Horticulture I - Plant ID Flashcard #1

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Small deciduous specimen tree. Form is crooked. Flowers are actually bracts, white with brownish color on the tip of each bract.

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Cornus florida

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Medium sized deciduous tree. White flowers in the spring. Reddish-purple leaf color in the fall. Form is symmetrical and doesn't require pruning to achieve this shape.

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Pyrus calleryana

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Large deciduous shrub with bright yellow flowers in the very early spring.

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Forsythia x intermedia

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Medium sized deciduous tree that often has four trunks or stems. The bark is light colored and in thin sheets which peel off the trunk.

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Betula nigra

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Houseplant/interior plant. Leaves are large and variegated green and cream colored. Trunk is thick.

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Dieffenbachia maculata

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What is the scientific name for Flowering dogwood?

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Cornus florida / Flowering dogwood

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Pyrus calleryana / Bradford pear

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What is the correct name for the plant known as Border forsythia?

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Forsythia x intermedia / Border forsythia

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Betula nigra / River birch

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Identify the plant: Pyrus calleryana / Bradford pear, Forsythia x intermedia / Border forsythia, Dieffenbachia maculata / Dumb cane, Cornus florida / Flowering dogwood

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Dieffenbachia maculata / Dumb cane