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- Prominent thorns (typically > 3cm)
- Small, doubly-serrated simple leaves
- Fruit are small, dark pomes
- clusters of white flowers |
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Definition
Black hawthorne
Rosaceae: Crataegus douglasii |
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Term
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-Sharp spur shoots (due to terminal bud)
-Pale yellow to red pomes
-irregularly lobed, serrated, simple leaves |
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Definition
Pacific Crab Apple
Rosaceae: Malus fusca |
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Term
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- glands on petiole
- short racemes of flowers (distinguish from P. virginiana)
- prominent lenticels
-leaves finely toothed with fuzzy underside |
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Definition
Bitter cherry
Rosaceae: Prunus emarginata
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Term
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- glands on petiole
- long, dense clusters of flowers (distinguishes from P. emarginata)
- sharply toothed leaves
- prominent lenticels |
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Definition
Choke cherry
Rosaceae: Prunus virginiana |
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Term
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- coarsely toothed (mostly above middle), pinnately compound leaves w/ 9-17 leaflets, terminal leaflet present
- large, woolly buds |
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Definition
European mountain-ash
Rosaceae: Sorbus aucuparia |
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Term
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- smooth, pinnately compound leaves, usually lacking terminal leaflet
- smooth, sharp, branched thorns
- fruit is a long, twisted pod |
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Definition
Honey locust
Caesalpinaceae: Gleditsia triacanthos |
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Term
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- entire, pinnately compound leaves w/ terminal leaflet
- fruits short pods
- two unbranched spines beside most buds
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Definition
Black locust
Fabaceae: Robinia pseudoacacia
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Term
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- leaves long, lanceolate, almost parallel venation
- club-shaped buds
- flowers have hypanthium |
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Definition
Snow gum
Cornaceae: Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Sprengel |
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Term
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- Arcuately venated leaves
- valvate bud scales |
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Definition
Western Flowering Dogwood
Cornaceae: Cornus nuttallii |
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