Transcript Forestry ID
Forestry ID 2nd 9 weeks ID Test #8 • • • • • Chestnut Oak Live Oak Post Oak Southern Red Oak White Oak Quercus prinus Quercus virginiana Quercus stellata Quercus falcata Quercus alba Chestnut Oak- Quercus prinus • shallowly lobed with 1015 rounded lobes on each margin • Leaves 4-9 inches long and 1.5-3 inches wide Live Oak- Quercus virginiana • Rolled leaf margin • Leaves 2-5 inches long • Evergreen Post Oak- Quercus stellata • Cruciform lobes – Shaped like a cross • They are leathery, and tomentose (densely short-hairy) beneath Southern Red Oak- Quercus falcata • The leaves generally have rounded (U-shaped) base • Long, thin, curving (falcate) tips. • Leaves 6-7 inches long and 4-5 inches wide White Oak- Quercus alba – 7-11 lobes per side – Cuneate, or wedge shaped base – Red fall color – leaves 5-9 inches long Word Bank for ID Test #8 1. Sassafras- Sassafras albidum 2. Mockernut Hickory- Carya tomentosa 3. Sweetbay- Magnolia virginiana 4. Persimmon- Diospyros virginiana 5. Eastern Hophornbeam- Ostrya virginiana 6. Buckeye- Aesculus spp 7. Catalpa- Catalpa bignoniodes 8. Mimosa- Albizia julibrissin 9. Sourwood- Oxydendrun arboreum 10. Sumac- Rhus spp. 11. Chestnut Oak-Quercus prinus 12. Live Oak- Quercus virginiana 13. Post Oak- Quercus stellata 14. Southern Red Oak-Quercus falcata 15. White Oak- Quercus alba ID Test 9 • • • • • Water Oak- Quercus nigra Laurel Oak- Quercus laurifolia Blackjack Oak- Quercus marilandica Sawtooth Oak - Quercus acutissima Willow Oak-Quercus phellos Water Oak- Quercus nigra • Water Oak is adapted to wet, swampy areas • shaped like a spatula being broad and rounded at the top and narrow and wedged at the base Laurel Oak- Quercus laurifolia • The leaves are broad lanceolate • broad and unlobed Blackjack Oak- Quercus marilandica • The leaves are broad, and typically flare from a tapered base to a broad three-lobed bell shape with only shallow indentations. • They are dark green and glossy remain attached to the twigs through the winter after turning brown in the fall Sawtooth Oak- Quercus acutissima • Heavily serrated • Clustered buds (on tip) Willow Oak-Quercus phellos • Lanceolate leaf • Thinner leaf • All acute leaf Word Bank for ID Test #9 1. Buckeye- Aesculus spp 2. Catalpa- Catalpa bignoniodes 3. Mimosa- Albizia julibrissin 4. Sourwood- Oxydendrun arboreum 5. Sumac- Rhus spp. 11. Chestnut Oak-Quercus prinus 12. Live Oak- Quercus virginiana 13. Post Oak- Quercus stellata 14. Southern Red Oak-Quercus falcata 15. White Oak- Quercus alba 11. Water Oak- Quercus nigra 12. Laurel Oak- Quercus laurifolia 13. Blackjack Oak- Quercus marilandica 14. Sawtooth Oak- Quercus acutissima 15. Willow Oak- Quercus phellos ID Test 10 • • • • • Turkey Oak- Quercus laevis Scarlet Oak- Quercus coccinea Red Maple- Acer rubrum Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum Turkey Oak- Quercus laevis • Leaves 3-12 inches long, 1-10 inches wide • 3,5,7 deeply divided bristle tipped lobes • Leaf usually curved or twisted • Shaped like a turkey’s foot Scarlet Oak- Quercus coccinea • Leaves 3-6 inches long, 2-4 inches wide • 7-9 lobes that are deeply divided • bristle tipped lobes • shiny leaf above Red Maple- Acer rubrum • Leaves and limbs opposite • 2-5 lobes • Serrated margins • Known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn. • Rounded Buds Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum • 3-5 lobes that are 4-6 inches long • Deeply divided between the five lobes. • Silver undersides of the leaves are exposed in the wind. • Brilliant yellow and even orange and red colorations in fall Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum • Leaves 3.5-5.5 inches long • 5 lobes • No milky sap • Pointy bud The fall color ranges from bright yellow through orange to fluorescent red-orange Word Bank for ID Test #10 1. Chestnut Oak 2. Live Oak 3. Post Oak 4. Southern Red Oak 5. White Oak 6. Water Oak 7. Laurel Oak 8. Blackjack Oak 9. Sawtooth Oak 10. Willow Oak 11. Turkey Oak 12. Scarlet Oak 13. Red Maple 14. Silver Maple 15. Sugar Maple Quercus prinus Quercus virginiana Quercus stellata Quercus falcata Quercus alba Quercus nigra Quercus laurifolia Quercus marilandica Quercus acutissima Quercus phellos Quercus laevis Quercus coccinea Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum ID Test 11 • • • • • American Sycamore- Platanus occidentalis Honeylocust- Gleditsia triacanthos Black Locust- Robinia pseudoacacia River Birch- Betula nigra Flowering Dogwood-Cornus florida American Sycamore- Platanus occidentalis • Leaves are four to nine inches long • 5 points, star shaped • Wooly when young, but smooth at maturity Honeylocust- Gleditsia triacanthos • The leaves are pinnately compound • The leaflets are 1.5–2.5 cm and bright green. • Thorns 3-4 inches long Black Locust- Robinia pseudoacacia • Blue-green leaves • Flowers in April • Paired flat thorns (compared to honeylocust) River Birch- Betula nigra • The leaves are alternate, ovate, 1.5-3 in long • Doubly-serrated margin and five to twelve pairs of veins • Papery bark Flowering Dogwood-Cornus florida • Entire leaf margin • The leaves are opposite, simple, oval with acute tips • Leaves 3-6 inches long • Turbinate bud Word Bank for ID Test #11 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Water Oak Laurel Oak Blackjack Oak Sawtooth Oak Willow Oak Turkey Oak Scarlet Oak Red Maple Silver Maple Sugar Maple American Sycamore Honeylocust Black Locust River Birch Flowering Dogwood Quercus nigra Quercus laurifolia Quercus marilandica Quercus acutissima Quercus phellos Quercus laevis Quercus coccinea Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Platanus occidentalis Gleditsia triacanthos Robinia pseudoacacia Betula nigra Cornus florida ID Test 12 • Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria • Paulownia- Paulownia tomentosa Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria • Tiny alternate leaves • Also have a coarsely serrated margin • Substitute for a boxwood Paulownia- Paulownia tomentosa • large heart-shaped to five-lobed leaves 1540 cm across • Arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. • On young growth, the leaves may be in whorls of three Overcup Oak- Quercus lyrata • 6 to 10 inches long • roughly oblong in shape with a highly variable margin that has 5 to 9 lobes • The underside is white and pubescent.