Plant ID Review 2 for Vocats

A medium size deciduous shrub with dark green leaves 1" to 2" long that turn a glowing brilliant red in the fall.

A. Winged EuonymusB. Spider Plant. C. Blue Harbor Juniper. D. Helleri Holly.

What is the scientific name for a Flowering Dogwood?

A. Acer rubrum. B.   Liriope muscari. C.   Cornus florida. D.   Targetes erecta

A large deciduous tree about 50 feet tall with leaves that have 5-7 lobes and 3-4 BRISTLE TIPS on each lobe that turn brilliant red in the autumn. It also has ACORNS.

A. Weeping Fig. B.   River Birch. C.   Red Maple. D.   Pin Oak.

Bristle tips

A medium-size deciduous tree that has four trunks or stems with THIN SHEETS of light color bark PEELING off each trunk. What is the common name of this tree?

A. Sweetgum. B.   Japanese Barberry. C.   Red Maple. D.   River Birch.

A large evergreen tree with clusters of needle-like leaves about four inches long. There were five leaves or needles per cluster. He saw some curving BROWN CONES under the tree. What is the common name of this tree?

A. Eastern White Pine. B.   Azalea. C.   Red Maple. D.   Eastern Red Bud.

5 needles per cluster

Cones, Needles

A large evergreen shrub with many LARGE FLWOERS and dark green leaves with smooth margins. The leaves are about 5" long and 2" wide Grows beside the roads in the mountains of North Carolina.

A. River Birch. B.   Bar Harbor Juniper. C.   Catawba Rhododendron. D.   Japanese Privet.

A small deciduous tree with HEART-SHAPED leaves, long brown BEAN-type pods and PURPLE flower.

A. Eastern Red Bud. B.   Ajuga. C.   Eastern White Pine. D.   English Ivy.

Heart shaped leaves

An evergreen tree has brown curving CONES and NEEDLES with five needles per cluster. What is the name of this tree?

A. Evergreen Euonymus. B.   Fosteria Holly. C.   Eastern Red Bud. D.   Eastern White Pine.

A deciduous tree that has WHITE flowers in the spring and REDDISH PURPLE in the autumn. They grow in a SYMMETRICAL shape with little or no pruning.

A. Dwarf Burford Holly. B.   Border Forsythia. C.   Bradford Pear. D.   Japanese Aucuba.

White- Spring

Reddish Purple -Fall

A medium-size deciduous tree with flowers that also has 1" to 2" diameter fruit and green, red or purple leaves in summer. A. Pin Oak. B.   Willow Oak. C.   Mungo Pine. D.   Flowering Crabapple.

Both Azaleas and Catawba Hybrid Rhododendron are in the same genus known as:

A. Rhododendron. B.   Catawba. C.   Azalea. D.   Viola.

If the scientific name is Ficus benjamina, what plant is it?

A. Impatiens. B.   English Ivy. C.   Weeping Fig. D.   Peace Lily.

A medium evergreen shrubs with reddish-green 1" long leaves and small clusters of BUGLE-SHAPED WHITE flowers.

A. Glossy Abelia. B.   Ivy Leaf Geranium. C.   Ajuga. D.   Japanese Aucuba

A large deciduous shrub with many bright YELLOW flowers in very early spring.

A. Shasta Daisy. B.   Mungo Pine. C.   Parlor Ivy. D.   Border Forsythia.