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A tree generally has a single upright stem and reaches a height of 20 feet. Some species are shrubs in harsh climates and trees in moderate climates. |
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Shrubs are low branching, suckering, or have multiple stems and do not reach 20 feet in height. | |
Most people recognize brambles, which include roses and blackberries. | |
Vines require some extra help for support. They hold on to the support by twining, growing tendrils, or aerial roots. |
Cacti do have leaves - they are reduced to spines. |
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Palms are common in warm regions. | |
Yuccas can be found in many loacations but are more common is deserts. | |
Slender or Scaly leaves can be found on pines, junipers, and other genera. | |
Broadleaf includes genera with narrow leaves, such as the willows. |
Broadleaf Arrangement, or phyllotaxy, is a very important id clue. To determine phyllotaxy, look to see how many leaves are attached to the twig at each node. If there are no leaves, look for the arrangement of the buds that can be found at the base of each leaf. If you can not reach the twigs, remember that twigs grow from buds... and they will have the same arrangement as the leaves.
Most woody plants are alternately arranged. The leaves and buds alternate along the stem. |
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These leaves are oppositely arranged, as are the buds that grow at the base of the leaves. | |
A few species have whorled leaves, with (usually) 3 leaves and buds at each node. |
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 Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
 Acer spicatum - mountain maple
 Aesculus pavia - red buckeye
 Aesculus sylvatica - painted buckeye
 Alnus serrulata - hazel alder
 Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry
 Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow serviceberry
 Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany serviceberry
 Amelanchier sanguinea - roundleaf serviceberry
 Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo
 Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick
 Aronia arbutifolia - chokeberry
 Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry
 Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw
 Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis
 Berberis canadensis - American barberry
 Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry
 Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry
 Buckleya distichophylla - piratebush
 Buddleja davidii - butterfly-bush
 Callicarpa americana - American beautyberry
 Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub
 Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin
 Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
 Celtis pumila - dwarf hackberry
 Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush
 Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
 Chaenomeles speciosa - common floweringquince
 Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf
 Chimaphila maculata - striped pipsissewa
 Chimaphila umbellata - prince's pine
 Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree
 Cinnamomum camphora - camphortree
 Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra
 Comptonia peregrina - sweetfern
 Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
 Cornus amomum - silky dogwood
 Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood
 Corylus americana - American hazel
 Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel
 Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla
 Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom
 Dasiphora fruticosa - shrubby cinquefoil
 Deutzia scabra - fuzzy deutzia
 Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle
 Diervilla rivularis - mountain bush-honeysuckle
 Diervilla sessilifolia - southern bush-honeysuckle
 Dirca palustris - eastern leatherwood
 Ditrysinia fruticosa - Gulf Sebastian-bush
 Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive
 Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive
 Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
 Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus
 Erythrina herbacea - coralbean
 Eubotrys racemosus - swamp doghobble
 Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus
 Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush
 Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo
 Euonymus fortunei - wintercreeper
 Ficus carica - common fig
 Forsythia spp. - forsythia
 Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf fothergilla
 Fothergilla major - large fothergilla
 Frangula alnus - glossy buckthorn
 Frangula caroliniana - Carolina buckthorn
 Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry
 Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry
 Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel
 Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon
 Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea
 Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea
 Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea
 Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort
 Ilex amelanchier - sarvis holly
 Ilex coriacea - large gallberry
 Ilex decidua - deciduous holly
 Ilex montana - mountain holly
 Ilex myrtifolia - myrtle holly
 Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly
 Itea virginica - sweetspire
 Iva frutescens - marsh-elder
 Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
 Lagerstroemia indica - crapemyrtle
 Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe
 Ligustrum amurense - Amur privet
 Ligustrum japonicum - Japanese privet
 Ligustrum obtusifolium - border privet
 Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet
 Ligustrum vulgare - common privet
 Lindera benzoin - spicebush
 Lonicera canadensis - American fly honeysuckle
 Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle
 Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle
 Lonicera xbella - Belle's honeysuckle
 Lycium barbarum - goji berry
 Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry
 Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia
 Malus angustifolia - southern crab apple
 Menziesia pilosa - minniebush
 Mitchella repens - partridgeberry
 Morella cerifera - waxmyrtle
 Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry
 Morus alba - white mulberry
 Nandina domestica - heavenly bamboo
 Nerium oleander - oleander
 Osmanthus americanus - devilwood
 Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra
 Persea palustris - swampbay
 Philadelphus coronarius - European mockorange
 Philadelphus inodorus - scentless mockorange
 Physocarpus opulifolius - common ninebark
 Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris
 Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange
 Prunus alleghaniensis - Allegheny plum
 Prunus americana - American plum
 Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
 Prunus caroliniana - Carolina laurelcherry
 Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum
 Prunus virginiana - choke cherry
 Ptelea trifoliata - hoptree
 Punica granatum - pomegranate
 Pyracantha coccinea - scarlet firethorn
 Pyrularia pubera - buffalo nut
 Quercus georgiana - Georgia oak
 Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak
 Quercus incana - bluejack oak
 Quercus minima - running oak
 Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinquapin oak
 Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn
 Rhododendron atlanticum - dwarf azalea
 Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea
 Rhododendron canescens - swamp azalea
 Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba rhododendron
 Rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron
 Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea
 Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
 Rhus copallinum - shining sumac
 Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
 Rhus michauxii - Michaux's sumac
 Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac
 Ribes cynosbati - prickly gooseberry
 Ribes rotundifolium - Appalachian gooseberry
 Robinia hispida - bristly locust
 Rubus odoratus - purple flowering raspberry
 Salix alba - white willow
 Salix caprea - goat willow
 Salix discolor - pussy willow
 Salix purpurea - purpleosier willow
 Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry
 Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry
 Sesbania punicea - rattlebox
 Sibbaldiopsis tridentata - three-toothed-cinquefoil
 Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia
 Spiraea alba var. alba - narrowleaf spiraea
 Spiraea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet
 Spiraea japonica - Japanese spiraea
 Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut
 Stewartia ovata - mountain-camellia
 Styrax americanus - American snowbell
 Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry
 Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry
 Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf
 Syringa vulgaris - common lilac
 Tamarix gallica - tamarisk
 Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk
 Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak
 Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
 Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry
 Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
 Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry
 Vaccinium fuscatum - black highbush blueberry
 Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry
 Vaccinium myrtilloides - velvet-leaf blueberry
 Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry
 Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry
 Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum
 Viburnum dentatum - arrowwood
 Viburnum lantanoides - hobblebush
 Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum
 Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw
 Viburnum recognitum - smooth arrowwood
 Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw
 Vitex agnus-castus - lilac chastetree
 Vitex rotundifolia - beach vitex