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1 Plant Identification Trees I
Horticulture I

2 Acer palmatum Common Name: Japanese Maple Small, deciduous tree
Wide, palmate, deeply lobed leaves Fruit: Samara Popular landscape plant Fall: bright color, red, orange, yellow, or purple

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4 Acer rubrum Common Name: Red Maple Large, deciduous tree – 50’ tall
Spring – Red flowers before leaves Summer – Dark green leaves, gray underneath Leaves – 3 – 5 lobes Fall – bright red leaves Bark – light gray Fruit – samara

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6 Quercus palustris Common Name: Pin Oak large, deciduous tree
Leaves: narrow, sharp, pointed lobes shiny, dark green Fall: red, bronze leaves Fruit: Acorns

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8 Quercus phellow Common Name: Willow Oak
Large, deciduous tree – 60’ high, 40’ wide Narrow green leaves Small acorns

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10 Liquidambar styraciflua
Common Name: Sweetgum Large, deciduous tree Leaves – dark green & star shaped Fall – yellow, orange, red, & purple Fruit – prickly burrs

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12 Betula nigra Common Name: River Birch medium, deciduous tree
Bark – thin, brown, peeling bark Multiple trunks Serrated leaves

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14 Cercis canadensis Common Name: Eastern Red Bud (Judas Tree)
Small, deciduous tree Leaves – heart shaped, 3-5” long Fruit – brown, bean type pods Spring – pink-purple flowers Fall – leaves turn dark red

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16 Lagerstroemia indica cv.
Common Name: Crape Myrtle small, deciduous tree Bark – light, tan, smooth Flowers – purple, white, pink, red Flowers all summer & early fall Mulit-trunked

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18 Plant Identification Trees 2
Horticulture I

19 Pinus strobus Common Name: Eastern White Pine Large, evergreen tree
Clusters of needles 4” long flexible 5 needles per cluster 4-8 “ curving brown cones

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21 Pinus taeda Common Name: Loblolly Pine Large, evergreen tree
Needles in clusters of 3 4-9” long needles Stiff needles & sometimes twisted dark brown 3-6” cones

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23 Magnolia grandiflora Common Name: Southern Magnolia
Large, evergreen tree Large, shiny leaves 5-10” Thick & leathery Elliptical shape 6-9” white flowers Very messy – cone-like pods bright red seeds

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25 Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
CN: Bradford Pear Medium, deciduous tree Spring – white flowers Fall – reddish, purple leaves Symmetrical shape Bad smell Simple leaves lush, green in summer

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27 Malus sp. or cv. CN: Flowering Crabapple Medium, deciduous tree
Ornamental Flowers – reddish pink Fruit: 1-2” crabapple Green, red, purple leaves in summer Simple serrated leaves

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29 Cornus florida CN: Flowering Dogwood State flower of NC, grows wild
Small, deciduous tree Crooked White flowers (or pink) bracts with brownish tip Red berries with hard seed

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31 Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
CN: Japanese Flowering Cherry Small, deciduous tree Flower: Double, pink Showy, large clumps Leaves: 3-5”, shiny Vase shape w/ spreading crown

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33 X Cupressocyparis leylandii
CN: Leyland Cypress Large, evergreen tree Short ½” cones Popular barrier tree Upright, pyramidal shape Scale-like leaves (awls)

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