Week 2

Question 1

Boxelder

Answer 1

Aceraceae Acer negundo
Opposite, white bud, compound leaves that combine into one maple leaf, v-shaped seed

Question 2

Norway maple

Answer 2

Aceraceae Acer platanoides
Opposite, big maple leaf, milky latex liquid

Question 3

Silver maple

Answer 3

Aceraceae Acer saccharinum
Opposite, maple leaf, deep sinus, silver slight peely bark, “sharp like a silver knife”

Question 4

Pawpaw

Answer 4

Annonaceae Asimina triloba
Basset hound ear leaf, fruit

Question 5

Blackgum

Answer 5

Cornaceae Nyssa sylvatica
“Basic” leaves, slightly waxy, turns red early, right angle branches

Question 6

American beech

Answer 6

Fagaceae Fagus grandifolia
Smooth eye bark, slightly waxy leaves, more veins (14ish)

Question 7

European beech

Answer 7

Fagaceae Fagus sylvatica
Smooth eye bark, slightly waxy leaves, fewer veins (less than 10)

Question 8

Sweetgum

Answer 8

Hamamelidaeceae Liquidambar styraciflua
Alternate, maple leaf, spiky ball

Question 9

Sassafras

Answer 9

Lauraceae Sassafras albidum
Pink stem, “thumb” leaves, multiple leaf types

Question 10

Sweet cherry

Answer 10

Rosaceae Prunus avium
Few branches, bump glands at leaf base, smooth bark

Question 11

Bigtooth aspen

Answer 11

Salicaceae Populus grandidentata
Fuzzy grey buds, flat stem pediule

Question 12

Weeping willow

Answer 12

Salicaceae Salix babylonica
Thin serrated leaves, very droopy

Question 13

Black willow

Answer 13

Salicaceae Salix nigra
Dark leaves, thinly serrated, much less droopy

Question 14

Dawn redwood

Answer 14

Peely bark, deciduous conifer, weird cones