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April 22 Plant Id Horticulture I

April 22 Plant Id Horticulture I. Landscape Trees. Acer Palmatum. Common Name: Japanese Maple Family: Araceae Native: Japan. Life Cycle: Deciduous Classification: Tree Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Star Lear Margin: Serrate & Lobed Vein Pattern: Palmate Leaf Type: Simple.

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April 22 Plant Id Horticulture I

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  1. April 22Plant IdHorticulture I Landscape Trees

  2. Acer Palmatum • Common Name:Japanese Maple • Family: Araceae • Native: Japan

  3. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: Tree • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Star • Lear Margin: Serrate & Lobed • Vein Pattern: Palmate • Leaf Type: Simple

  4. Flower Color: Purple (Summer) • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Samara (Fall) • Environment: Part Shade • Growth: Rapid • Zones: 6-8

  5. DESCRIPTION • Leaves are 5 - 9 lobed depending on variety • Sinuses reach more than half way to middle • Doubly serrated

  6. DESCRIPTION • Color of foliage green to red • Buds - small buds on end of stem - matched pair

  7. Acer Rubrum • Common Name:Red Maple • Family: Araceae • Native: Eastern USA

  8. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: Tree • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Ovate • Lear Margin: Serrate & Lobed • Vein Pattern: Palmate • Leaf Type: Simple

  9. Flower Color: Red Cluster (Spring) • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Brown (Fall) • Environment: Part Shade-Sun • Growth: Rapid • Zones: 3-9

  10. Description • Leaves 3 to 5 lobed • Leaves have gray cast beneath • Fall colors are brilliant red, orange and yellow

  11. Betula Nigra • Common Name:River Birch • Family: Betulaceae • Native: Eastern USA

  12. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: Tree • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Elliptical • Leaf Margin: Serrate • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Leaf Type: Simple • Leaf Length: 3-5” Width: 1 ½-3” • Plant Height: 40-50’ Width: 40-60’

  13. Flower : Inconspicuous • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Nut • Environment: Part Shade • Growth: Rapid • Zones: 4-8

  14. Description • On branches 2” or more, bark exfoliates into papery plates exposing the inner bark

  15. Description • Leaves have sharp tips • Cultivars: ‘Heritage’ has larger leaves and tan bark

  16. Cultural Practices • Likes moist soils

  17. Problems • May get too large for landscape space • Drops a lot of “trash”, branches, bark, fruit

  18. Cercis canadensis • Common Name: Eastern Redbud • Family: Fabaceae • Native: New Jersey to Florida

  19. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: Small Tree • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Cordate • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Palmate • Leaf Type: Simple

  20. Flower Color: Red or White (Spring) • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Pod (Fall) • Environment: Shade-Sun • Growth: Slow • Zones: 4-10

  21. DESCRIPTION • Plant will be open in the shade, thick in the sun. • Flower all along the stem • Stems zigzag

  22. Cornus florida • Common Name:Flowering Dogwood • Family: Cornaceae • Native

  23. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: Small Tree • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Ovate • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Leaf Type: Simple

  24. Flower Color: White & Pink (Spring) • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Glossy red drupe (Fall) • Environment: Part shade • Growth: Slow • Zones: 5-9

  25. Lagerstroemia indica cv.(la-ger-STREEM-ee-a iN-dih-kuh) • Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle • Family: Lythraceae • Deciduous Tree

  26. Height: 15-20 ft. • Width: 10-15 ft. • When planting space 8-10 ft apart.

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