HRT 212 Lab Walk 6: Ornamental Trees II

Malus 'Sugar Tyme' Note spur shoots, inbricate buds which lack a fuzzy fringe bark platey lots of crabapples which are a late-season food source for birds, usually presnet all winter this cultivar (and others) tend to be alternate-bearing, ... Read more

Fraxinus americana Note OPPOSITE branching buds look like chocolate chips leaf scar is a solid U shape

Prunus 'Kwanzan' note prominent hortizontal lenticels on bark clusters of shiny buds near tips of branches V-shaped crown

Pyrus calleryana 'Red Spire' Note buds larger than apples, with fringe of white hairs on edges of bud scales also has spurs very narrow angles of branch attachment small round pears

Prunus 'Okame' Note shiny bark with prominent lenticels clusters of flower buds, shiny scales no spur shoots

Prunus avium Note typical cherry bark, shiny with prominent lenticels shiny, imbracate buds alternate but clustered near ends of stems

Prunus x yedoensis 'Snow Fountains' Note typical cherry bark, shiny with prominent lenticels shiny, imbracate buds alternate but clustered near ends of stems

Sambucus canadensis Note opposite buds, prominent lenticels, hollow older stems

Crataegus phaenopyrum Note long thorns up to 2", very prominent on suckers and watersprouts buds imbricate, but rounded black knot canker on branches

 Rhus typhina note young stems densely covered in short brown fuzz, like antlers with velvet

Rhus glabra looks just like staghorn but lacks fuzz

Amelanchier canadensis Note pointed buds like artist paintbrush grey bark with vertical striping

Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' Note small, sparse thorns flaky bark early inseason has very heavy fruit load of red haws

Rhus aromatica Note stems have a distinctive aroma flower buds look like litte corn cobs

 Chaenomeles speciosa Note clusters of flower buds alll along stem on old growth (interior), small thorns

Juglans nigra Note craggy bark leaf scars look like ET's face nuts (on the ground) with thick husks

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Note buds look like chocolate chips Leaf scar straight across at the top Opposite branching  

Crataegus punctata Note large thorns "dotted" refers to the appearance of the anthers inside the flowers