1. 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”

2. 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”

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

4. 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.

5. 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”