TREE BIBLE

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TREE BIBLE

• Horticulture A
• Mr. Olson
• Spanish Fork High

Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office July 2002
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Norway maple (Acer platanoides)

• 45 tall x 30 wide
• Deciduous
• Helicopter seeds
• Turns from green to yellow (fall color)

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Virginia Creeper(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

• Fast growing vine
• Green leaves to red leaves (fall color)
• Compound palmate leaves
• Blue berries

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Thornless Honeylocust(Gleditsia tricanthos)

• 40 tall 30 wide
• Fast growing shade tree
• Compound pinnate leaves

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Horsechestnut(Aesculus hippocastanum)

• 35 tall 20 wide
• Red flowers in the summer (cone shaped)
• Compound palmate leaves
• Chestnuts (fruit)

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Austrian Pine(Pinus nigra)

• 45 tall 35 wide
• Needles 3 to 4 long
• 2 needles in a sheath
• Evergreen

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Quaking Aspen(Populus tremuloides)

• 35 tall 15wide
• Light colored bark
• White powder on trunk
• Fast Growing

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Blue Spruce(Picea pungens)

• Heigth 40x30 Wide
• Needles 1in. Long, and 1 needle per sheath
• Silvery blue color
• Slow growing

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Japanese Yew(Taxus cuspidata)

• Heigth 3x 4 Wide
• Grows well in the shade
• Needles dark green (3/4in.long)
• Some species have red berries (cones)

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Dwarf Alberta Spruce(Picea glauca)

• Height 8x 4 Wide
• Needles ¼ long
• Slow growing

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Potentilla(Potentilla fruticosa)

• Height 3x 3 Wide
• Yellow blooms most of the summer
• Fast growing

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Little Leaf Linden(Tillia cordata)

• Height 40x 25 Wide
• Tree shape rounded bottom, pointed top
• Light green seed pod attached to the leaf

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Purple Leaf Plum(Prunus cerasifera)

• Purple leaves all year long
• Height 20x 12Wide
• Pinkish white flowers in the spring

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Rose Bush (Rosa acisa)

• Most have thorns
• Height 4-5x 4Wide
• Flowers all summer

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London Plane Tree (Platanus acerifolia)

• Shade Tree
• Height 70x 40Wide
• Fruit/Nut Tree
• Big like Horse Chestnut

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Ponderosa Pine(Pinus ponderosa)

• Looks a lot like Austrian Pine
• 2-3 needles in sheath
• Height 60x 30Wide
• Fairly fast growing

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Catalpa(Catalpa bignoides)

• Height 60x 40 Wide
• Fruit (indian cigars)
• Large leaves (8to 12)

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Russian Olive(Eleagnus angustifolia)

• Height 30x20 Wide
• Weed Tree
• Silver blue leaves
• Thorns and small gray olives

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Globe Willow(Salix mastudana)

• Height 40x 30Wide
• Fast growing shade tree
• Problems with insects and disease

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Arborvitae(Thuja orentallis)

• Flat scale leaves
• Height 12x 6 Wide
• Blue berries that are cones

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Fremont Poplar(Populus fremontii)

• Leaf looks like Quaking Aspen leaf but bigger
• Height 80x 50Wide
• Very fast growing

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Crimson King Maple(Acer Platanoides)

• Height 40x25 Wide
• Crimson color leaves, helicopter seeds
• Slow growing

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Green Ash(Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

• Height 45x30 Wide
• Leaves green to yellow fall color
• Moderate growth

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Chinese Elm(Ulmus parvifolia)

• Height 50x 40 Wide
• WEED Tree
• Gets diseases easily

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Mountain Ash(Sorbus aucuparia)

• Heigth 25x 15 Wide
• White flowers spring, orange berries fall
• Compound pinnate leaves

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Weeping White Birch(Betula pendula)

• Height 45x 25 wide
• White bark
• Catkins (contain seeds)
• Weeping (pendulous branches

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Sugar Maple(Acer saccharum)

• Height 50x 35 Wide
• Green leaves, fall (Orange)
• Produces maple syrup

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Tree of Heaven(Ailanthus altissima)

• Height 40x 40 Wide
• Weed tree (lots and lots of seeds)
• Compound pinnate leaf

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Mimosia(Albizia julibrissin)

• Height 25x 20 Wide
• Pink flowers in the summer
• Bi pinnately compound leaves

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Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata

• Height 30x 20 Wide
• Yellow flowers in the spring
• Large(raindrop shaped seed pods in the fall)

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Tam Juniper(Juniperus sabina)

• Height 30x 4 Wide
• Scale like leaves (no leaves under branch)
• Evergreen, Conifer

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Pfitzer Juniper(Juniperus chinensis
Pfitzeraiana)

• Height 6-10x 5 wide
• Different varieties different colors
• Blue berries (cones)

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White Fir(Abies concolor)

• Height 60x 20 Wide
• Needles ¾ long and all point up
• Evergreen, conifer

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Douglas Fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii)

• Height 60x 25 wide
• Needles flat and soft, ½ long
• Cones have a snakelike tongue on scales

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European Larch(Larix decidua)

• Height 60x25 Wide
• Deciduous conifer
• Needles grow in clusters, bluish green

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English Walnut(Juglans regia)

• Height 40x 30 Wide
• Nuts 2 in diameter
• Bark is smooth and light silver color

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Ginkgo Tree(Ginkgo biloba)

• Height 40x 25 Wide
• Living Fossil
• Broadleaf deciduous conifer

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Japanese Maple(Acer palmatum)

• Height 12x 5 Wide
• Most have red leaves
• Grows in some shade