1. Horticulture A Mr. Olson Spanish Fork High
TREE BIBLE
Horticulture A
Mr. Olson
Spanish Fork High

2. Norway maple (Acer platanodies)
45’ tall x 30’ wide
Deciduous
Helicopter seeds
Turns from green to yellow (fall color)

3. Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia
Fast growing vine
Green leaves to red leaves (fall color)
Compound palmate leaves
Blue berries

4. Thornless Honey Locust (Gleditsa tricanthos)
40’ tall 30’ wide
Fast growing shade tree
Compound pinnate leaves

5. Horsechestnut (Aesculus hypocastanum
35’ tall 20’ wide
Red flowers in the summer (cone shaped)
Compound palmate leaves
Chestnuts (fruit)

6. Fruitless Mulberry (Morus alba)
40’ tall x 30’ wide
Fast growing shade tree
Glossy dark green leaves
No fruit

7. Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
45’ tall 35’ wide
Needles 3 to 4’’ long
2 needles in a sheath
Evergreen

8. Quaking Aspen (Populus tremelodies)
35’ tall 15’wide
Light colored bark
White powder on trunk
Fast Growing

9. Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)
Heigth 40’x30’ Wide
Needles 1in. Long, and 1 needle per sheath
Silvery blue color
Slow growing

10. Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Heigth 3’x 4’ Wide
Grows well in the shade
Needles dark green (3/4in.long)
Some species have red berries (cones)

11. Dwarf Alberta Spruce (Picea glauca)
Height 8’x 4’ Wide
Needles ¼” long
Slow growing

12. Potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa)
Height 3’x 3’ Wide
Yellow blooms most of the summer
Fast growing

13. Little Leaf Lindon (Tillia chordata)
Height 40’x 25’ Wide
Tree shape rounded bottom, pointed top
Light green seed pod attached to the leaf

14. Purple Leaf Plum (Prunus pissardi)
Purple leaves all year long
Height 20’x 12’Wide
Pinkish white flowers in the spring

15. Rose Bush (Rosa acisa) Most have thorns Height 4-5’x 4’Wide
                                   
Most have thorns
Height 4-5’x 4’Wide
Flowers all summer

16. London Plane Tree (Platanus acerifolia)
Shade Tree
Height 70’x 40’Wide
Fruit/Nut Tree
Big like Horse Chestnut

17. Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Looks a lot like Austrian Pine
2-3 needles in sheath
Height 60’x 30’Wide
Fairly fast growing

18. Caltalpa (Caltalpa bignodies
Height 60’x 40’ Wide
Fruit (indian cigars)
Large leaves (8”to 12”)

19. Russian Olive (Eleagnus angustifolia)
Height 30’x20’ Wide
Weed Tree
Silver blue leaves
Thorns and small gray olives

20. Globe Willow (Salix mastudana)
Height 40’x 30’Wide
Fast growing shade tree
Problems with insects and disease

21. Arborvitae (Thuja orentallis)
Flat scale leaves
Height 12’x 6’ Wide
Blue berries that are cones

22. Fremont Popular (Populus fremonti)
Leaf looks like Quaking Aspen leaf but bigger
Height 80’x 50’Wide
Very fast growing

23. Crimson King Maple (Acer rubrum)
Height 40’x25’ Wide
Crimson color leaves, helicopter seeds
Slow growing

24. Green Ash (Franinus lanceolata)
Height 45’x30’ Wide
Leaves green to yellow fall color
Moderate growth

25. Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Height 50’x 40’ Wide’
WEED Tree
Gets diseases easily

26. Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Heigth 25’x 15’ Wide
White flowers spring, orange berries fall
Compound pinnate leaves

27. Weeping White Birch (Betula pendula)
Height 45’x 25’ wide
White bark
Catkins (contain seeds)
Weeping (pendulous branches

28. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Height 50’x 35’ Wide
Green leaves, fall (Orange)
Produces maple syrup

29. Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus glandulosa)
Height 40’x 40’ Wide
Weed tree (lots and lots of seeds)
Compound pinnate leaf

30. Memosia (Albizzia julibrissins)
Height 25’x 20’ Wide
Pink flowers in the summer
Bi pinnately compound leaves

31. Golden Rain Tree (Koelutaria paniculata
Height 30’x 20’ Wide
Yellow flowers in the spring
Large(raindrop shaped seed pods in the fall)

32. Tam Juniper (Juniperus tameristofolia)
Height 30”x 4’ Wide
Scale like leaves (no leaves under branch)
Evergreen, Conifer

33. Pfitzer Juniper (Juniperus pfitzeriana)
Height 6’-10’x 5’ wide
Different varieties different colors
Blue berries (cones)

34. Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis)
Height 30’x 20’ Wide
Conifer (Pine nuts)
Trunk grayish color, lots of resin

35. White Fir (Abies concolor)
Height 60’x 20’ Wide
Needles ¾” long and all point up
Evergreen, conifer

36. Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Height 60’x 25’ wide
Needles flat and soft, ½” long
Cones have a snakelike tongue on scales

37. European Larch (Larix decidua)
Height 60’x25’ Wide
Deciduous conifer
Needles grow in clusters, bluish green

38. English Walnut(Juglans cincerea)
Height 40’x 30’ Wide
Nuts 2” in diameter
Bark is smooth and light silver color

39. Ginko Tree (Ginko biloba)
Height 40’x 25’ Wide
Living Fossil
Broadleaf deciduous conifer

40. Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Height 12’x 5’ Wide
Most have red leaves
Grows in some shade

41. Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Height 12’x 5’ Wide
True Hedge (prunes and or trims easily)
Fast growing