Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Juglandales Family: Juglandaceae “Walnut Family” Deciduous trees. Leaves pinnately compound & aromatic. Plants monoecious; staminate flowers in catkins; pistillate flowers solitary; apetalous Ovary inferior; 2-3 carpels with 1 locules and I ovule. Fruit a drupe-like nut with a dehiscent or indehiscent leathery husk; sometimes a winged nutlet. Julans “walnuts and pecans” Carya “hickories”

Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Salicales Family: Salicaceae “Willows & Cottonwoods” Deciduous trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate often with stipules. Dioecious; flowers unisexual, naked in erect or pendulous catkins. Ovary superior; 2 carpels; 1 locule; 2-4 styles. Fruit a capsule with numerous hairy seeds.. Salix “willows”, Populus “cottonwoods”

Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae “Oaks & Beeches” Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate.

Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae “Oaks & Beeches” Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate. Monoecious; staminate and pistillate flowers in catkins; some pistillate flowers solitary. Pistillate flowers have numerous branchlets. Ovary inferior with 3-7 locules; 3-7 carpels; 2 ovules per locule – but 1 aborting.

Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae “Oaks & Beeches” Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate. Monoecious; staminate and pistillate flowers in catkins; some pistillate flowers solitary. Pistillate flowers have numerous branchlets. Ovary inferior with 3-7 locules; 3-7 carpels; 2 ovules per locule – but 1 aborting. Fruit a nut subtended or surrounded by a woody cup-like or bur-like involucre. Quercus “oaks”, Fagus “beeches”, Castenea “chestnuts”