark at random
Ash grey

Question 8

Red oak

Answer 8

Quercus rubra
Crisscross diamond shape bark and grows close tight to tree that is shiny, silvery in color

Question 9

Black Walnut

Answer 9

Juglans nigra

Question 10

Yellow Poplar

Answer 10

Liriodendron tulipfera
Alligator skin that grows tall and straight

Question 11

Sassafras

Answer 11

Sassafras albidum
-three pronged mitten leaves
30-115 ft tall