Week 6 Keyed Trees

Identification Key
Tree one: Brush Box (Brisbane Box)
Key to Groups: 1' (Leaves usually <8 in long, not sword-shaped; leaves simple or compound; leaf veins parallel/netted)
2' (Tree is a confier or broad-leaved tree, not a palm; leaves arise from branches)
3' (Leaf blades broad and flattened -mostly angiosperm)
5' (Leaves simple (with undivided blades, deeply lobed leaves are still simple)
8' (Leaves attached alternately (1 per node))
9' (Leaf tip pointed or rounded, not notched or truncate)
13 (Leaf margin smooth (without teeth or lobes), wavy or not) - Group 8
Group: 8 - Trees with alternate, simple, smooth leaves
1' (Flower clusters not resembling bottle brushes; tree without clusters of sessile, woody fruits persisting along the stems)
3' (Leaves not phyllodes; trees without the combo of characters described above)
4' (Most leaves 3/4 in. wider or greater)
16' (Tree without milky white sap)
18' (Leaves unscented or smelling medicinal or spicy when crushed (but not lemon-scented); bark varying)
19' (Leaves without translucent dots)
23' (Leaves not heart-shaped)
24' (Leaf underside gree, light green, or rust-colored, occasionally sparsely hairy (not white, yellow-ish white, wooly, or scaly)
27' (Leaf underside green, light green, or gray, upper surface dull or shiny)
29' (Leaf upper surface smooth to the touch, shiny, hairless; flower <1.5 in wide)
30' (Leaf stalks, young leaves, and branchlets hairless; flowers varying in color)
31' (Leaf stalk without swelling at the tip, leaf margins always smooth or wavy; fruit varying)
32' (Leaves with 1 main central vein, not smelling of camphor when crushed)
33' Leaves without swollen glands)
34' (Leaf margin flat or slightly and irregularly wavy; fruit fleshy or a brown woody capsule)
35' (Leaf stalk >1/8 in. , young stems square or round in cross-section)

  1. (Fruit a brown, woody capsule; tree Eucalyptus-like)
    37' (Fruit <1/2 in. wide; flower variously colored)
    38' (Petals not fused)
    39 (Petals white; bark cinnamon-brown) - Brisbane Box
    Species: Lophostemon confertus

Tree two: Mediterranean Cypress (Italian Cypress)
Key to Groups: 1' (Leaves usually <8 in long, not sword-shaped; leaves simple or compound; leaf veins parallel/netted)
2' (Tree is a conifer or broad-leaved tree, not a palm; leaves arise from branches)
3 ( Leaves needle-like, scale-like, or awl-like (very short, tightly pressed to the stem)
4 (Leaves scale-like or awl-like, almost completely covering branchlets, mostly <1/2 in long, or apparently absent) - Group 2
Group: 2 - Trees with scale-like, awl-like, or apparently absent leaves
1' (Leaves obvious, scale-like, awl-like, or occasionally needle-like
4 (Tree distinctly columnaris)
5' (Branchlets not rope-like/ leaves <1/4 in. long, tightly pressed stem; tree not leaning) - Italian Cypress
Species: Cupressus sempervirens

Publicado el mayo 15, 2020 06:40 MAÑANA por jdoan04 jdoan04

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Pino Vela (Cupressus sempervirens)

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Great job on these ID's. I think you're getting the hang of it!

Publicado por themerekat hace casi 4 años

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