Plant 8: Leaves- needle-like, alternate, pinnately / bipinna…
Plant 8: Leaves- needle-like, alternate, pinnately / bipinnately compound, linear-lanceolate. Buds- alternate, near tip of stem rounded, with overlapping sharp-pointed scales. Fruit- short-stalked cones. Bark- attractive reddish brown, fibrous bark. ‘Cypress knees’ in swamps, lateral roots. Plant 8 Genus:
Read DetailsPlant 10: Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with 5 le…
Plant 10: Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with 5 leaflets, tip acuminate, margin finely toothed, yellow fall foiliage. When bruised or crushed can have faint aroma of apples. Fruit is a round nut and splits at 4 angles, seed is edible and sweet, feeds wildlife. Bark is dark gray and separates or peels into long, thin plants that give the tree a shaggy appearance. Plant 10 Genus:
Read DetailsPlant 7: Leaves are alternate, compound, pinnate to bipinnat…
Plant 7: Leaves are alternate, compound, pinnate to bipinnate. Flowers are yellow and hang down in a panicle, very showy. Fruit is a papery, 3-valved capsule similar to a Chinese lantern. Lenticels located on stem and pith solid white. Plant 7 Genus:
Read DetailsPlant 1: Leaves are alternate, simple, fan-shaped in cluste…
Plant 1: Leaves are alternate, simple, fan-shaped in clusters. Flowers are dioecious. Fruit is not a true fruit but a naked seed with fleshy covering (gymnosperm), plum-shaped, foul smelling, pinkish, may take 20 or more years before flowering/seeding. Bark is graybrown with ridges that are usually darker. Genus:
Read DetailsPlant 3: Leaves- alternate, simple, ovate-oblong, acuminate…
Plant 3: Leaves- alternate, simple, ovate-oblong, acuminate apex, unequal at base (cuneate), serrate. Flowers- perfect, greenish red, in groups of 3-4, appear in spring before leaves. Fruit- rounded, disc-like samara. Bark- dark gray with broad, deep, intersecting ridges, or often scaly. Plant 3 Genus:
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