Week 5

Question 1

Paper birch

Answer 1

Betulaceae Betula papyrifera
Looks like minecraft birch, catkins, orange inner bark, no smell

Question 2

Gray birch

Answer 2

Betulaceae Betula populifolia
Catkins, long leaf, not very peely bark, chalky

Question 3

Hornbeam

Answer 3

Betulaceae Carpinus caroliniana
Double serrated leaf, catkins, waxy, “muscle” trunk

Question 4

Northern catalpa

Answer 4

Bignoniaceae Catalpa speciosa
Big curled leaf, beans

Question 5

Eastern redcedar

Answer 5

Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana
Evergreen, it’s that one tree with the fake berries

Question 6

Common persimmon

Answer 6

Ebenaceae Diospyros virginiana
Normal leaf, fruit, charcoal bark

Question 7

Bitternut hickory

Answer 7

Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis
Compound leaf, big nuts, yellow buds, thin husk, green twigs, up to 9 leaflets

Question 8

Pignut hickory

Answer 8

Juglandaceae Carya glabra
Compound leaf, big nuts, deeper bark, purple twigs, roughly 5 leaflets

Question 9

Shagbark hickory

Answer 9

Juglandaceae Carya ovata
Compound leaf, big nuts, shaggier bark, thick husks, rounder leaflets with pointy tips, usually five leaflets

Question 10

Mockernut hickory

Answer 10

Juglandaceae Carya tomentosa
Compound leaf, smaller nuts, waxy leaflets, 7 or more leaflets

Question 11

European larch

Answer 11

Pinaceae Larix decidua
Fake conifer, tiny cones, leaves look like Lego grass

Question 12

Hawthorn

Answer 12

Rosaceae Crataegus spp.
Bush, thorns, berries, small lobed leaves

Question 13

American basswood

Answer 13

Tiliaceae Tilia americana
Lopsided serrated slight heart leaf, scaley gray bark, clusters

Question 14

Littleleaf linden

Answer 14

Tiliaceae Tilia cordata
Lopsided heart leaf, grows wide, smaller leaf