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Plant Identification. Abelia X grandiflora. COMMON NAME: Glossy Abelia SIZE: 4-6 feet tall, 3-5 feet wide FORM: Semiglobal, fine texture FOLIAGE: Summer=dark green, fall and winter=bronze-green to bronze-red and bronze-purple - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Plant Identification
Abelia X grandiflora
• COMMON NAME: Glossy Abelia• SIZE: 4-6 feet tall, 3-5 feet wide• FORM: Semiglobal, fine texture• FOLIAGE: Summer=dark green,
fall and winter=bronze-green to bronze-red and bronze-purple
• FLOWERS: funnel shaped, white with a hint of pink, slightly fragrant
Abelia X grandiflora
Acer rubrum
• COMMON NAME: Red Maple• SIZE: 60-75 feet tall• FORM: ovoid or rounded crown,
develops ascending branches • FOLIAGE: leaves opposite, simple, 5-10
cm long and wide, usually 3-lobed but often 5, medium to dark green
• FLOWERS: red• FRUIT: samara
Acer rubrum
Growth habit in winter and summer
Acer rubrum
Fall foliage color
Aracaria heterophylla
• COMMON NAME: Norfolk Island Pine
• SIZE: 2-6 feet tall, 1-4 feet wide• FOLIAGE: needle-like, spirally
arranged, to 1 ½” long, drooping branches with age
• FLOWERS: cones, not seen in indoor cultivation
Aracaria heterophylla
Berberis thumbergii
• COMMON NAME: Japanese Barberry• FORM: 3 to 6 feet tall, slightly wider
than tall, very twiggy• FOLIAGE: ovate shape, significantly
wider at the tip than at the base, 0.5 to 1.25 inches long, 0.25-0.5 inches wide
• FRUIT: bright red berries that color in October
Berberis thumbergii
Berberis thumbergii
Summer foliage
Berberis thumbergii
Small, but slightly showy flowers
Berberis thumbergii
Showy fall and winter berries
Betula nigra
• COMMON NAME: River Birch• FORM: medium sized tree, 50 to 70
feet tall or taller, oval or pyramidal• FOLIAGE: lustrous medium or dark
green, alternate, simple leaves, doubly serrate margin, diamond shaped leaves
• FLOWERS: flowers are catkins• BARK: showy exfoliating bark
Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Diamond-shaped, doubly serrate leaves
Betula nigra
Showy, exfoliating bark
Cercis canadensis
• COMMON NAME: Eastern Red Bud• FORM: a small, deciduous tree, 20
to 30 feet tall, 25 to 35 feet wide, shape is rounded to broad and flat-topped
• FOLIAGE: wide, heart-shaped leaves, 3” to 5” long and wide
• FLOWERS: small, purplish-pink pea-like flowers, numerous and appear before the foliage
Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis
Chlorophytum comosum
• COMMON NAME: Spider plant• FOLIAGE: arching leaves with
cascading wiry stems• FLOWERS: small white flowers• ID FEATURE: many times will
contain tiny plantlets at the apex of leaves
Chlorophytum comosum
Cornus florida
• COMMON NAME: Flowering Dogwood• FORM: a small deciduous tree, grows
to about 30 feet tall with an equal or greater spread
• FOLIAGE: oval to ovate shape, 3” to 6” long, 1.5” to 3” wide, medium green
• FLOWERS: small and yellowish-green with four showy white bracts
Cornus florida
Cornus florida
Cornus florida
Actual flower is yellowish-green center surrounded by four white bracts
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
• COMMON NAME: Leyland cypress• FORM: narrow-leaved evergreen,
65 ft spread, and 12 ft height, columnar form
• FOLIAGE: small needle like leaves, ends of branches tend to twist
• FRUIT: round, small cone, ½ to ¾” diameter, brown, rarely found
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
Dieffenbachia maculata
• COMMON NAME: Dumbcane• FORM: erect herb less than 1 meter
tall• FOLIAGE: petiolate, petiole up to 30
cm long, grooved and winged from the base to beyond the halfway point, surface patterned with many irregular yellowish or cream-green splotches
Dieffenbachia maculata
Dieffenbachia maculata
Euonymous alata
• COMMON NAME: Winged Euonymous
• FORM: deciduous shrub, 15-20’ tall with an equal spread
• FOLIAGE: simple, elliptic leaves, 1” to 3” long with fine sharp leaf serrations, dark green leaf color
• BARK: long corky wings on stems
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Euonymous alata
Stems have corky wings
Euonymous japonica
• COMMON NAME: Evergreen Euonymous
• FORM: evergreen bush to 10 feet tall with a 6 feet spread
Euonymous japonica
Euphorbia pulcherrima
• COMMON NAME: Poinsettia• FORM: shrub• FOLIAGE: large alternate leaves
with or without teeth on the margin• FLOWER: cup-shaped flowers in a
cluster above the showy red, pink, or creamy leaf bracts with a large yellow gland on the rim of the flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Red petals are actually bracts, not flowers.
Ficus benjamina
• COMMON NAME: Weeping fig• FORM: evergreen shrub or tree
with drooping branches• FOLIAGE: leaves alternate, simple,
long-tipped, glossy• FLOWERS & FRUIT: enclosed in a
fleshy sac turning from green to orange-red and then purplish-black
Ficus benjamina
Ficus elastica
• COMMON NAME: rubber plant• FORM: straight growing central-
stemmed plant• FOLIAGE: dark green oval-oblong
leaves up to 15 inches long, grow at a 45 degree angle from the main stem
Ficus elastica
Forsythia X intermedia
• COMMON NAME: Border forsythia• FORM: a deciduous shrub 8 to 10
feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide• FOLIAGE: opposite, ovate to
lanceolate leaves, toothed margins, 3” to 5” long and 0.5” to 1” wide, medium to dark green color above and lighter on underside
• FLOWERS: brilliant yellow color
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Forsythia X intermedia
Hosta sp.
• COMMON NAME: Hosta• FORM: clumping growth habit• FOLIAGE: medium green or
variegated large clasping leaves with prominent veins
• FLOWERS: varying colors from white to purple
Hosta sp.
Hosta sp.
Juniperus horizontalis
• COMMON NAME: Creeping juniper• FORM: dense, evergreen shrub,
branches very long and flexible, 1 to 2 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: two kinds of needles: awl- shaped and scale-like, awls are found in opposite pairs, tip sharply pointed, green to blue-green
Juniperus horizontalis
Juniperus horizontalis
Lagerstroemia indica
• COMMON NAME: Crape Myrtle• FORM: deciduous shrub to small
tree, to 20 feet or more• FOLIAGE: oblong-elliptic to
rounded, to 2.75 inches long, glabrous or pubescent on veins
• FLOWERS: pink white or purple calyx tube is showy part
• BARK: smooth exfoliating bark
Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia indica
Liquidambar styraciflua
• COMMON NAME: Sweetgum• FORM: deciduous shade tree,
typically 60 to 80 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: alternate “maple-like” star shaped leaves, 5 to 7 lobed, 4-8 inches long and wide
• FRUIT: 1” to 1.5” spiny balls change from green to brown
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
Magnolia grandiflora
• COMMON NAME: Southern Magnolia• FORM: a large evergreen tree, 60 to
80 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide• FOLIAGE: elliptic leaf shape, 5 to 10
inches long 2 to 5 inches wide, color dark green and pubescent on underside
• FLOWERS: white flowers, blooms in spring, up to 12” in diameter, saucer shaped
Magnolia grandiflora
• FRUIT: elongated aggregates of follicles, 3” to 8” long, red seeds, very showy
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora
Malus sp.
• COMMON NAME: Flowering crabapple
• FORM: height range of 6 to 50 feet with most in the 15 to 25 feet range, form varies from weeping, spreading, columnar, vase-shaped to pyramidal
• FLOWERS: colors range from white to pink to red
Malus sp.
Malus sp.
Myrica cerifera
• COMMON NAME: Wax Myrtle• FORM: aromatic shrub or small tree
as clumps of trunks up to 25’ in height
• FOLIAGE: semi-evergreen leaves • FRUIT: waxy gray fruit attached to
the twigs, glandular and smell like bayberry when crushed
Myrica cerifera
Myrica cerifera
Nephrolepis exaltata
• COMMON NAME: Boston Fern • FORM: evergreen fern, up to 5
feet tall• Reproduces by spores located on
the bottom side of leaves
Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata
Pelargonium X hortorum
• COMMON NAME: Geranium• FORM: small to medium-sized
herbaceous perennial, ranges from 12 to 18 inches tall and 18” to 24” wide, spreading mound growth form
• FOLIAGE: leaves 3 to 4 inches across, medium to dark green, cordate in shape, bold-textured, thick and clustered
Pelargonium X hortorum
• FLOWERS: white, pink, red, salmon, orange, violet, and all shades in-between, with bicolors and double flowers available, spherical clusters atop long stiff peduncles
Pelargonium X hortorum
Pelargonium X hortorum
Pinus strobus
• COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine• FORM: evergreen tree, conical when
young, less defined with age, 50 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: light green with a bluish cast, 5 needles per fasicle, thin flexible needles, 4” long, serrated margins
• FRUIT: light brown cones, 6-8” long
Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus
Pinus strobus
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
• COMMON NAME: Japanese flowering cherry
• FORM: a large deciduous tree, 60 to 70 feet tall, round to vase-like shape
• FOLIAGE: ovate leaf shape, 3” to 5” long and up to 2” wide, serrate margin
• FLOWERS: range from white to pink• FRUIT: blackish purple fruit
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
• COMMON NAME: Bradford Pear• FORM: a medium-sized deciduous
tree, 30 to 40 feet tall and about 1/3 as wide
• FOLIAGE: ovate leaves that are 2 to 3 inches long and almost as wide
• FLOWERS: white flowers, 3 inches in diameter, usually peak before leaf set
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Quercus palustris
• COMMON NAME: Pin oak• FORM: a large, deciduous tree, 75 feet
tall and 40 feet wide at its maximum• FOLIAGE: alternate leaf arrangement
with sharply pointed lobes, 5 to 7 lobes each with terminal bristles, 3 to 6” long
• FRUIT: small acorns around 0.66” to 0.75” in diameter
Quercus palustris
Quercus palustris
Quercus palustris
Fruit are pale yellow-green catkins
Quercus phellos
• COMMON NAME: Willow oak• FORM: medium-sized, deciduous
tree, 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
• FOLIAGE: lanceolate leaf shape, 2 to 5” long, bristle-tipped leaf apex, dark green leaf color
• FLOWERS: pendulous yellow-brown catkins
Quercus phellos
Rhododendron catawbiense
• COMMON NAME: Catawba Hybrid Rhododendron
• FORM: an evergreen shrub, typically 6 to 10 feet tall with an equivalent spread
• FOLIAGE: evergreen, elliptical leaves 3 to 6” long and 1 to 2” wide, dark green
• FLOWERS: 2.5” across and funnel-shaped, clusters are 5 to 6” in diameter and comprised of 5 to 10 flowers
Rhododendron catawbiense
Rhododendron catawbiense
Rhododendron catawbiense
Rhododendron catawbiense
Viola X wittrockiana
• COMMON NAME: pansy• FORM: low, bushy growing habit
with a height of .25 to .75 feet tall and a width of .5 to .75 feet
• FLOWERS: white, yellow, black, brown, lavender, purple, blue, pink, often with blotches that resemble animals’ faces
Viola X wittrockiana
Viola X wittrockiana
Viola X wittrockiana