Week 1 Plant Id Horticulture I Landscape Trees

Acer Palmatum Common Name: Japanese Maple Family: Araceae Native: Japan

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

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

DESCRIPTION Leaves are lobed depending on variety Sinuses reach more than half way to middle Doubly serrated

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

Acer Rubrum Common Name: Red Maple Family: Araceae Native: Eastern USA

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

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

Description Leaves 3 to 5 lobed Leaves have gray cast beneath

Cercis canadensis Common Name: Eastern Redbud Family: Fabaceae Native: New Jersey to Florida

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

Flower Color: Red or White (Spring) Root: Fibrous Fruit: Pod (Fall) Environment: Shade-Sun Growth: Slow Zones: 4-10

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

Cornus florida Common Name: Flowering Dogwood Family: Native: Cornaceae

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

Flower Color: White & Pink (Spring) Root: Fibrous Fruit: Glossy red drupe (Fall) Environment: Part shade Growth: Slow Zones: 5-9

Betula Nigra Common Name: River Birch Family: Betulaceae Native: Eastern USA

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’

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

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

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

Cultural Practices Likes moist soils

Problems May get too large for landscape space

Lagerstroemia indica cv. (la-ger-STREEM-ee-a iN-dih-kuh) Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Family: Lythraceae Deciduous Tree

Height: ft. Width: ft. When planting space 8-10 ft apart.

Flowers: Come in pink, fuschia, red, coral, white Panicle shape flower Blooms: mid summer late summer/early fall mid fall

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