Woody, Alternate, Simple, Families F-R

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Vegetative characters for families F-R of woody plants with alternate, simple phylotaxy. As usual, review questions are included. Refer to the powerpoint for their importance for wildlife. This is the last set for Test 2, which covers files 5-7.
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Fagaceae Trees/Shrubs Alt, sim, evergreen/deciduous Male catkins, females involucrate Fruit = nut w/cap Quercus (Oaks)
Moraceae Mostly trees/shrubs Milky Sap! Alt, Sim, Petiole w/top groove Mon/Dioecious, tiny clustered flowers Fruits multiple drupelets (Morus, Mulberries)
Rosaceae Shrubs/Trees, few Herbs Alt, Sim/Comp, w/Stipules Showy, bisexual 5merous flowers w/hypanthium Various fruits, inc. hypanthium (Amelanchier, Crataegus, Prunus)
Quercus (Oaks) Trees/Shrubs w/ scaly to furrowed bark Alt, sim, lobed, s/t bristle tipped Flowers unisexual Monecious, Male catkins, Female involucres. Nuts w/ involucral cup
Endemic Species Found in a particular area, and nowhere else.
Are oaks insect or wind pollinated? Oaks are wind pollinated.
Oaks are food for arthropod species. Why is that significant for wildlife? Arthropods serve as food for other species.
How can you tell if a species is in the Lobatae or Quercus section? Lobatae, commonly called Red Oaks have bristle tips, and lobed leaves, with tomentose acorn cups. Quercus, commonly White Oaks may have lobes, but they don't have these awns at the leaf tips. Cups are sparsely haired.
Petiole Stalk between the node, and a leaf blade.
Multiple Fruit A fruit that develops from multiple flowers crowded into a single inflorescence. Ovary walls fuse together during development to form the fruit.
Morus (Mulberries) Trees/Shrubs w/ Milky Sap Deciduous, alt, sim, lobed or unlobed leaves Tiny clustered greenish mon/dioecious flowers Sweet, blackish-purple multiple drupelets
Red vs White Mulberry M. Rubra: Riparian- moist to mesic, curved veins, hairy, black-purple fruits, hairy bud scales. M. Alba: Disturbed habitat, straight veins, shiny, few hairs, White to black-purple fruits, Winter buds w/ dark margins.
Amalanchier (Serviceberry) Small Trees/Shrubs w/ smooth gray bark Deciduous, alt, simple leaves Flowers 5merous, bisexual w/20 stamens Pome fruit, blue to purple
Crataegus (Hawthorn) Shrubs/sm.-med. trees, dense spreading branches, thorns. Dark brown, rounded winter buds Shallow to deep lobes, deciduous Flowers bisexual, 5merous, 5-25 stamens Pomes w/calyx
Prunus (Cherries & Plums) Trees/Shrubs, Bark w/ horiz. lenticels on branches Deciduous, toothed, w/2 bumps on the petiole Bisexual flowers in racemes or umbels Fruit = 1 sided drupe
Thorns Modified pointy branches
What do the Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, and Gray Catbird share in common? They prefer to nest in Shrubs vs trees. Towhees sometimes ground-nest.
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