1. Acer pensylvanicum
Common name: moosewood/snakebark maple
Family name: Sapindaceae
Useful cultivars and selections : ‘Erythrocladum’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-7
Mature height and spread:
Height: 15.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread: 12.00 to 20.00 feet
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: opposite
Fall colour: Green-yellow
Flower/cone/fruit description(s) :
Fruit: Samara. The seeds are about 27 mm (1.08 inches) long and 11 mm (0.44 inch) broad
Flower: Small yellow flowers
Limitations : No serious insect or disease problems. Leaves may scorch in full sun locations. Potential disease problems include verticillium wilt, leaf spots, tar spot, canker and root rots. Potential insect problems include aphids, scale, borers and caterpillars. Mites may appear.
Suitable uses :
don’t plant them in the sun
Quick ID description: 1 leaves like duck feet. 2. 60 degree semara 3. green bark
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- Sources of information
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/MeritBadges/mb-FORE.aspx
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/acer/pensylvanicum.htm
2. Actinidia arguta
Common name: hardy kiwi
Family name: Actinidiaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘lssai’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Mature height and spread: 25-30ft
Form: de. cl.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: average, medium moistrue, well-drained
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Flower: scented greenish-white flowers (to 3/4″ long) bloom in June
Fruit:edible grape-sized smooth-skinned fruits (to 1 1/4″ long) mature in September-October.
(source:http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=r320)
Limitations: No serious disease or insect problems.
Suitable uses: climber, edible fruit
Quick ID description: 1. not fuzzy. 2. fruit in clusters, diameter=1.5cm 3. sharp leaf, toothed
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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=r320
3. Actinidia deliciosa
Common name: fussy kiwi
Family name: Actinidiaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: var. chlorocarpa
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Mature height and spread: 9m
Form: de. cl.
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: moist, well-drained
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Flower: The flowers are fragrant, dioecious or unisexual
Fruit: oblong fuzzy fruits
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_deliciosa#Flowers)
Limitations : Hairs of fruits can cause throat irritation
Suitable uses: climber, edible fruits
Quick ID description: fussy everything; big leaves
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4.Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Mme. Galen’
Common name: trumpet creeper
Family name: Bignoniaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Crimson Trumpet’ , ‘Coccinea’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
Mature height and spread: 4-8m
Form: de. cl.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: opposite
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): Reddish-orange tubular flowers, bloom in late summer or early autumn
Limitations: Aphids may attack the flowers; flowers are very attractive to bees, butterflies and birds
Suitable uses: ornamental climber, planted on shelves, wall of the buildings…
Quick ID description: 1. opposite compound leaf 2. serrated leaflets 5-7 pairs 3. leaf back fussy
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5. Cornus alternifolia
Common name: pagoda dogwood
Family name: Cornaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Argentea’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-7
Mature height and spread: 15-25 feet
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: acidic, moisture
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: redish purple
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Small, fragrant, yellowish-white flowers bloom in flattened cymes (each to 2 1/2″ across)
bluish-black fruits (drupes) on red stalks.
Fruits mature in late summer. white in clusters
Limitations:
Susceptible to leaf spot, twig and leaf blights, root rot and canker. Scale, leaf miner and borers are occasional insect pests.
Suitable uses: specimen, shrub borders
Quick ID description: 1. alternate 2. red petiole 3. white dots and white rings on the branches
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Sorces: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b992
6. Cornus florida
Common name: flowering dogwood
Family name: Cornaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: cv. ‘Cherokee Chief’ cv. ‘Pendula’ cv. ‘White Cloud’ f. rubra
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Mature height and spread: 15.00 to 30.00 feet /15.00 to 30.00 feet
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: acidic
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: opposite
Fall colour: dark red purple
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Flower: White (bracts)
Fruit: Showy, red, about five in a group, diameter=1-2cm
Limitations: looks unhealthy
Suitable uses: specimen,shrub borders, woodland gardens, bird gardens
Quick ID description: end of the branches has white wax, leaves go down.
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7. Cornus mas
Common name: Cornelian cherry
Family name: Cornaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Mature height and spread: height: 5-12m/ spread: 10m
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: acidic
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: opposite
Fall colour: red
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): fruits in pairs in the bottomn of the leaves, 1-2cm when ripe
Limitations: No serious insect or disease problems.
Suitable uses: medium
Quick ID description: 1. red fruits 1-2 cm 2. red fall colour 3. horizontal branches
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8. Euonymus europaeus
Common name: European spindle tree
Family name: Celastraceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Red Cascade’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-7
Mature height and spread: 7-10m/5-7m
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained, acidic
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: opposite
Fall colour: red and green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): pink/orange fruits
Limitations: poisonious seed
Suitable uses: Foundations, shrub borders, screen or hedge. Woodland gardens. Specimen/accent.
Quick ID description: 1. buds not very big 2. fruit is pink not red
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6. Ficus carica
Common name: fig
Family name: Moraceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Croisic’ , ‘Desert king’,’Osborn’s Prolific’ ‘Brown Turkey’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
Mature height and spread: 5m
Form: de. sh./tr.
Water use: medium
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): edible fruits diameter=4-5cm
Limitations:No serious insect or disease problems. Watch for root knot nematodes, scale, aphids, mealybugs and spider mites. Leaf spots, rust and blight may occur. Fruit can become a mess if not promptly harvested.
Suitable uses:Ornamental or fruit tree. In Missouri, plants may be grown in sheltered locations outdoors with root mulch or in containers that are overwintered indoors.
Quick ID description: Large, palmate, hairy, 3-5 lobed leaves (to 10” long) are rough dark green above and smooth light green beneath.
Photographs:
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282762&isprofile=0&
10. Hydrangea macrophylla
Common name: bigleaf hydrangea
Family name: Hydrangeaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: a lot
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Mature height and spread: 2m
Form: de. sh.
Water use: drought-tolerant
Soil requirements: acidic
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Showy Flowers
(The color is affected by soil pH)
Fruit shape: oval
Limitations: Gray mold, slugs, powdery mildew, rust, ringspot virus, leaf spots.
Suitable uses:
Uses Beds and Borders,
Container Cut Flower, Dried Flower
Style Cottage Garden
Quick ID description: flower, leaf shape
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11. Hydrangea paniculata
Common name: panicle hydrangea
Family name: Hydrangeaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Brussels Lace’, ‘Floribunda’, ‘Greenspire’, ‘Melody’, ‘Pee Wee’, ‘Tardiva’, ‘Unique’, ‘Grandiflora’, ‘Limeligh’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Mature height and spread: 1m
Form: de.sh.
Water use: drought-tolerant
Soil requirements: acidic soil
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): flower white, turn pink then turn to brown
Limitations: bud blight, bacterial wilt, leaf spot, rust and mildew. Aphids and mites
Suitable uses: flower border
Quick ID description: flowers. leaves are ovate, smaller than H. macrophylla
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12. Hydrangea quercifolia
Common nam: oakleaf hydrangea
Family name: Hydrangeaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
‘Snow Queen’ ‘Snow Flake”Harmony’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Mature height and spread: 1m
Form: de. sh.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: need moisture if grow in full sun
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): similar to H. paniculata
Limitations: need water if grown in full sun
Suitable uses: flower border, courtyard
Quick ID description: lobed leaf
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13. Kalmia latifolia
Common name: mountain laurel
Family name: Ericaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Olympic Fire’, ‘Freckles’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Mature height and spread: 2m
Form: e. sh.
Water use: tolerate sun with moisture
Soil requirements: need very good drainage
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): flower: white/pink/rose, fruit: dry, in clusters, split over
Limitations: need good drainage, leaf spot, blights
Suitable uses:groups or massing in shrub borders, cottage gardens, woodland areas
Quick ID description: 1.vein can not be seen 2. fine tooth
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14. Magnolia grandiflora
Common name: sorthern magnolia
Family name: Magnoliaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Edith Bogue’, ‘Little Gem’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9
Mature height and spread: 60-80 ft/ 30-50 ft
Form: e. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-grained
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: dark green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): big white flower/ fussy fruit
Limitations: 1. leaf colour too dark. 2. branches easy to broke in snow
Suitable uses: flowering tree
Quick ID description: 1. thick leathery leaf 2. dense branching dark green colour
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15. Nyssa sylvatica
Common name: black gum
Family name: Cornaceae/ Nyssaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Mature height and spread: 30-50ft/ 20-30ft
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium to wet
Soil requirements: medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, acidic soils.
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: scarlet
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Fruit: black-blue, ovoid stone fruit, about 10 mm long with a thin, oily
Limitations: leaf spots, canker, rust, leaf miner and scale.
Suitable uses: Shade Tree, Street Tree, Rain Garden
Quick ID description: 1. black branches 2. leaves smaller/shorter than N. sinensis
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16. Oxydendrum arboreum
Common name: sourwood
Family name: Ericaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Chameleon’ and ‘Mt. Charm’.
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
Mature height and spread: 10-20m/5-10m
Form: de. tr.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: red
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
White flowers, bell shaped, 6-9mm long with 15-25cm panicles in late summer;
Small woody five-valved capsule fruit
Limitations: Leaf spot and twig blight
Suitable uses: ornamental tree for fall colour and flower
Quick ID description: 1. flower 2. red petiole
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17. Quercus garryana (N)
Common name: garry oak
Family name: Fagaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9
Mature height and spread: 10m
Form: de. tr.
Water use: little
Soil requirements: no
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: dark green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Fruit: Solitary or paired acorns about 1 inch long, light brown, cap is shallow and bowl-like, covering about 1/3 of the nut.
Limitations: too dark green
Suitable uses: street tree
Quick ID description
Enlish oak: shallow leaf lobing, short petioles, long stalks
Garry oak: deep lobing (halfway to midrib), long petiole (1-2 cm), stalkless
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18. Rhus typhina
Common name: staghorn sumac
Family name: Anacardiaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: cv. ‘Dissecta’ f. laciniata
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Mature height and spread: 15-25 ft
Form: de. sh./tr.
Water use: dry to medium
Soil requirements: dry
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate compound leaf. leaflets are 8-9 pairs
Fall colour: red
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Flower:
- dioecious
- borne in large hairy panicles
- male flower head larger than female
- blooms in June
Fruit:
- crimson, pyramidal panicle of seeds
- matures in late August
- persists
Limitations: May spread aggressively by root suckers.
Suitable uses: dry areas, slopes, wood border or shrub border
Quick ID description: 1. red fruit 2. compound leaves 40-50 cm, leaflets 3*12cm, 9-10 pairs
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19. Rosa rubrifolia
Common name: redleaf rose
Family name: Rosaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Carmenetta’
Mature height and spread: 2m-3m
Form: de. sh.
Water use: medium
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alterneate
Fall colour:blue- green
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): fruit: red, 1.5cm
Limitations: black spot, rust
Suitable uses: flower shrub, can tolerant shade
Quick ID description: 1. leaf 10cm 2. 5-7 leaflets 3. not very throny
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20. Spiraea japonica
Common name: Japanese spirea
Family name: Rosaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Candlelight’, ‘Dart’s Red’, ‘Golden Princess’, ‘Magic Carpet’, ‘Nana’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Mature height and spread: 1m
Form: de. sh.
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: rich
Leaf arrangement/Foliage: alternate
Fall colour: brown
Flower/cone/fruit description(s):
Clusters of rosy-pink flowers( flat topped) at the tips of the branches.
Limitations: adaptable
Suitable uses:borders, ground cover
Quick ID description: 1. dry flower 2. red/black branches 3. toothed leaf
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