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Field Trip 7

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Field Trip 7: McDaniel Campus

03/10/09


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Index:

  1. Illiceaceae "Star Anis" 
  2. Euonymus, Celastraceae "Bittersweet Family" 
  3. Viburnum, Adoxaceae 
  4. Cardimine Hirsuta, Brassicaceae
  5. Veronica Percica, Plantaginaceae
  6. Hedera helix, Araliaceae 
  7. Gymnocladus dioica,  Fabaceae
  8. Cedrus deodara, Pinaceae
  9. Juniperus sp. , Cupressaceae
  10. Hydrangea sp. , Hydrangeaceae
  11. Yucca filamentosaAgavaceae
  12. Clematis virginiana, Ramancalaceae
  13. Lamium purpureum, Lamiaceae
  14. Lamium amplexicaule, Lamiaceae
  15. Acer platanoides, Sapindaceae
  16. Magnolia x soulangeana, Magnoliaceae
  17. Duchesnea indica, Rosaceae
  18. Catalpa specioca, Bignoniaceae
  19. Rhododendron formosa, Ericaceae
  20. Forsythia sp. , Oleaceae
  21. Jasminum nudiflorum, Oleaceae

1.UNKNOWN

Illiciaceae > Illicium sp.

  • Smelly oil, smells like anise (licorice) 
  • Used alot in asian cooking
  • Commonly grows as hedges & shrubs in warmer climates

 

2. Bittersweet Family

Celastraceae > Euonymus sp. 

  • Ornamental plant

 

3. Vibernum 

Adoxaceae > Vibernum sp. 

  • Opposite arrangement
  • Cluster of flowers
  • Fruit type: spherical, flattened drupe

 


 

4. Hairy Bittercress

Brassicaceae > Cardamine hirsuta

  • Mustard family
  • 4 petals, 6 stamens, 2-carpulate pistol
  • White flowers, seeds explode when touched

 

5. Persian Speedwell

Plantaginaceae > Veronica persica

  • Short-stalked; broad ovate leaves
  • Opposite arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

6. English Ivy

Araliaceae > Hedera helix

  • Creeper vine on McDaniel House (behind lewis) & along ground

 

7. Kentucky Coffeetree

Fabaceae> Gymnocladus dioica

  • Fruit type: legumes;  green-paste inside
  • Roast seeds to make passable coffee grinds

 

8. Himalayan Cedar

Pinaceae > Cedrus deodara

  • Grenade-shaped cone

 


9. UNKNOWN 

Cupressaceae > Juniperus sp.

  • Blue-gray cones (berry shape)
  • Smells like gin

 

10. Hydrangea / Hortensia

Hydrangeaceae > Hydrangea sp. 

  • Larger sterile flowers (attracts pollinators) with smaller fertile flower inside
  • Opposite leaves

 

11. Yucca / Adam's Needle 

Agavaceae > Yucca filamentosa

  • White bell-shaped flowers; pollinated by yucca moths
  • Moths lay eggs in flower, and larvae eats some seeds (plant compensates by overproducing # of seeds)
  • White threads on leaf margins
  • Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) - confined to Mohave desert; Biblical reference, also an album by U2

 

12. Virgin's Bower

Ranunculaceae > Clematis virginiana

  • Buttercup Family
  • Pinnate leaves with 3 leaflets; wind-disposed seeds

 

13. Purple Deadnettle

Lamiaceae > Lamium purpureum

Purple flowers, square stems, opposite leaves


 

14. Henbit Deadnettle

LamiaceaeLamium amplexicaule

  • Growing out of rock wall
  • amplexis = grasping action
  • caule = stem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

15. Norway Maple

Sapindaceae > Acer platanoides

  • Opposite arrangement 
  • Samaras paired at obtuse angle 
  • Leaves resemble sycamore
  • Fat buds for a maple; invasive european sp. 

 

16. Saucer Magnolia

Magnoliaceae > Magnolia x soulangeana

  • Ornamental flowering hybrid
  • Alternate twig/leaf arrangement
  • 2 leaves surrounding fuzzy buds; white/pink flowers

 

17. False/Mock Strawberry

  • Rosaceae > Duchesnea indica
  • Creeping plant with yellow flowers
  • Similar leaves to true Strawberry plants
  • Red berries resemble miniature strawberries (no taste)

 


 

18. Northern Catalpa

Bignoniaceae > Catalpa speciosa

  • Long slender bean-like pod capsules; hang down like icicles
    • Flat brown seeds have two papery wings
  • Enormously large heart-shaped leaves in Spring
  • Brown-grey bark; twisted trunk (trumpet shape)
  • Twigs have white-purple spots on bark

 

19. Azalea 

EricaceaeRhododendron formosa

  • An evergreen shrub, terminal bloom (one flower per stem)
  • 5 petals, pink/red color
  • Toxic to dogs when ingested

 

20. Forsythia

Oleaceae > Forsythia sp. (Possible ID: F. suspensa)

  • Olive family (Fruit: drupes with a pit)
  • Flowering shrub with yellow flowers
  • Fruit type: capsule with winged seeds
  • Anged green twig ends; opposite arrangement 
  • Named after Scottish botanist, William Forsyth.

 

21. Winter Jasmine

Oleaceae > Jasminum nudiflorum

  • Opposite pinnate leaves
  • 6 petals, bright yellow

 

 

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