tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5518464867039231462024-03-13T04:34:16.599-04:00plant archive, la/hort 4910petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-64128256367433947362011-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:48:32.703-04:00Physocarpus opulifolius, Common Ninebark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=169" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin-right: 14px; margin-top: 20px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TLNNpKpXRfI/AAAAAAAACFw/J-aE44ul9tw/s320/Physocarpus_opulifolius4.jpg" width="204" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=169" imageanchor="1" style="margin-right: 14px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TLNNo1mPhDI/AAAAAAAACFs/9Na4ymPCptw/s320/Physocarpus_opulifolius1.jpg" width="204" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=169" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin-top: 21px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TLNNpZmHe0I/AAAAAAAACF0/HntFDAkVYOI/s320/Physocarpus_opulifolius5.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br />
<b>Size:</b> shrub, 5-10' average height at maturity, 6-10' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> dark brown to black<br />
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<b>Leaves: </b>deciduous, alternate, 1-3" long, .5-1.5" wide, simple, usually 3-5 lobes, sometimes no lobes, crenate or dentate margins, lobes may be acute or obtuse, medium green in summer, yellow or brown in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> glabrous, red-brown when young, conspicuous decurrent lines on each side of leaf scar, fruit pedicels persistent at twig tips<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, white, sometimes pinkish, in many-flowered corymbs<br />
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<b>Fruit: </b>3-5 .25" reddish follicles<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> exfoliates after two years</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-81251752677131543762011-04-06T11:18:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:18:06.654-04:00Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas Fir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=198" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TVIatZF1PwI/AAAAAAAADUg/gFzE_To9fus/s1600/pseudotsugamenziesii01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=198" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TVIatxwUQWI/AAAAAAAADUk/u6vFCn19H18/s1600/pseudotsugamenziesii02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=198" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TVIat7-4o_I/AAAAAAAADUo/uPbtvKzcZlY/s1600/pseudotsugamenziesii03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 40-80' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> winter buds long-pointed and dark brown with several imbricate scales, nonresinous<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, spirally arranged, often 2-ranked, 1-1.5" long, thin, vary between blue-green, dark green, and gray-green, 2 white bands of stomata on underside<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> smooth surface after normal leaf drop, semicircular leaf scars<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, males pendulous and in leaf axils, females terminal and rose-red when young<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> cones pendulous, oval to ovoid, 3-4" long, 1.5-2" wide, conspicuous 3-pointed bracts project from between scales<br />
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<b>Bark: </b>old trunks have thick red-brown ridges divided by fissures</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-59511214829569613052011-04-06T11:13:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:13:40.985-04:00Abies nordmanniana, Nordmann Fir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=299" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GqClBaT053Y/TVXv-acVXAI/AAAAAAAADV0/nnmYGQiZZ-w/s1600/abiesnordmanniana01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=299" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zIw8mKgD6MU/TVXv-hww1FI/AAAAAAAADV4/hS8nJJPMjIY/s1600/abiesnordmanniana02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=299" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yOBhmXSm0Vs/TVXv-878i5I/AAAAAAAADV8/v0_DizvWQFg/s1600/abiesnordmanniana03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<i>Tips for identifying firs: linear needles, flat in cross-section (in contrast to angular spruce), twigs smooth, leaf scars more or less circular, cones upright with scales that fall off at maturity</i><b> </b><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 40-60' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> ovoid, acute tips, not resinous<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, point forward, densely covering branches, .75-1.5" long, tip rounded and notched, shiny dark green with 2 white bands on underside<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> gray with short hairs<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious <br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> 5-6" long, 1.75-2" wide, cylindrical or tapering to apex, reddish brown<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> gray-brown, slightly fissured on old trees</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-53122505966268590842011-04-06T11:08:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:08:32.484-04:00Picea omorika, Serbian Spruce<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=172" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xvn0xxHsUUA/TVNzG9RnoWI/AAAAAAAADVE/C_nr8TkgYDM/s1600/piceaomorika01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=172" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--g1xClNxvtU/TVNzHSYpJAI/AAAAAAAADVI/4J0152TZCuU/s1600/piceaomorika02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=172" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4DSCBPuWoQQ/TVNzH_SVMVI/AAAAAAAADVM/sg4_AUNF-Ks/s1600/piceaomorika03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<i>Tips for identifying spruce: leaves angular in cross section (except for P. omorika), twigs roughened with persistent leaf bases, pendulous cylindrical cones don't shatter at maturity</i><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 50-60' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> dark brown, not resinous, terminal bud has awl-shaped scales at base<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, more or less 2-ranked, .5-1" long, .06-.08" wide, flat, tips short-pointed or rounded, shiny dark green, stomatal lines only on underside, leaf petioles brown<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> brown, pubescent<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, male flowers like strawberries, .5-.75"<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> 1.25-1.75" long, .5-.75" wide, pendent, purple when young, shiny brown later<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> thin, coffee brown, exfoliating in platelike scales</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-49151277534684873402011-04-05T12:11:00.000-04:002011-04-05T12:11:56.241-04:00Viburnum sieboldii, Siebold Viburnum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=281" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnw5_vuAcI/AAAAAAAACVU/z380JyCtbmQ/s1600/viburnumsieboldii01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=281" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnw7FNiksI/AAAAAAAACVY/Tb-ogYshZOs/s1600/viburnumsieboldii02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=281" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnw8tRdnjI/AAAAAAAACVc/CToUQ8S2jU0/s1600/viburnumsieboldii03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 15-20' average height at maturity, 10-15' spread <br />
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<b>Buds:</b> winter buds have valvate scales, buds conical to ovoid bullet-shaped, scales often split open at top<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, opposite, 2-6" long, 1.5-3" wide, simple, elliptic or obovate, acute tips, margins coarsely crenate-serrate, shiny dark green, crushed leaves have fetid odor like green peppers mixed with burnt rubber<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> tout, leaf scars connect around stem, grayish<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, creamy white, in 3-6" flat-topped clusters<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .33-.5" oval drupe, changing from red to black<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> usually gray</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-68120790769945773072011-04-05T11:15:00.000-04:002011-04-05T11:15:22.816-04:00Tilia americana, American Linden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=257" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP_UWIH0otI/AAAAAAAACsM/bbpG3-aU1ks/s1600/tiliaamericana03.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=257" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP_UV7pMVeI/AAAAAAAACsI/2U0I3lMcXnA/s1600/tiliaamericana02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=257" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP_UVQP1jyI/AAAAAAAACsE/Cuxv3QZ7uKE/s1600/tiliaamericana01.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 60-80' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> blunt-tipped, 2-3 overlapping scales, usually reddish on vigorous wood, sometimes greenish, glabrous, shaped like a teardrop, absent terminal, laterals .25-.33"<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 4-8" long and almost as wide, simple, broad ovate, abruptly acuminate, coarsely serrate with long pointed teeth, dark green above, paler below, sometimes yellow in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> reddish or greenish with conspicuous lenticels, sparsely branched, leaf scars large and raised<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, pale yellow, .5 wide, in 2-3" clusters of 5-15, bloom in the second half of June<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> small hard nutlets on pedicel subtended by persistent large thin bract<br />
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<b>Bark: </b>gray to brown, in long narrow scaly ridges</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-14608455688465684342011-04-05T10:34:00.002-04:002011-04-05T10:50:02.452-04:00Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=128" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xRiiGMBCBcU/TV9H-CXI3lI/AAAAAAAADY4/nco9AoElStE/s1600/juniperusvirginiana01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=128" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h3HOR1FX3ro/TV9H-p5ojOI/AAAAAAAADY8/dWNLwblSqdI/s1600/juniperusvirginiana02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=128" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UfM8mwwxCVs/TV9H-xE-1fI/AAAAAAAADZA/BlDQz-M7ng0/s1600/juniperusvirginiana03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<i>Tips for identifying Juniperus: leaves scaled or sharp and needle-like, cones gray to bluish and berry-like</i><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 40-50' average height at maturity, spread 8-20' (can also be shrub or groundcover)<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, crushed leaves smell of cedar, juvenile foliage needle-like and in pairs, ending in spiny point, concave and glaucous on top, green and convex underside, .2-.25", mature foliage scale-like in 4 ranks, closely pressed to stem, .06", medium green, sage green, blue-green, often bronzy or yellow-brown in winter <br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> essentially dioecious, females violet<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .25"-.33", cones globular, brownish violet<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> grayish to reddish brown, exfoliating in long strips</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-72574065483267627522011-04-04T00:09:00.000-04:002011-04-04T00:09:46.485-04:00Pinus thunbergiana, Japanese Black Pine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=293" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TUoH6PUMY9I/AAAAAAAADRc/j68IyBVHf70/s1600/pinusthunbergiana01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=293" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TUoH6ugJhUI/AAAAAAAADRg/TV3ocxwXELw/s1600/pinusthunbergiana02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=293" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TUoH7NXB0mI/AAAAAAAADRk/OX5UyN9Pwvo/s1600/pinusthunbergiana03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree or shrub, 15-25' average height at maturity, 20-30' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> .5-.75" long, not resinous, gray or silvery white<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, 2 needles per fascicle, densely arranged, 2.5-4.5" long, twisted, fine-points, rigid, dark green<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> glabrous, light brown when younger, blackish gray when older<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious <br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> ovoid to conical, 1.5-3" long, 1.25-1.75" wide, shiny light brown<br />
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<b>Bark: </b>blackish gray, fissures forming elongated irregular plates</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-77753851930475320732011-04-02T23:23:00.000-04:002011-04-02T23:23:14.319-04:00Betula alleghaniensis, Yellow Birch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=32" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--Sk5-kIknEA/TXvOVFp-LOI/AAAAAAAADhM/w-ZAfgRzXYw/s1600/betulaalleghaniensis01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=32" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eF0sTk1vjA4/TXvOVblhalI/AAAAAAAADhQ/aoyzZotmH0I/s1600/betulaalleghaniensis02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=32" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T-0u49HPbb4/TXvOVqVjoVI/AAAAAAAADhU/x3PTKuH-jhE/s1600/betulaalleghaniensis03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 60-75' average height at maturity, 100' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> imbricate, usually slightly pubescent, at slight angle to twigs, individual bud scales fairly uniform in color but usually somewhat darker band at top of each scale<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 3-5" long, 1.5-2.5" wide, simple, ovate to oblong ovate, doubly serrate, dull dark green on top<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> tan or light gray, short "spur" branches on older wood, each terminated by a bud, wintergreen scent and taste<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, unlike alder, winter catkins of one type only (male; females look like regular buds), usually 5-8, greenish, about 1" long and .25" wide<br />
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<b>Fruit: </b>small winged nutlet in a strobile about 1" wide and .6" long<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> trunk yellowish, exfoliating</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-50410915335059376222011-04-02T23:07:00.000-04:002011-04-02T23:07:38.909-04:00Liquidambar styraciflua, American Sweetgum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=138" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 2px 14px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TK_ZTMfKbvI/AAAAAAAACAU/k1q5zzZALxA/s640/Liquidambar_styraciflua3.jpg" width="138" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=138" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 11px 14px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TLPS9Arv-SI/AAAAAAAACLY/tYc5dJ4-4B4/s320/LiSt-B-Fernow.jpg" width="102" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=138" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 9px 14px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TK_ZXonmvTI/AAAAAAAACAc/UVq3ktRx4O0/s1600/liquid-sty2.jpg" width="230" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=138" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TLPS83FvxYI/AAAAAAAACLU/DBQPjIv1o2Q/s1600/Liquidambar_styraciflua2.jpg" width="128" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 70-100' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> often large with glossy reddish-brown scales<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 4-7.5" in length and width, simple, 5-7 triangular acuminate lobes, finely serrate, shiny dark green above, changes to various forms of yellow, purple, or red in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs: </b>glossy, light brown, darker leaf scars, sometimes corky ridges<br />
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<b>Flowering:</b> monoecious, female on slender stalk, male in 3-4" terminal panicle<br />
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<b>Fruit: </b>spiny capsule with many seeds<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> gray-brown with deep furrows and narrow rounded ridged</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-59362526236581661972011-04-02T23:02:00.000-04:002011-04-02T23:02:50.348-04:00Quercus macrocarpa, Bur Oak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=206" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP1LoO_KOZI/AAAAAAAACfE/kkED1-YovW4/s1600/quercusmacrocarpa01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=206" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP1LopQNOWI/AAAAAAAACfI/_4oKekFSixA/s1600/quercusmacrocarpa02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=206" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TP1MGfcp4MI/AAAAAAAACfQ/0blkDSjGEyg/s1600/quercusmacrocarpa03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>White Oak Group:</b> acorns mature in 1 year, small ones not present on winter twigs, leaves blunt-lobed, rounded at apex, winter buds generally rounded at apex<br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 60-80' average height and spread at maturity <br />
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<b>Buds:</b> clustered at twig tips, about .25" long, persistent threadlike stipules<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 4-10" long, 2-5" wide, simple, obovate, lower portion of leaf has 2-3 pairs of lobes, upper part has a number of less-distinct, rounded, rather irregular and shallower lobes, dark green on top, grayish or whitish and tomentose underside, fall color yellow to brown<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> light gray or brown, stout, small stain below leaf scar, may develop corky ridges after first year, 5-point star-shaped pith<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, male flowers in catkins, females in leaf axils, solitary or in small clusters<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> acorn, nearly sessile, .75-1.5" long, cap encloses half or more, edges of cap conspicuously fringed<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> rough with deep ridges and furrows, dark gray or gray brown, not exfoliating on 4-5 year-old wood</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-66511311891426951372011-04-02T22:43:00.000-04:002011-04-02T22:43:21.977-04:00Viburnum carlesii, Koreanspice Viburnum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=268" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNoMzllAluI/AAAAAAAACXI/aCW9B05QYFI/s1600/viburnumcarlesii01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=268" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNoM18n7V3I/AAAAAAAACXM/iwataDCJ18w/s1600/viburnumcarlesii02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=268" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNoM2xq0zgI/AAAAAAAACXQ/qe34lrdyDLo/s1600/viburnumcarlesii03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 3-6' average height at maturity, equal spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> winter vegetative buds naked, flower buds have a few scales that are clustered stalked .25-.5", terminal vegetative bud often less than 2 times as long as lateral buds at its base, usually brown<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, opposite, 1-4" long, .75-2.5" wide, simple, broadly ovate to elliptical, acute apex, irregularly toothed margins, dark green with sparse stellate (star-shaped) pubescence on top, thicker on underside<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> pubescent when young<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, pink in bud, white when open, each up to .5", hemispherical cymes like a half-golf-ball, intensely fragrant<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .33" egg-shaped drupe, black, appear in late summer<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> brown or gray, fissures on older stems</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-10063926318827381192011-04-02T22:36:00.000-04:002011-04-02T22:36:53.970-04:00Viburnum x rhytidophylloides, Lantanaphyllum Viburnum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=277" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnk1B3-HmI/AAAAAAAACUs/Mg_ViJCh0OA/s1600/viburnumxrhytidophylloides01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=277" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnk2G10FiI/AAAAAAAACUw/fVaBxiRf_OA/s1600/viburnumxrhytidophylloides02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=277" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hqBYPQYY0I/TNnk4H7jTwI/AAAAAAAACU0/zpmCp8TAqJk/s1600/viburnumxrhytidophylloides03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 10-15' average height and spread at maturity<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> winter buds naked, flower buds have a few scales and can be found in tight solitary clusters at twig tips, vegetative buds are brown and tomentose<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, although leaves often hang on and turn brownish, opposite, 3-8" long, 1-2.5" wide, simple, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, tip acute or obtuse, entire of slightly denticulate margins, veins course and not as deeply impressed as in V. rhytidophyllum, dark green top, very tomentose underside<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> gray to brown, pubescent when young<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, yellow-white flowers in flat-topped 3-4" cymes, light fragrance<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> 1-3" oval drupe, red maturing to black<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> gray to brown, older stems glabrous</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-84629428849684078742011-04-02T21:18:00.000-04:002011-04-02T21:18:57.643-04:00Microbiota decussata, Russian Arborvitae<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=155" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b48XUnY4vm4/TV9GoyTbvCI/AAAAAAAADYs/DszTM8GZbNU/s1600/microbiotadecussata01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=155" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LsJAtIt0MzU/TV9GpWZApPI/AAAAAAAADYw/HRPlja-xoSU/s1600/microbiotadecussata02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=155" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FsbVapFWLs0/TV9GrcvZQBI/AAAAAAAADY0/PKwf79fBCw4/s1600/microbiotadecussata03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> groundcover, 1' average height at maturity<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, in flattened sprays like Thuja, spreads outward and evenly in all directions, forming a soft-textured round pancake, about 1' high, 4-6' wide, needles mostly scale-like and appressed, bright green in summer, bronzy purple to brown in winter<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, inconspicuous<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> single naked oval seed</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-7363327673730213582011-04-02T21:04:00.000-04:002011-04-02T21:04:50.831-04:00Cryptomeria japonica, Japanese Cryptomeria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=79" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8ehR2ylwzl4/TV9W8FLzs8I/AAAAAAAADaQ/yhZQ_5-7PRA/s1600/cryptomeriajaponica01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=79" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m9PqA7AWWg/TV9W-pCYP_I/AAAAAAAADac/T-AYeZin6YE/s1600/cryptomeriajaponica02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=79" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qbd9v8x3tyo/TV9W87YdWRI/AAAAAAAADaY/3Ak5kwGd5QU/s1600/cryptomeriajaponica03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 50-60' average height at maturity, spread 20-30'<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> minute<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, spirally arranged, .25-.75" long, awl-shaped, 4-angled, curving inwards, margins entire, blunt-pointed tips, bright green to bluish green, bronzy in winter<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> green, glabrous, spreading or drooping<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, inconspicuous<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> terminal, globular, .5-1", dark brown, 20-30 scales<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> reddish brown peeling in long strips</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-65355719753417404412011-04-02T20:54:00.000-04:002011-04-02T20:54:41.143-04:00Thuja plicata, Western Arborvitae<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=256" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8NKDRXAmhyc/TV9APEoBJPI/AAAAAAAADYU/WYVMUPapmIA/s1600/thujaplicata01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=256" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-amYNduw565U/TV9APlY6ZDI/AAAAAAAADYY/VuL2YibWMi4/s1600/thujaplicata02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=256" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5qtxS30Mro/TV9AQHkgtoI/AAAAAAAADYc/e3TP4RZCpeQ/s1600/thujaplicata03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 50-75' average height at maturity, spread 15-25'<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> evergreen, opposite, up to .25" on leaders, .13" or less on tips of shoots, scale-like, long-pointed, darker green than T. occidentalis, triangular whitish markings on underside<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> horizontal, often pendent at ends<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, small, inconspicuous, males yellowish, females pinkish<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .5", 8-10 scales, brown when mature<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> cinnamon red on young stems, gray-brown to red-brown on mature trunks, forming a network of connecting ridges and furrows</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-86668024017300081512011-03-28T15:39:00.000-04:002011-03-28T15:39:47.589-04:00Cotoneaster apiculatus, Cranberry Cotoneaster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=71" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ke9eHc9e-Hs/TZDjyofDO7I/AAAAAAAADlI/7APdZFPqI4M/s1600/cotoneasterapiculatus01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=71" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zTkVkTtX0FA/TZDjy593hqI/AAAAAAAADlM/xioUj0wzts0/s1600/cotoneasterapiculatus02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=71" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7lYKj3yLpJQ/TZDjzLaOGcI/AAAAAAAADlQ/G7LZUchz_sU/s1600/cotoneasterapiculatus03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 3' average height at maturity, 3-6' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> 3-4 weakly imbricate scales, individual scales indistinct, loosely arranged, outer scales often parted to reveal pubescent interior<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, .25-.75" long and wide, simple, orbicular to ovate, tips usually apiculate, margins entire, undulating, shiny dark green on top, slightly pubescent underside, bronzy red or purple in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> reddish purple, appressed pubescence, broken stems smell of maraschino cherries<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, pinkish, solitary, bloom in early summer<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> cranberry-red pome, .25-.33", appear in late summer and early fall, prolific<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> older stems gray-brown and ragged</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-16863793288208118862011-03-28T15:20:00.002-04:002011-03-28T15:23:48.514-04:00Cotoneaster dammeri, Bearberry Cotoneaster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=352" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w4viXnYG3h4/TZDfLO0aF5I/AAAAAAAADk8/HzYPLlpTcG0/s1600/cotaneasterdammeri01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=352" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NgDLBO-VVxA/TZDfLTvTgzI/AAAAAAAADlA/CucLI6FXFWc/s1600/cotaneasterdammeri02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=352" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eTFixvf0rdM/TZDfLi4zFwI/AAAAAAAADlE/iVMlaLKdJPk/s1600/cotaneasterdammeri03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> groundcover, 1.5" tall, 6" wide<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> brown to gray, usually appressed, weakly imbricate,, two outer bud scales part to expose hairy interior<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> semi-evergreen in northern gardens, alternate, .33-1.25" long, .25-.63" wide, simple, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, glossy dark green above, dull green to red-purple when mature<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> perfect, white, .33-.5" diameter, solitary or in pairs, in late spring or early summer<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .25" diameter, bright red pome, typically sparse on species<br />
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<b>Habit:</b> very low growing, prostrate</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-16203289262294763692011-03-28T15:12:00.001-04:002011-03-28T15:14:21.411-04:00Cotoneaster divaricatus, Spreading Cotoneaster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=72" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JH6O6bgm_co/TZDdY_z-v6I/AAAAAAAADkw/XMBR4e5tNFE/s1600/cotoneasterdivaricatus01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=72" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5PZtNnKKGRs/TZDdZFOf8tI/AAAAAAAADk0/UNLEwzUzcQE/s1600/cotoneasterdivaricatus02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=72" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CInc-1wj6-w/TZDdZZKZOTI/AAAAAAAADk4/HQgZC-Orm4E/s1600/cotoneasterdivaricatus03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 4-6' average height, 6-8' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> 3-4 weakly imbricate scales, individual scales indistinct, loosely arranged, outer 2 scales often parted to reveal pubescent interior<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, .33-1" long, .25-.63" wide, elliptic or broad eliptic, acute or rounded tip, margins entire, shiny dark green, fall color can be brilliant yellows, reds, and purples<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> Only slightly pubescent at nodes and twig tips, reddish brown, loose gray waxy covering<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, rose, solitary or in groups of 3, bloom in early summer<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> egg-shaped red or dark red pome, .33" long, .25" wide, lasting into late fall<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> older stems dark brown</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-79075284912662349372011-03-28T15:05:00.000-04:002011-03-28T15:05:41.884-04:00Cotoneaster horizontalis, Rock Cotoneaster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=73" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7xPCh0VBjsY/TZDXRc922nI/AAAAAAAADkc/zk_Uif1pN4A/s1600/cotoneasterhorizontalis02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=73" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LXS0pNHrX80/TZDXRC9glaI/AAAAAAAADkY/8SQb0q8lS3E/s1600/cotoneasterhorizontalis01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=73" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-du-xDPkqk8E/TZDXRmN7FHI/AAAAAAAADkg/nSgGOVNCn3Y/s1600/cotoneasterhorizontalis03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 2-3' average height, 5' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> small, several imbricate scales<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, .2-.5" long, slightly less wide, simple, suborbicular to broad-elliptic, mucronate at tip, margins entire, not undulating as in apiculatus, glossy dark green in summer, reddish purple in fall, leaves stay late<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> branching pattern distinctly 2-ranked, creating a "fishbone" pattern<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, pink, .25", single or in pairs, bloom in May, small <br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .2-.25" bright red pome, appear summer to late fall</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-963340723332331102011-03-28T15:00:00.000-04:002011-03-28T15:00:51.792-04:00Forsythia suspensa, Weeping Forsythia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=379" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mu1QvM4tz6A/TZDahatPbqI/AAAAAAAADkk/pcI9bC2Tjpo/s1600/forsythiasuspensa01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=379" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uWKYEtQ_lhs/TZDahtNQdtI/AAAAAAAADko/xpsS-qLf-FI/s1600/forsythiasuspensa02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=379" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DYdSJWhVOBQ/TZDah58LmiI/AAAAAAAADks/sDgLXqIfTGY/s1600/forsythiasuspensa03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 8-10' average height, 10-15' spread</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-10963529490225297932011-03-28T14:35:00.002-04:002011-03-28T15:50:52.363-04:00Forsythia x intermedia, Border Forsythia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=96" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T9kpDMsFajU/TZDUy9XPN1I/AAAAAAAADkU/dXQYUxpxugg/s1600/forsythiaxintermedia03.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=96" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gDrQWzCPuO0/TZDUyiZoCeI/AAAAAAAADkM/2ggKWgNmZuA/s1600/forsythiaxintermedia01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=96" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RTVcypGYyOM/TZDUyiGoQ9I/AAAAAAAADkQ/eMZ57D3CSJM/s1600/forsythiaxintermedia02.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub, 8-10' average height, 10-12' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> imbricate, flower buds fusiform, in clusters at nodes<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, opposite, 3-5" long, 1.5-2.5" wide, simple, ovate-lanceolate, margins usually toothed on upper half, medium to dark green above, lighter below<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> pith solid at nodes, chambered in internodes, conspicuous dcurrent lines, stems often squarish<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, up to 1.5" long, yellow, 4 lobes, in clusters of up to 6, bloom in March or April<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> .33" brown capsule<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> yellow brown with many lenticels</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-85283200239061649562011-03-28T14:26:00.000-04:002011-03-28T14:26:02.962-04:00Kerria japonica, Japanese Kerria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=130" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oingJEXgVsk/TZDSj_R-_yI/AAAAAAAADkA/DzArExzOr-g/s1600/kerriajaponica01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=130" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DRyk4B7qb9w/TZDSkOaPUdI/AAAAAAAADkE/mPANwYtS7o4/s1600/kerriajaponica02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=130" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rIUw33BMWHI/TZDSkbmFDkI/AAAAAAAADkI/QaDe90uxg7g/s1600/kerriajaponica03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub 3-6' average height, 9' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> dark, often contrast with twig color, buds 2-ranked<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 1.5-4" long, .75-2" wide, simple, ovate-lanceolate, margins doubly serrate, tip acuminate, bright green, sometimes yellow in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> yellow-green to green in winter, with zig-zag pattern<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> perfect, bright yellow, 5-petaled, 1.25-1.75" across, in early summer, double-flowered form ('Pleniflora') is often grown<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> achene, seldom seen</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-31589933072460068702011-03-28T14:15:00.000-04:002011-03-28T14:15:58.109-04:00Kolkwitzia amabilis, Beautybush<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=132" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vK7rEfc6XBs/TZDP73nQTiI/AAAAAAAADj0/maBbN0uy2-o/s1600/kolkwitziaamabilis01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=132" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI-77MXveOQ/TZDP8o24dlI/AAAAAAAADj8/uV_nVSal5-I/s1600/kolkwitziaamabilis03.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=132" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTFur0AVbgw/TZDP8JRzelI/AAAAAAAADj4/nalcSZnhoH0/s1600/kolkwitziaamabilis02.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> shrub 6-10' average height, 6-8' spread<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> solitary, sessile, ovoid, 3-4 pairs of scales, small lateral buds present<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, opposite, 1-3" long, .75-2" wide, simple, broad ovate, acuminate tips, entire or with shallow teeth, dark green in summer, yellowish or reddish in fall<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> bark firm, reddish purple or tan, often have conspicuously raised stipular lines, giving them a "telescope" look<br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, pink with yellow throats, shaped like flaring trumpets, in groups of 2, .5" long, bloom in May or early June<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> bristly, ovoid, .25" long, in long-lasting clusters<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> older stems often have exfoliating bark with inner, exposed portions striped purple</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551846486703923146.post-14960685503807394482011-03-28T14:06:00.000-04:002011-03-28T14:06:42.355-04:00Magnolia acuminata, Cucumbertree Magnolia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=144" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYg7ju-gnPg/TZDN8mWYGhI/AAAAAAAADjo/P_VyulSSEXk/s1600/magnoliaacuminata01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=144" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7e70PRUJKTc/TZDN8_iDa7I/AAAAAAAADjs/Xpblde49mY8/s1600/magnoliaacuminata02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://woodyplants.mannlib.cornell.edu/details.php?id=144" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin: 0px;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uGRH3DvD3as/TZDN9BrXBLI/AAAAAAAADjw/-4f1G_vxw0k/s1600/magnoliaacuminata03.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<b>Size:</b> tree, 50-80' average height<br />
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<b>Buds:</b> terminal ovoid-oblong, acute tip, somewhat curved, light tan, densely covered with short pale silky hairs, lateral buds smaller, blunt, nearly surrounded by leaf scar, flower bud larger than vegetative<br />
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<b>Leaves:</b> deciduous, alternate, 4-10" long, 2-5" wide, simple, elliptic or ovate, margins entire, short acuminate tip, dark green<br />
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<b>Twigs:</b> lustrous, bright red-brown or grayish, stipular line completely encircles twig at each leaf scar <br />
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<b>Flowers:</b> monoecious, greenish yellow, 2.3-3" long, 6 petals, bloom in May or June, often not visible because blooms are high in crown<br />
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<b>Fruit:</b> looks kind of like a pinkish-red cucumber, 2-3"<br />
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<b>Bark:</b> dark brown, furrowed</div>petersigristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653915776728182869noreply@blogger.com