johnkilmer's Identifications
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)Observer
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Alternate leaf arrangment with shallow lobing and toothed margins and globose head of achenes.
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
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Identified by flower, which was light yellow, multiple flowers seemingly erupting from a similar base. Also, gave off distinct honey-like fragrance. Identified via Smith's key and Google Images.
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Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)Observer
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Identified by stair-step leaf arrangement. Leaves were heart-shaped alternately arranged. Confirmed through field guide and teaching specimen.
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Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)Observer
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Identified by large leaves with heteroplastic characteristics. Inner lobes of leaves had notch. Confirmed via Google images and teaching specimens.
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Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)Observer
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Identified by leaf shape (parsley-like), and by vivid red, globose fruit. Confirmed via Google Images and teaching specimen.
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Devil's Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)Observer
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Identified by prickles on stems and pinnately compound leaves. Confirmed via Google Images and Field Guide
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White Mulberry (Morus alba)Observer
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Indentified by semi-cordate leaf base. Leaves were serrated and heteroblastic in nature showing a variety of lobing. Confirmed with field guide and Google Images.
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
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Identified by odor of leaf when crushed, and by heteroblastic leaf shape, and alternate leaf arrangement. Confirmed via teaching specimen at ASU, Google Images and Smith's Key
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American Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)Observer
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Mostly identified by large pod and compound, toothed, leaves. Plant was growing on chainlink fence by itself but still within proximity to other plants.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
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Identified via veins that curve to margins, opposite leaf arrangement and ripe, red drupes arranged in cluster. Leaves were red, experiencing fall color change.
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
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Identified by long, black legumes and several thorns erupting from bark. Confirmed via Google Images.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
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identified by alternate leafs but primarily by the fruit, which is a large berry. Confirmed via Google Images.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
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Identified by oppositely arranged with a stout leaf and globose fruit arranged in a cluster.
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Observer
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Located by the ASU pavilion along lake. Identified by small reddish inflorescence an leaves which were oppositely arranged in a whorl pattern. Confirmed with Smith's key and Google Images.
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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia)Observer
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Woody vine clinging to the branches of other trees with tendrils. Alternately arranged simple leaves with palmate venation and serrations around margin of blade. Simple tendrils present at only 2 consecutive nodes. Reddish purple edible globose fruit.
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)Observer
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Small shrub. Reddish stems with simple leaves arranged alternately. Fruit globose on terminal end of stem.
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
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Tall slender tree approx. 40 feet high. Bark grayish brown with numerous ridges and fissures. Leaves alternately arranged and simple. Truncate at end and 2-lobed
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Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)Observer
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Small shrub approx. 8 feet tall. Leaves pinnately compound with 15 leaflets. Fruit a cluster of red drupes with lemony flavor.
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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)Observer
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Medium sized tree approx. 15 feet tall. Bark has deep light brown vertical striations. Leaves pinnately compound with many having 13 leaflets. Fruit a brown legume appearing in numerous clusters. This specimen had no obvious spines.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
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Small slender tree approx. 12 feet tall. Grayish bark with deep grooves toward the base becoming smooth going up the trunk. Leaves alternately arranged and simple. Edible fruit yellowish-orange and resembled a small pumpkin or tomato.
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)Observer
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Small tree approx. 10 feet tall. Grayish bark with grooves. Reddish stems, some with rectangular shaped projections "wings." Small simple leaves arranged alternately with pinnate venation, double serration, and an oblique base.
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
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Very large tree approx. 80 feet tall. Bark gray with vertical striations. Leaves simple with four lobes (star shaped). Alternate or whorled arrangement. Fruit a hanging, globose multiple with numerous spiny projections.
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