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Forestry ID. 2 nd 9 weeks. ID Test #8. Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus Live Oak Quercus virginiana Post Oak Quercus stellata Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata White Oak Quercus alba. Chestnut Oak- Quercus prinus. shallowly lobed with 10-15 rounded lobes on each margin
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Forestry ID 2nd 9 weeks
ID Test #8 Chestnut Oak Quercusprinus Live Oak Quercusvirginiana Post Oak Quercusstellata Southern Red Oak Quercusfalcata White Oak Quercus alba
Chestnut Oak- Quercusprinus • shallowly lobed with 10-15 rounded lobes on each margin • Leaves 4-9 inches long and 1.5-3 inches wide
Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana • Rolled leaf margin • Leaves 2-5 inches long • Evergreen
Post Oak- Quercusstellata • Cruciform lobes • Shaped like a cross • They are leathery, and tomentose (densely short-hairy) beneath
Southern Red Oak- Quercusfalcata • The leaves generally have rounded (U-shaped) base • Long, thin, curving (falcate) tips. • Leaves 6-7 inches long and 4-5 inches wide
White Oak- Quercus alba • 7-11 lobes per side • Cuneate, or wedge shaped base • Red fall color • leaves 5-9 inches long
Word Bank for ID Test #8 Sassafras- Sassafras albidum Mockernut Hickory- Caryatomentosa Sweetbay- Magnolia virginiana Persimmon- Diospyrosvirginiana Eastern Hophornbeam- Ostryavirginiana Buckeye- Aesculusspp Catalpa- Catalpa bignoniodes Mimosa- Albiziajulibrissin Sourwood- Oxydendrunarboreum Sumac- Rhus spp. 11. Chestnut Oak-Quercusprinus 12. Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana 13. Post Oak- Quercusstellata 14. Southern Red Oak-Quercusfalcata 15. White Oak- Quercus alba
ID Test 9 • Water Oak- Quercusnigra • Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia • Blackjack Oak- Quercusmarilandica • Sawtooth Oak - Quercusacutissima • Willow Oak-Quercusphellos
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
Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia • The leaves are broad lanceolate • broad and unlobed
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
Sawtooth Oak- Quercusacutissima • Heavily serrated • Clustered buds(on tip)
Willow Oak-Quercusphellos • Lanceolate leaf • Thinner leaf • All acute leaf
Word Bank for ID Test #9 Buckeye- Aesculusspp Catalpa- Catalpa bignoniodes Mimosa- Albiziajulibrissin Sourwood- Oxydendrunarboreum Sumac- Rhus spp. 11. Chestnut Oak-Quercusprinus 12. Live Oak- Quercusvirginiana 13. Post Oak- Quercusstellata 14. Southern Red Oak-Quercusfalcata 15. White Oak- Quercus alba 11. Water Oak- Quercusnigra 12. Laurel Oak- Quercuslaurifolia 13. Blackjack Oak- Quercusmarilandica 14. Sawtooth Oak- Quercusacutissima 15. Willow Oak- Quercusphellos
ID Test 10 • Turkey Oak- Quercuslaevis • Scarlet Oak- Quercuscoccinea • Red Maple- Acer rubrum • Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum • Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum
Turkey Oak- Quercuslaevis • Leaves 3-12 inches long, 1-10 inches wide • 3,5,7 deeply divided bristle tipped lobes • Leaf usually curved or twisted • Shaped like a turkey’s foot
Scarlet Oak- Quercuscoccinea • Leaves 3-6 inches long, 2-4 inches wide • 7-9 lobes that are deeply divided • bristle tipped lobes • shiny leaf above
Red Maple- Acer rubrum • Leaves and limbs opposite • 2-5 lobes • Serrated margins • Known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn. • Rounded Buds
Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum • 3-5 lobes that are 4-6 inches long • Deeply divided between the five lobes. • Silver undersides of the leaves are exposed in the wind. • Brilliant yellow and even orange and red colorations in fall
Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum • Leaves 3.5-5.5 inches long • 5 lobes • No milky sap • Pointy bud The fall color ranges from bright yellow through orange to fluorescent red-orange
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. Turkey Oak Quercuslaevis 12. Scarlet Oak Quercuscoccinea 13. Red Maple Acer rubrum 14. Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 15. Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
ID Test 11 • American Sycamore- Platanusoccidentalis • Honeylocust- Gleditsiatriacanthos • Black Locust- Robiniapseudoacacia • River Birch- Betulanigra • Flowering Dogwood-Cornusflorida
American Sycamore- Platanusoccidentalis • Leaves are four to nine inches long • 5 points, star shaped • Wooly when young, but smooth at maturity
Honeylocust- Gleditsiatriacanthos • The leaves are pinnately compound • The leaflets are 1.5–2.5 cm and bright green. • Thorns 3-4 inches long
Black Locust- Robiniapseudoacacia • Blue-green leaves • Flowers in April • Paired flat thorns (compared to honeylocust)
River Birch- Betulanigra • The leaves are alternate, ovate, 1.5-3 in long • Doubly-serrated margin and five to twelve pairs of veins • Papery bark
Flowering Dogwood-Cornusflorida • Entire leaf margin • The leaves are opposite, simple, oval with acute tips • Leaves 3-6 inches long • Turbinate bud
Word Bank for ID Test #11 Water Oak Quercusnigra Laurel Oak Quercuslaurifolia Blackjack Oak Quercusmarilandica Sawtooth Oak Quercusacutissima Willow Oak Quercusphellos Turkey Oak Quercuslaevis Scarlet Oak Quercuscoccinea Red Maple Acer rubrum Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Sugar Maple Acer saccharum American Sycamore Platanusoccidentalis HoneylocustGleditsiatriacanthos Black Locust Robiniapseudoacacia River Birch Betulanigra Flowering Dogwood Cornusflorida
ID Test 12 • Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria • Paulownia- Paulowniatomentosa
Yaupon-Ilex vomitoria • Tiny alternate leaves • Also have a coarsely serrated margin • Substitute for a boxwood
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
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.