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March Roundtable Greater Lowell District Jon Dixon
Plant Identification March Roundtable Greater Lowell District Jon Dixon
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Evergreen Trees – Pines
Red Sandy regions Needles in bundles of 2-3 Eastern White Most common in area Needles in bundles of 5 Red Pine White Pine Pitch Sandy and rocky regions Needles in bundles of 3 Pitch Pine
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Evergreen Trees – Spruce and Fir
Spruce (Red, White, Black) “Square Sharp” needles White Spruce Balsam Fir Balsam Fir “Flat Furry” needles
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Evergreen Trees – Cedar/Hemlock
Cedar (Eastern Red, Atlantic White) Scale-like leaves Eastern Hemlock Flat needles Needles grow parallel to ground Eastern Red Cedar Atlantic White Cedar Eastern Hemlock
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Deciduous Trees – Oaks White Oak Red Oak Black Oak Acorns
Leaves red in fall Northern Red and Black have pointy leaves White has rounded leaves Red Oak Black Oak
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Deciduous Trees – Beech
Serrated leaves “Alternate emergence” Prickly 3-sided nut Leaves may persist into winter
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Deciduous Trees – Birch/Aspen
Paper birch has whitish bark Yellow birch has gray to yellowish bark Bark peels easily Quaking Aspen Occurs in thickets May be most massive living thing on earth Heart-shaped leaves Smooth bark
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Deciduous Trees – Maples
Sugar maple leaf on Canadian flag Palmate leaf shapes “Helicopter” seeds Red Maple Sugar Maple
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Deciduous Trees – Shagbark Hickory
Distinctive bark Edible nut “Pinnately” compound leaves Lanceolate leaflet
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Shrubs – Berries Lowbush Blueberry Cranberry Highbush Blackberry
Red Raspberry
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Shrubs – Sumac “Pinnately” compound leaves
11 – 31 lanceolate leaflets per leaf Staghorn sumac leaves 16” - 24” long Smooth sumac leaves 12” - 18” long
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Shrubs -- Rhododendron
Evergreen shrub May grow to 33 ft Clusters of white or pinkish flowers
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Flowers – Trillium Purple Large-flowered Tri = 3
Three leaves around stem Three petals Perhaps backed by three more petals or leaves
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Flowers Queen Anne's Lace Jack-in-the-Pulpit Clover
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Northern Pitcher Plant
Flowers Black-Eyed Susan Northern Pitcher Plant
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Flowers Purple Loosestrife Indian Pipe
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Ferns Interrupted Bracken Cinnamon
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Poisonous Plants Poison Sumac Poison Ivy Poison Oak Water Hemlock
Buttercup Poison Ivy Poison Oak
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Online resources http://www.cnr.vt.edu http://forestry.about.com/
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