Transcript Plant Identification

Plant
Identification
Abelia X grandiflora
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COMMON NAME: Glossy Abelia
SIZE: 4-6 feet tall, 3-5 feet wide
FORM: Semiglobal, fine texture
FOLIAGE: Summer=dark green, fall
and winter=bronze-green to bronze-red
and bronze-purple
• FLOWERS: funnel shaped, white with a
hint of pink, slightly fragrant
Abelia X grandiflora
Acer rubrum
• COMMON NAME: Red Maple
• SIZE: 60-75 feet tall
• FORM: ovoid or rounded crown, develops
ascending branches
• FOLIAGE: leaves opposite, simple, 5-10 cm
long and wide, usually 3-lobed but often 5,
medium to dark green
• FLOWERS: red
• FRUIT: samara
Acer rubrum
Growth habit in winter and summer
Acer rubrum
Fall foliage color
Aracaria heterophylla
• COMMON NAME: Norfolk Island Pine
• SIZE: 2-6 feet tall, 1-4 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: needle-like, spirally
arranged, to 1 ½” long, drooping
branches with age
• FLOWERS: cones, not seen in indoor
cultivation
Aracaria heterophylla
Berberis thumbergii
• COMMON NAME: Japanese Barberry
• FORM: 3 to 6 feet tall, slightly wider
than tall, very twiggy
• FOLIAGE: ovate shape, significantly
wider at the tip than at the base, 0.5 to
1.25 inches long, 0.25-0.5 inches wide
• FRUIT: bright red berries that color in
October
Berberis thumbergii
Berberis thumbergii
Summer foliage
Berberis thumbergii
Small, but slightly showy flowers
Berberis thumbergii
Showy fall and winter berries
Betula nigra
• COMMON NAME: River Birch
• FORM: medium sized tree, 50 to 70
feet tall or taller, oval or pyramidal
• FOLIAGE: lustrous medium or dark
green, alternate, simple leaves, doubly
serrate margin, diamond shaped leaves
• FLOWERS: flowers are catkins
• BARK: showy exfoliating bark
Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Diamond-shaped, doubly serrate leaves
Betula nigra
Showy, exfoliating
bark
Cercis canadensis
• COMMON NAME: Eastern Red Bud
• FORM: a small, deciduous tree, 20 to
30 feet tall, 25 to 35 feet wide, shape is
rounded to broad and flat-topped
• FOLIAGE: wide, heart-shaped leaves,
3” to 5” long and wide
• FLOWERS: small, purplish-pink pealike flowers, numerous and appear
before the foliage
Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis
Chlorophytum comosum
• COMMON NAME: Spider plant
• FOLIAGE: arching leaves with
cascading wiry stems
• FLOWERS: small white flowers
• ID FEATURE: many times will contain
tiny plantlets at the apex of leaves
Chlorophytum comosum
Cornus florida
• COMMON NAME: Flowering Dogwood
• FORM: a small deciduous tree, grows
to about 30 feet tall with an equal or
greater spread
• FOLIAGE: oval to ovate shape, 3” to 6”
long, 1.5” to 3” wide, medium green
• FLOWERS: small and yellowish-green
with four showy white bracts
Cornus florida
Cornus florida
Cornus florida
Actual flower is yellowish-green center
surrounded by four white bracts
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
• COMMON NAME: Leyland cypress
• FORM: narrow-leaved evergreen, 65 ft
spread, and 12 ft height, columnar form
• FOLIAGE: small needle like leaves,
ends of branches tend to twist
• FRUIT: round, small cone, ½ to ¾”
diameter, brown, rarely found
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
Dieffenbachia maculata
• COMMON NAME: Dumbcane
• FORM: erect herb less than 1 meter tall
• FOLIAGE: petiolate, petiole up to 30
cm long, grooved and winged from the
base to beyond the halfway point,
surface patterned with many irregular
yellowish or cream-green splotches
Dieffenbachia maculata
Dieffenbachia maculata
Euonymous alata
• COMMON NAME: Winged Euonymous
• FORM: deciduous shrub, 15-20’ tall
with an equal spread
• FOLIAGE: simple, elliptic leaves, 1” to
3” long with fine sharp leaf serrations,
dark green leaf color
• BARK: long corky wings on stems
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Stems have corky wings
Euonymous japonica
• COMMON NAME: Evergreen
Euonymous
• FORM: evergreen bush to 10 feet tall
with a 6 feet spread
Euonymous japonica
Euphorbia pulcherrima
• COMMON NAME: Poinsettia
• FORM: shrub
• FOLIAGE: large alternate leaves with
or without teeth on the margin
• FLOWER: cup-shaped flowers in a
cluster above the showy red, pink, or
creamy leaf bracts with a large yellow
gland on the rim of the flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Red petals are actually bracts, not flowers.
Ficus benjamina
• COMMON NAME: Weeping fig
• FORM: evergreen shrub or tree with
drooping branches
• FOLIAGE: leaves alternate, simple,
long-tipped, glossy
• FLOWERS & FRUIT: enclosed in a
fleshy sac turning from green to orangered and then purplish-black
Ficus benjamina
Ficus elastica
• COMMON NAME: rubber plant
• FORM: straight growing centralstemmed plant
• FOLIAGE: dark green oval-oblong
leaves up to 15 inches long, grow at a
45 degree angle from the main stem
Ficus elastica
Forsythia X intermedia
• COMMON NAME: Border forsythia
• FORM: a deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet
tall and 10 to 12 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: opposite, ovate to
lanceolate leaves, toothed margins, 3”
to 5” long and 0.5” to 1” wide, medium
to dark green color above and lighter on
underside
• FLOWERS: brilliant yellow color
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Hosta sp.
• COMMON NAME: Hosta
• FORM: clumping growth habit
• FOLIAGE: medium green or variegated
large clasping leaves with prominent
veins
• FLOWERS: varying colors from white
to purple
Hosta sp.
Hosta sp.
Juniperus horizontalis
• COMMON NAME: Creeping juniper
• FORM: dense, evergreen shrub,
branches very long and flexible, 1 to 2
feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: two kinds of needles: awlshaped and scale-like, awls are found in
opposite pairs, tip sharply pointed,
green to blue-green
Juniperus horizontalis
Juniperus horizontalis
Lagerstroemia indica
• COMMON NAME: Crape Myrtle
• FORM: deciduous shrub to small tree,
to 20 feet or more
• FOLIAGE: oblong-elliptic to rounded, to
2.75 inches long, glabrous or pubescent
on veins
• FLOWERS: pink white or purple calyx
tube is showy part
• BARK: smooth exfoliating bark
Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia indica
Liquidambar styraciflua
• COMMON NAME: Sweetgum
• FORM: deciduous shade tree, typically
60 to 80 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: alternate “maple-like” star
shaped leaves, 5 to 7 lobed, 4-8 inches
long and wide
• FRUIT: 1” to 1.5” spiny balls change
from green to brown
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
Magnolia grandiflora
• COMMON NAME: Southern Magnolia
• FORM: a large evergreen tree, 60 to 80
feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: elliptic leaf shape, 5 to 10
inches long 2 to 5 inches wide, color
dark green and pubescent on underside
• FLOWERS: white flowers, blooms in
spring, up to 12” in diameter, saucer
shaped
Magnolia grandiflora
• FRUIT: elongated aggregates of
follicles, 3” to 8” long, red seeds, very
showy
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Malus sp.
• COMMON NAME: Flowering crabapple
• FORM: height range of 6 to 50 feet with
most in the 15 to 25 feet range, form
varies from weeping, spreading,
columnar, vase-shaped to pyramidal
• FLOWERS: colors range from white to
pink to red
Malus sp.
Malus sp.
Myrica cerifera
• COMMON NAME: Wax Myrtle
• FORM: aromatic shrub or small tree as
clumps of trunks up to 25’ in height
• FOLIAGE: semi-evergreen leaves
• FRUIT: waxy gray fruit attached to the
twigs, glandular and smell like bayberry
when crushed
Myrica cerifera
Myrica cerifera
Nephrolepis exaltata
• COMMON NAME: Boston Fern
• FORM: evergreen fern, up to 5 feet tall
• Reproduces by spores located on the
bottom side of leaves
Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata
Pelargonium X hortorum
• COMMON NAME: Geranium
• FORM: small to medium-sized
herbaceous perennial, ranges from 12
to 18 inches tall and 18” to 24” wide,
spreading mound growth form
• FOLIAGE: leaves 3 to 4 inches across,
medium to dark green, cordate in
shape, bold-textured, thick and
clustered
Pelargonium X hortorum
• FLOWERS: white, pink, red, salmon,
orange, violet, and all shades inbetween, with bicolors and double
flowers available, spherical clusters
atop long stiff peduncles
Pelargonium X hortorum
Pelargonium X hortorum
Pinus strobus
• COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine
• FORM: evergreen tree, conical when
young, less defined with age, 50 to 80
feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: light green with a bluish
cast, 5 needles per fasicle, thin flexible
needles, 4” long, serrated margins
• FRUIT: light brown cones, 6-8” long
Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
• COMMON NAME: Japanese flowering
cherry
• FORM: a large deciduous tree, 60 to 70
feet tall, round to vase-like shape
• FOLIAGE: ovate leaf shape, 3” to 5”
long and up to 2” wide, serrate margin
• FLOWERS: range from white to pink
• FRUIT: blackish purple fruit
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
• COMMON NAME: Bradford Pear
• FORM: a medium-sized deciduous
tree, 30 to 40 feet tall and about 1/3 as
wide
• FOLIAGE: ovate leaves that are 2 to 3
inches long and almost as wide
• FLOWERS: white flowers, 3 inches in
diameter, usually peak before leaf set
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Quercus palustris
• COMMON NAME: Pin oak
• FORM: a large, deciduous tree, 75 feet
tall and 40 feet wide at its maximum
• FOLIAGE: alternate leaf arrangement
with sharply pointed lobes, 5 to 7 lobes
each with terminal bristles, 3 to 6” long
• FRUIT: small acorns around 0.66” to
0.75” in diameter
Quercus palustris
Quercus palustris
Quercus palustris
Fruit are pale yellow-green catkins
Quercus phellos
• COMMON NAME: Willow oak
• FORM: medium-sized, deciduous tree,
50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: lanceolate leaf shape, 2 to
5” long, bristle-tipped leaf apex, dark
green leaf color
• FLOWERS: pendulous yellow-brown
catkins
Quercus phellos
Rhododendron
catawbiense
• COMMON NAME: Catawba Hybrid
Rhododendron
• FORM: an evergreen shrub, typically 6
to 10 feet tall with an equivalent spread
• FOLIAGE: evergreen, elliptical leaves 3
to 6” long and 1 to 2” wide, dark green
• FLOWERS: 2.5” across and funnelshaped, clusters are 5 to 6” in diameter
and comprised of 5 to 10 flowers
Rhododendron
catawbiense
Rhododendron
catawbiense
Rhododendron
catawbiense
Rhododendron
catawbiense
Viola X wittrockiana
• COMMON NAME: pansy
• FORM: low, bushy growing habit with a
height of .25 to .75 feet tall and a width
of .5 to .75 feet
• FLOWERS: white, yellow, black,
brown, lavender, purple, blue, pink,
often with blotches that resemble
animals’ faces
Viola X wittrockiana
Viola X wittrockiana
Viola X wittrockiana