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Discover Life 105 kinds match in US, VA, Giles, Mountain Lake Biological Station:
Abies fraseri  [popup]
Fraser fir
Acer negundo  [popup]
Boxelder...
Acer pensylvanicum  [popup]
Striped maple
Acer rubrum  [popup]
Red Maple
Acer saccharum  [popup]
Sugar maple
Acer spicatum  [popup]
Mountain maple
Aesculus flava  [popup]
Yellow buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica  [popup]
Painted buckeye...
Albizia julibrissin  [popup]
Silktree...
Alnus viridis  [popup]
Green alder...
Amelanchier arborea  [popup]
Common serviceberry...
Aristolochia macrophylla  [popup]
Pipevine...
Asimina triloba  [popup]
Pawpaw
Betula alleghaniensis  [popup]
Yellow birch
Betula lenta  [popup]
Sweet birch
Carya alba  [popup]
Mockernut Hickory...
Castanea dentata  [popup]
American chestnut
Celtis occidentalis  [popup]
Common hackberry
Cercis canadensis  [popup]
Eastern Redbud...
Clethra acuminata  [popup]
Mountain sweetpepperbush
Clethra alnifolia  [popup]
Coastal Sweetpepperbush...
Cornus alternifolia  [popup]
Alternateleaf dogwood
Cornus florida  [popup]
Flowering Dogwood
Coronilla varia  [popup]
Crownvetch...
Dioscorea villosa  [popup]
Wild Yam...
Diospyros virginiana  [popup]
Common Persimmon...
Epigaea repens  [popup]
Trailing arbutus
Eubotrys recurva  [popup]
Redtwig doghobble...
Fagus grandifolia  [popup]
American Beech...
Fraxinus americana  [popup]
White ash
Fraxinus profunda  [popup]
Pumpkin ash
Galium aparine  [popup]
Stickywilly...
Gaultheria procumbens  [popup]
Eastern teaberry
Hamamelis virginiana  [popup]
American witchhazel
Hydrangea arborescens  [popup]
Wild hydrangea
Ilex montana  [popup]
Mountain holly
Ilex opaca  [popup]
American holly
Juglans nigra  [popup]
Black walnut
Juniperus virginiana  [popup]
Eastern Redcedar...
Kalmia latifolia  [popup]
Mountain laurel
Lathyrus latifolius  [popup]
Perennial pea
Leiophyllum buxifolium  [popup]
Sandmyrtle...
Lindera benzoin  [popup]
Northern spicebush
Liriodendron tulipifera  [popup]
Tuliptree...
Lonicera japonica  [popup]
Japanese Honeysuckle
Magnolia acuminata  [popup]
Cucumber-tree...
Magnolia fraseri  [popup]
Mountain magnolia...
Magnolia macrophylla  [popup]
Bigleaf magnolia
Menziesia pilosa  [popup]
Minniebush
Mitchella repens  [popup]
Partridgeberry...
Nyssa sylvatica  [popup]
Blackgum...
Oxydendrum arboreum  [popup]
Sourwood
Parthenocissus quinquefolia  [popup]
Virginia Creeper...
Photinia melanocarpa  [popup]
Black chokeberry...
Picea rubens  [popup]
Red spruce
Pinus pungens  [popup]
Table Mountain pine...
Pinus rigida  [popup]
Pitch pine
Pinus strobus  [popup]
Eastern white pine...
Pinus virginiana  [popup]
Virginia pine
Platanus occidentalis  [popup]
American Sycamore
Populus grandidentata  [popup]
Bigtooth aspen
Prunus pensylvanica  [popup]
Pin cherry...
Prunus serotina  [popup]
Black Cherry
Pyrularia pubera  [popup]
Buffalo nut
Quercus alba  [popup]
White Oak
Quercus coccinea  [popup]
Scarlet Oak
Quercus falcata  [popup]
Southern Red Oak...
Quercus ilicifolia  [popup]
Bear oak...
Quercus prinus  [popup]
Chestnut oak...
Quercus rubra  [popup]
Northern Red Oak
Quercus stellata  [popup]
Post Oak
Quercus velutina  [popup]
Black Oak
Rhododendron calendulaceum  [popup]
Flame azalea
Rhododendron catawbiense  [popup]
Catawba rosebay...
Rhododendron maximum  [popup]
Great laurel...
Rhododendron minus  [popup]
Piedmont rhododendron
Rhododendron periclymenoides  [popup]
Pink azalea
Rhus copallinum  [popup]
Winged sumac...
Rhus typhina  [popup]
Staghorn sumac...
Ribes rotundifolium  [popup]
Appalachian gooseberry
Robinia hispida  [popup]
Bristly locust
Robinia pseudoacacia  [popup]
Black locust...
Rubus odoratus  [popup]
Purpleflowering raspberry...
Rubus trivialis  [popup]
Southern dewberry
Salix humilis  [popup]
Prairie willow
Sambucus nigra  [popup]
Black elderberry...
Sambucus racemosa  [popup]
Red elderberry...
Sassafras albidum  [popup]
Sassafras
Smilax rotundifolia  [popup]
Roundleaf Greenbrier...
Sorbus americana  [popup]
American mountain ash...
Staphylea trifolia  [popup]
American bladdernut...
Symplocos tinctoria  [popup]
Common sweetleaf
Tilia americana  [popup]
American basswood...
Toxicodendron radicans  [popup]
Eastern Poison Ivy...
Tsuga canadensis  [popup]
Eastern hemlock
Tsuga caroliniana  [popup]
Carolina hemlock
Ulmus rubra  [popup]
Slippery elm
Vaccinium angustifolium  [popup]
Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum  [popup]
Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium erythrocarpum  [popup]
Southern mountain cranberry...
Vaccinium pallidum  [popup]
Blue Ridge blueberry...
Vaccinium stamineum  [popup]
Deerberry
Viburnum acerifolium  [popup]
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum lantanoides  [popup]
Hobblebush
Vitis rotundifolia  [popup]
Muscadine...


REMAINING (number with state)
Bark has diamond pattern
 No (1)
 Yes (1)
Bark main color
 Brown (15)
 Gray (11)
 Red (3)
 Green (2)
 Black (1)
Bark mature appearance
 Furrowed (25)
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 Scaly (17)
 Shreddy (17)
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 Fissured (11)
 Hairy (4)
 Spined (2)
Bark peeling in strips
 No (2)
 Randomly (2)
 Horizontally (1)
 Vertically (1)
Division
 Dicotyledoneae (94)
 Gymnospermae (9)
 Monocotyledoneae (2)
Evergreen
 No (78)
 Yes (22)
Family
 Ericaceae (17)
 Fagaceae (10)
 Pinaceae (8)
 Rosaceae (7)
 Fabaceae (6)
 Aceraceae (5)
 Caprifoliaceae (5)
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 Annonaceae (1)
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 Hydrangeaceae (1)
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 Smilacaceae (1)
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 Symplocaceae (1)
 Tiliaceae (1)
Flower main color
 White (42)
 Yellow/Orange (34)
 Green (31)
 Red/Pink (18)
 None (11)
 Brown/Maroon (10)
 Blue/Purple (5)
Flower petal number
 5 (48)
 0 or indistinct (34)
 Over 6 (27)
 4 (14)
 1 - 2 (12)
 6 (6)
 3 (3)
Fruit acorn cap
 Bowl-shaped (3)
 Saucer-shaped (1)
Fruit color
 Brown/maroon (59)
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 Green (23)
 Yellow/orange (8)
 White (2)
Fruit shape
 Round (51)
 Multi-lobed; irregular (17)
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 Winged (10)
 Acorn (8)
 Wider near base (2)
 Curved (1)
 Wider near tip (1)
Fruit texture
 Smooth (26)
 Hairy (6)
 Papery (5)
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 Spiny (2)
 Rough (1)
 Sticky (1)
Genus
 Quercus (8)
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 Ilex (2)
 Prunus (2)
 Rhus (2)
 Robinia (2)
 Rubus (2)
 Sambucus (2)
 Tsuga (2)
 Viburnum (2)
 Abies (1)
 Albizia (1)
 Alnus (1)
 Amelanchier (1)
 Aristolochia (1)
 Asimina (1)
 Carya (1)
 Castanea (1)
 Celtis (1)
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 Coronilla (1)
 Dioscorea (1)
 Diospyros (1)
 Epigaea (1)
 Eubotrys (1)
 Fagus (1)
 Galium (1)
 Gaultheria (1)
 Hamamelis (1)
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 Juglans (1)
 Juniperus (1)
 Kalmia (1)
 Lathyrus (1)
 Leiophyllum (1)
 Lindera (1)
 Liriodendron (1)
 Lonicera (1)
 Menziesia (1)
 Mitchella (1)
 Nyssa (1)
 Oxydendrum (1)
 Parthenocissus (1)
 Photinia (1)
 Picea (1)
 Platanus (1)
 Populus (1)
 Pyrularia (1)
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 Smilax (1)
 Sorbus (1)
 Staphylea (1)
 Symplocos (1)
 Tilia (1)
 Toxicodendron (1)
 Ulmus (1)
 Vitis (1)
Group
 Woody, not vine (96)
 Vine, woody (9)
 Vine, herby (4)
Growth habit
 Tree (52)
 Shrub or sub-shrub (34)
 Vine (13)
Leaf arrangement
 Alternate (84)
 Opposite (21)
 Whorled (8)
Leaf color in autumn
 Red (1)
 Yellow (1)
Leaf division
 Simple, undivided (82)
 Compound: pinnate 1 time (14)
 2- or 3-parted (4)
 Palmate (3)
 Compound: pinnate 2 times (2)
 Compound: pinnate over 2 times (2)
Leaf lobe number
 1 (78)
 3 (13)
 5 (12)
 Over 5 (11)
 2 (7)
 4 (7)
Leaf lobe tip
 Pointed (1)
 Rounded (1)
Leaf main color
 Yellow-green (4)
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 Blue-green (1)
 Dull green (1)
 Light green (1)
 Shiny green (1)
Leaf margin
 Smooth or wavy (64)
 Toothed (50)
 Spined (3)
Leaf margin wavy
 No (91)
 Yes (9)
Leaf shape
 Wider near middle (69)
 Linear (17)
 Lobed (14)
 Wider near base (14)
 Wider near tip (12)
 Heart-shaped (8)
Leaf stalk texture
 Smooth (37)
 Hairy (4)
 Winged (1)
Leaf teeth point
 Forward (30)
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Leaf tooth shape
 None (52)
 Single-toothed (42)
 Round (5)
 Double-toothed (3)
Leaf type
 Broad (95)
 Needle-like (9)
Leaf undersurface texture
 Hairy (16)
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 Scaly (1)
Leaf upperside texture
 Smooth (6)
 Hairy (1)
Leaf uppersurface is shiny
 No (8)
 Yes (5)
Leaf veins
 Pinnate (81)
 Palmate (14)
 None present (9)
 Parallel (3)
 Net-like (1)
Needle has white stripes
 No (5)
 Yes (3)
Needle number per cluster
 0, no cluster (2)
 2 (2)
 3 (2)
 5 (1)
Needle shape in cross section
 Oval (8)
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 X-shaped (1)
Needle texture
 Smooth (9)
 Scaly (1)
Needles twisted
 No (5)
 Yes (3)
Range
 North America EAST (92)
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Range in Canada
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Tendrils present
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 Yes (1)
Twig main color
 Gray (3)
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 Yellow-brown (2)
 Orange-brown (1)
Twig texture
 Smooth (38)
 Hairy (10)
 Speckled with lenticels (4)
 Scaly (2)
 Sticky (1)
 Thorned (1)
US Nativity
 Native to Us (8)
 Introduced to Us (3)
Z Leaf Tip Shape
 Pointed (1)
 Rounded (1)
Z Lenticels present
 Yes (2)
 No (1)
Z Needle length, cm
 Under 10 (8)
 10-20 (2)