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FOR339 Week 1
Schenk Forest
18
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 3
09/30/2014

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-Acer rubrum

-Aceraceae

-Red Maple

-Samara

-"red"

-Fruit matures in spring; eaten by songbirds, porcupines,         fox

-White-tail browse foliage

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-Aesculus syltvatica

-Hippocastaneceae

-Painted Buckeye

-Capsule

-"of the forest"

-Used for wood carving

-Pollinated by hummingbirds, poisonous to humans

-Seed used for eyes in taxidermy, eaten by squirrels

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Definition

-Aralia spinosa

-Araliaceae

-Devil's Walking Stick

-Purple drupe

-"spiny"

-Fruit posionous to humans

-Leaves formerly boiled and eaten

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-Asimina parviflora

-Annonaceae

-Dwarf Pawpaw

-Berry

-"small flowered"

-Turkey, oppusum, squirrel, raccoon eat fruit

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Definition

-Diospyros virginiana

-Ebenaceae

-Persimmon

-Berry

-"of Virginia"

-Dioecious

-Opposum, raccoon, red fox, white-tail eat fruit

-Golf club heads

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-Lespedeza bicolor

-Fabaceae

-Bush Clover

-Legume

-"two colored"

-Quail food

-White-tail browse foliage

-Native to Japan; invasive

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-Oxydendrum arboreum

-Ericaceae

-Sourwood

-Capsule

-"tree-like"

-BEE TREE

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Definition

-Pinus rigida

-Pinaceae

-Pitch Pine

-Flat cone

-"stiff"

-Only produces seeds

-Formerly used in New England for tar

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Definition

-Pinus taeda

-Pinaceae

-Loblolly Pine

-Flat cone

-"torch wood"

-Pulp, lumber, plywood

-Sold as southern pine

-Seeds eaten by songbirds, squirrels, game birds,                  chipmunks

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Definition

-Pinus virginiana

-Pinaceae

-Virginia Pine

-Flat cone

-"of Virginia"

-Not preferred, but used for lumber and pulp

-Christmas trees

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-Prunus serotina

-Rosaceae

-Black Cherry

-Purple drupe

-"late"

-Used in cabinets, furniture

-Eaten by grouse, songbirds, black bear

-Wilted posionous to livestock

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Definition

-Quercus alba

-Fagaceae

-White Oak

-Nut

-"white"

-Acorn eaten by woodduck, grouse, quail, turkey,                   woodpecker, black bear, raccoon, squirrel, chipmunk,         white-tail

-used for flooring, furniture, cabinets, barrels(liquids)

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Definition

-Quercus falcata

-Fagaceae

-Southern Red Oak

-Nut

-"sickle-shaped"

-Fence posts, barrels (solids)

-Acorns less valuable to wildlife

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Definition

-Quercus stellata

-Fagaceae

-Post Oak

-Nut

-"starred"

-Fence posts

-White-tail brows, acorn eaten by small birds/mammals

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Definition

-Rhus copallina

-Anacardiaceae

-Winged Sumac

-Red drupe

-Dioecious

-Fruit eaten by grouse, turkey, robins, rabbits, in winter

-White-tail browse foliage

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Definition

-Toxicodendron radicans

-Anacardiaceae

-Poison-Ivy

-Green/white drupe

-"rooting"

-Fruit eaten by songbirds in winter

-Skin rashes from leaves

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Definition

-Viburnum rufidulum

-Adoxiaceae

-Rusty Blackhaw

-Blue drupe

-"reddish"

-Fruit eaten by songbirds in winter

 

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Definition

-Pinus contorta

-Pinaceae

-Lodgepole Pine

-flate cone

-"twisted"

-Lumber sold as yellow pine

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