Plant ID Week 5

Acer palmatum COMMON NAME: Japanese Maple SIZE: Medium tree, height and width 15’-20’ Deciduous, fall color red- orange FRUIT: 1” samara FORM: Multi-trunked FOLIAGE: Simple leaves, Opposite, Color varies with cultivar, palmately lobed with doubly serrated margins

Cornus florida COMMON NAME: Flowering Dogwood Decidious tree, height 20’-30’, width 20’-25’ FOLIAGE: simple, ovate shape with entire, wavy margins, opposite arrangement, fall color red FLOWERS: Four showy white or pink bracts, early spring FRUIT: ½” red drupes

Lagerstroemia indica COMMON NAME: Crape Myrtle Deciduous small tree, height 10’- 20’ tall, multi-trunk FOLIAGE: simple, oval shape with entire margins, opposite arrangement FLOWERS: Pink, white, purple clusters in summer BARK: Smooth exfoliating bark

Nandina domestica COMMON NAME: Heavenly Bamboo Evergreen shrub, 5’-6’ high, 3’-’4 wide FOLIAGE: Alternate, compound leaf, ovate leaflets with entire margins FLOWERS: White clusters FRUIT: Bright red berries in winter

Rhododendron catawbiense COMMON NAME: Catawba Hybrid Rhododendron Evergreen shrub, 8 to 10 feet tall, 6’-8’ wide Simple, Elliptical leaves with entire margins, dark green Funnel-shaped flowers in clusters Grows in the **NC Mountains**