1
Q
Bittternut hickory
A
- Carya cordiformis (Juglandaceae)
- Pinatley compound
- 7 to 11 leaflets
- bight yellow buds
2
Q
Black spruce
A
- Picea mariana (Pinaceae)
- Soft needles and bark
- tiny cones
- short radially aligned needles
3
Q
Honey locust
A
- Gleditsia triacanthos (Fabaceae)
- long, leathery legumes
- thought that the thorns protected them from dinosaurs
- small compound leaves
- zig zag twigs
4
Q
Quaking aspen
A
- Populus tremuloides (Salicaceae)
- flattened petiole makes the leaves shake
- has a star in the twig when cut
- root sprouter
- bark doesn’t peel and is smooth
5
Q
Balsam poplar
A
- Populus balsamifera (Salcaceae)
- alternate simple leaves
- ovate leaves
- sticky and aeromatic buds
- bark has diamond like depressions over time
6
Q
Paper birch
A
- Betula papyrifera (Betulaceae)
- simple, alternate leaves
- doubly serated margins
- fruit is papery and floats away
7
Q
Jack pine
A
- Pinus banksiana (Pinaceae)
- cones are persistent and serationous
- 2 twisted needles per fasicle
- black scaly bark
8
Q
Tamarack
A
- Larix laricina (Pinaceae)
- native version grows in bogs with black spruce
- branches droop down
- needles are in whirls
9
Q
White spruce
A
- Picea glauca (Pinaceae)
- greenish/blue tint
- twigs are light brown/white
- long ellipsoidal cones
- needles smell like cat pee
10
Q
Yellow birch
A
- Betula alleghaniensis (Betulaceae)
- alternate simple leaves
- typically yellow tinted bark
- twigs taste like root beer
- largest betula species in northeast
11
Q
Gray birch
A
- Betula populifolia (Betulaceae)
- nurse tree and nitrogen fixer
- alternate leaves with triangle shape
- double serate margin
- twigs have sandy feeling
- does not exfoliate
12
Q
Red spruce
A
- Picea rubens (Pinaceae)
- greenish yellow needle
- small cones
- has small points on twigs (handlens)
13
Q
Red alder
A
- Alnus rubra (Betulaceae)
- triangular pith
- stalked buds
- bark is dark green above and whitish below
- doubly serate dentate
