Forestry ID

1. Forestry ID 2nd 9 weeks

2. ID Test #8 Chestnut Oak Quercusprinus Live Oak Quercusvirginiana Post Oak Quercusstellata Southern Red Oak Quercusfalcata White Oak Quercus alba

3. Chestnut Oak- Quercusprinus • shallowly lobed with 10-15 rounded lobes on each margin

4. Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana • Rolled leaf margin • Very stiff leaf • Evergreen

5. Post Oak- Quercusstellata • Cruciform lobes • Shaped like a cross • They are leathery, and tomentose (densely short-hairy) beneath

6. Southern Red Oak- Quercusfalcata • The leaves generally have rounded (U-shaped) bases, irregularly-shaped lobes, and long, thin, curving (falcate) tips. • Very drought tolerant

7. White Oak- Quercus alba • They are variably lobed • 5-7 lobes per side • Cuneate, or wedge shaped base • Red fall color • sometimes the lobes are shallow, other times they are deeply lobed

8. Word Bank for ID Test #8 1. Black Cherry- Prunusserotina 2. Black Tupelo- Nyssa sylvatica 3. Red Mulberry- Morusrubra 4. Sugarberry- Celtislaevigata 5. Yellow Poplar- Liriodendron tulipifera 6. Sassafras- Sassafras albidum 7. Mockernut Hickory- Caryatomentosa 8. Sweetbay- Magnolia virginiana 9. Persimmon-Diospyrusvirginiana 10. Eastern Hophornbeam- Ostryavirginiana 11. Chestnut Oak-Quercusprinus 12. Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana 13. Post Oak- Quercusstellata 14. Southern Red Oak-Quercusfalcata 15. White Oak- Quercus alba

9. ID Test 9 • Water Oak- Quercusnigra • Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia • Blackjack Oak- Quercusmarilandica • Sawtooth Oak - Quercusacutissima • Willow Oak-Quercusphellos

10. Water Oak- Quercusnigra • Water Oak is adapted to wet, swampy areas • shaped like a spatula being broad and rounded at the top and narrow and wedged at the base

11. Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia • The leaves are broad lanceolate • broad and unlobed

12. Blackjack Oak- Quercusmarilandica • The leaves are broad, and typically flare from a tapered base to a broad three-lobed bell shape with only shallow indentations. • They are dark green and glossy remain attached to the twigs through the winter after turning brown in the fall

13. Sawtooth Oak- Quercusacutissima • Heavily serrated • Clustered buds(on tip)

14. Willow Oak-Quercusphellos • Lanceolate leaf • Thinner leaf • All acute leaf

15. Word Bank for ID Test #9 1. Sassafras- Sassafras albidum 2. Mockernut Hickory- Caryatomentosa 3. Sweetbay- Magnolia virginiana 4. Persimmon-Diospyrusvirginiana 5. Eastern Hophornbeam- Ostryavirginiana 6. Chestnut Oak-Quercusprinus 7. Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana 8. Post Oak- Quercusstellata 9. Southern Red Oak-Quercusfalcata 10. White Oak- Quercus alba 11. Water Oak- Quercusnigra 12. Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia 13. Blackjack Oak- Quercusmarilandica 14. Sawtooth Oak- Quercusacutissima 15. Willow Oak- Quercusphellos

16. ID Test 10 • Red Maple- Acer rubrum • Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum • Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum • Flowering Dogwood-Cornusflorida • Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria

17. Red Maple- Acer rubrum • Known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn. • 3-5 lobes • Rounded Buds

18. Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum • 3-5 lobes • Deep sinus between the five lobes. • Striking effect as the silver undersides of the leaves are exposed in the wind. • Brilliant yellow and even orange and red colorations in fall

19. Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum • 5 lobes • No milky sap • Pointy bud • Basal lobes are relatively small, while the upper lobes are larger and deeply notched The fall color ranges from bright yellow through orange to fluorescent red-orange

20. Flowering Dogwood-Cornusflorida • Entire leaf margin • The leaves are opposite, simple, oval with acute tips • Rich red-brown in fall • Turbinate bud

21. Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria • Tiny alternate leaves • Also have a coarsely serrated margin • Substitute for a boxwood

22. Word Bank for ID Test #10 Chestnut Oak Quercusprinus Live Oak Quercusvirginiana Post Oak Quercusstellata Southern Red Oak Quercusfalcata White Oak Quercus alba Water Oak Quercusnigra Laurel Oak Quercuslaurifolia Blackjack Oak Quercusmarilandica Sawtooth Oak Quercusacutissima Willow Oak Quercusphellos 11. Red Maple Acer rubrum 12. Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 13. Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 14. Flowering Dogwood Cornusflorida 15. Yaupon Ilex vomitoria

23. ID Test 11 • American Sycamore- Platanusoccidentalis • Honeylocust- Gleditsiatriacanthos • Black Locust- Robiniapseudoacacia • River Birch- Betulanigra • Paulownia- Paulowniatomentosa

24. American Sycamore- Platanusoccidentalis • Leaves are four to nine inches long • Three to five-lobed by broad shallow sinuses rounded in the bottom;

25. Honeylocust- Gleditsiatriacanthos • The leaves are pinnately compound • The leaflets are 1.5–2.5 cm and bright green. • They turn yellow in the fall.

26. Black Locust- Robiniapseudoacacia • Blue-green leaves • Flowers in April • Paired flat thorns (compared to honeylocust)

27. River Birch- Betulanigra • The leaves are alternate, ovate, 1.5-3 in long • Serrated margin and five to twelve pairs of veins

28. Paulownia- Paulowniatomentosa • large heart-shaped to five-lobed leaves 15-40 cm across • Arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. • On young growth, the leaves may be in whorls of three

29. Word Bank for ID Test #11 Water Oak Quercusnigra Laurel Oak Quercuslaurifolia Blackjack Oak Quercusmarilandica Sawtooth Oak Quercusacutissima Willow Oak Quercusphellos Red Maple Acer rubrum Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 8. Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 9. Flowering Dogwood Cornusflorida Yaupon Ilex vomitoria American Sycamore Platanusoccidentalis HoneylocustGleditsiatriacanthos River Birch Betulanigra PaulowniaPaulowniatomentosa Black Locust Robiniapseudoacacia

30. Scarlet Oak- Quercuscoccinea • The leaves are glossy green • Seven lobes, and deep sinuses between the lobes. • Each lobe has 3-7 bristle-tipped teeth. • The leaf is hairless

31. Overcup Oak- Quercuslyrata • 6 to 10 inches long • roughly oblong in shape with a highly variable margin that has 5 to 9 lobes • The underside is white and pubescent.