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TREE BIBLE. Horticulture A Mr. Olson Spanish Fork High. Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office July 2002. Norway maple ( Acer platanoides). 45’ tall x 30’ wide Deciduous Helicopter seeds Turns from green to yellow (fall color).
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TREE BIBLE Horticulture A Mr. Olson Spanish Fork High Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office July 2002
Norway maple (Acer platanoides) • 45’ tall x 30’ wide • Deciduous • Helicopter seeds • Turns from green to yellow (fall color)
Virginia Creeper(Parthenocissus quinquefolia) • Fast growing vine • Green leaves to red leaves (fall color) • Compound palmate leaves • Blue berries
Thornless Honeylocust(Gleditsia tricanthos) • 40’ tall 30’ wide • Fast growing shade tree • Compound pinnate leaves
Horsechestnut(Aesculus hippocastanum) • 35’ tall 20’ wide • Red flowers in the summer (cone shaped) • Compound palmate leaves • Chestnuts (fruit)
Austrian Pine(Pinus nigra) • 45’ tall 35’ wide • Needles 3 to 4’’ long • 2 needles in a sheath • Evergreen
Quaking Aspen(Populus tremuloides) • 35’ tall 15’wide • Light colored bark • White powder on trunk • Fast Growing
Blue Spruce(Picea pungens) • Heigth 40’x30’ Wide • Needles 1in. Long, and 1 needle per sheath • Silvery blue color • Slow growing
Japanese Yew(Taxus cuspidata) • Heigth 3’x 4’ Wide • Grows well in the shade • Needles dark green (3/4in.long) • Some species have red berries (cones)
Dwarf Alberta Spruce(Picea glauca) • Height 8’x 4’ Wide • Needles ¼” long • Slow growing
Potentilla(Potentilla fruticosa) • Height 3’x 3’ Wide • Yellow blooms most of the summer • Fast growing
Little Leaf Linden(Tillia cordata) • Height 40’x 25’ Wide • Tree shape rounded bottom, pointed top • Light green seed pod attached to the leaf
Purple Leaf Plum(Prunus cerasifera) • Purple leaves all year long • Height 20’x 12’Wide • Pinkish white flowers in the spring
Rose Bush (Rosa acisa) • Most have thorns • Height 4-5’x 4’Wide • Flowers all summer
London Plane Tree (Platanus acerifolia) • Shade Tree • Height 70’x 40’Wide • Fruit/Nut Tree • Big like Horse Chestnut
Ponderosa Pine(Pinus ponderosa) • Looks a lot like Austrian Pine • 2-3 needles in sheath • Height 60’x 30’Wide • Fairly fast growing
Catalpa(Catalpa bignoides) • Height 60’x 40’ Wide • Fruit (indian cigars) • Large leaves (8”to 12”)
Russian Olive(Eleagnus angustifolia) • Height 30’x20’ Wide • Weed Tree • Silver blue leaves • Thorns and small gray olives
Globe Willow(Salix mastudana) • Height 40’x 30’Wide • Fast growing shade tree • Problems with insects and disease
Arborvitae(Thuja orentallis) • Flat scale leaves • Height 12’x 6’ Wide • Blue berries that are cones
Fremont Poplar(Populus fremontii) • Leaf looks like Quaking Aspen leaf but bigger • Height 80’x 50’Wide • Very fast growing
Crimson King Maple(Acer Platanoides) • Height 40’x25’ Wide • Crimson color leaves, helicopter seeds • Slow growing
Green Ash(Fraxinus pennsylvanica) • Height 45’x30’ Wide • Leaves green to yellow fall color • Moderate growth
Chinese Elm(Ulmus parvifolia) • Height 50’x 40’ Wide’ • WEED Tree • Gets diseases easily
Mountain Ash(Sorbus aucuparia) • Heigth 25’x 15’ Wide • White flowers spring, orange berries fall • Compound pinnate leaves
Weeping White Birch(Betula pendula) • Height 45’x 25’ wide • White bark • Catkins (contain seeds) • Weeping (pendulous branches
Sugar Maple(Acer saccharum) • Height 50’x 35’ Wide • Green leaves, fall (Orange) • Produces maple syrup
Tree of Heaven(Ailanthus altissima) • Height 40’x 40’ Wide • Weed tree (lots and lots of seeds) • Compound pinnate leaf
Mimosia(Albizia julibrissin) • Height 25’x 20’ Wide • Pink flowers in the summer • Bi pinnately compound leaves
Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata • Height 30’x 20’ Wide • Yellow flowers in the spring • Large(raindrop shaped seed pods in the fall)
Tam Juniper(Juniperus sabina) • Height 30”x 4’ Wide • Scale like leaves (no leaves under branch) • Evergreen, Conifer
Pfitzer Juniper(Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeraiana’) • Height 6’-10’x 5’ wide • Different varieties different colors • Blue berries (cones)
White Fir(Abies concolor) • Height 60’x 20’ Wide • Needles ¾” long and all point up • Evergreen, conifer
Douglas Fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii) • Height 60’x 25’ wide • Needles flat and soft, ½” long • Cones have a snakelike tongue on scales
European Larch(Larix decidua) • Height 60’x25’ Wide • Deciduous conifer • Needles grow in clusters, bluish green
English Walnut(Juglans regia) • Height 40’x 30’ Wide • Nuts 2” in diameter • Bark is smooth and light silver color
Ginkgo Tree(Ginkgo biloba) Height 40’x 25’ Wide Living Fossil Broadleaf deciduous conifer
Japanese Maple(Acer palmatum) • Height 12’x 5’ Wide • Most have red leaves • Grows in some shade