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April 22 Plant Id

Horticulture I

Landscape Trees

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Acer PalmatumAcer Palmatum•Common Name:

Japanese Maple• Family: Araceae•Native: Japan

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

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DESCRIPTION

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

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

pair

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Acer RubrumAcer Rubrum•Common Name:

Red Maple• Family: Araceae•Native: Eastern USA

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

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

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

and yellow

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Betula NigraBetula Nigra• Common Name:

River Birch• Family: Betulaceae• Native: Eastern USA

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• 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’

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

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

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

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Cultural Practices•Likes moist soils

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

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Cercis canadensisCercis canadensis•Common Name:

Eastern Redbud• Family: Fabaceae•Native: New Jersey to

Florida

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

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• Flower Color: Red or White (Spring)

• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: Pod (Fall)• Environment: Shade-Sun • Growth: Slow• Zones: 4-10

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

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Cornus floridaCornus florida

•Common Name:Flowering Dogwood

• Family: Cornaceae• Native

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

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• Flower Color: White & Pink(Spring)

• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: Glossy red drupe

(Fall)• Environment: Part shade• Growth: Slow• Zones: 5-9

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Lagerstroemia indica cv.(la-ger-STREEM-ee-a iN-dih-kuh)

• Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle

• Family: Lythraceae

• Deciduous Tree

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• Height: 15-20 ft.• Width: 10-15 ft.

• When planting space 8-10 ft apart.

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• Flowers: Come in pink, fuschia, red, coral, white

• Panicle shape flower

• Blooms: mid summer late summer/early fall mid fall

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• Bark: smooth to exfoliating• Leaves: – 1”- 3” long– Opposite to whorled leaf pattern– Yellow fall color– Simple Leaf

• Growth Form: Round• Likes Sun• Rapid Growth

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