Horticulture II Plant ID Trees Acer platanoides CN: Norway Maple Large deciduous tree 40-60 Leaves: opposite, 5-lobed, 4-7 dark green yellow in fall Flowers: small, yellow-green green-maroon buds Fruit: Samara Milky sap Coruns kousa CN: Chinese Dogwood Small, deciduous Flower: white, pointed 4 bracts Fruit: red, pendant-like Leaves: dark green, elliptical reddish-purple in fall Ginkgo biloba CN: Ginkgo Large, deciduous tree Leaves: bright green, alternate fan shaped Flowers: not ornamental; may not flower until 20 years Fruit: on female tree only; naked seed Fall: yellow leaves; drop quickly Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis CN: Thornless Honeylocust Medium, deciduous tree Leaves: green, alternate, pinnately compound glossy copper or yellow in fall Blooms: greenish-yellow in spring fragrant Fruit: brown or purple flat pods Magnolia X soulangiana cv. CN: Saucer Magnolia Small deciduous tree Leaves: simple, ovate Flower: saucer and cup shaped, 5-10 interior = white exterior = pink purple Fruit: red berry-like structure Picea abies CN: Norway Spruce Evergreen, pyramidal Pendulous branchlets Leaves: needles, stiff Cones: ends of branches long, narrow pendulous Platanus X acerifolia CN: London Plane Tree Large, deciduous Bark: brown, exfoliates to cream underneath Leaves: dark green 3-5 lobed coarse margin teeth Fruit: fuzzy, long stalked ball Quercus falcata CN: Southern Red Oak Large, deciduous Leaves: dark green bristle tipped lobes long hooked lobe & 2 shorter lobes on sides turkey foot Flowers: yellow-green catkins Acorns Quercus nigra CN: Water Oak Medium, deciduous Leaves: 2-4, lobe number varies rounded, entire, to 3 lobed Small acorns Flower: brown catkins Tsuga Canadensis CN: Canadian Hemlock Evergreen, pyramidal soft, pendulous branches Leaves: fine needles, flat clustered in pairs spirally arranged dark green, 2 whitish band on underside Cones: small, round Zelkova serrata CN: Zelkova Medium, deciduous short trunk Leaves: alternate, elliptical pointed tip, dark green Fruit: small drupe Bark: gray, exfoliates to orange inner bark