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Junipers (Genus Juniperus)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
This shrub crawls along the ground and extends with sharp, round leaves(?) wood like bark located low in the shrub, but is difficult to see through the leaves.
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Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens (Genus Populus)Observer
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2 of these trees in the area, one about 15m tall and the other about 25m tall, thick, broad leaves located all over tree. Thick bark covers the outside of the tree. Some leaves are beginning to turn yellow.
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Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
5-10m tall thickly leaved tree, with long slender leaves and green berries. Bottom of leaves isa silvery green where as the top is a deeper green. Bark is cracked and rough with a deep brown inside the cracks and silver on the outside. 6 located in this area.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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5 foot tall tree/ shrub with purple trunk and branches. Smooth edge along leaves. Leaves on some trees have all turned purple. Evidence that there was berries, but all have fallen off or been eaten. Approximately 4 in the area.
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Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
Shrub, 4 ft in height consists of many long, thin branches, some with small black berries. Some leaves are turning red, but a majority remain green. They dominate the other shrubs in this area in number.
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Roses (Genus Rosa)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
Shrub about 4ft tall, thorns located along stems and branches. Red berries with skin ending in long tendrils located at the tips of the plants. Not all plants have berries. Shrubs dispersed throughout a large area in the bed closest to the building.
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Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa)Observer
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Thin, berried tree with long, serrated leaves and light red berries in large clumps near the crown of the tree. Some branches have so many berries, they cannot support the weight. Height about 8 ft. Only 1 located in area.
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Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
Smaller trees with deep purple berries, bark along trees is smooth, leaves on some trees turning orange/ yellow, height is approximately 2.5m. Dispersed throughout a 5 square foot area.
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American Elm (Ulmus americana)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
Large deciduous trees with many thick, heavy limbs. Leaves grow off in shoots off of main branches higher up in the trees. Some type of bug seems to have infested these ones, as there is holes riddling many of the leaves. Bark is thick and ridge like vertically, inter winding with other ridges. Height approximately 12-18 meters, 8 in this area.
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Hawthorns (Genus Crataegus)Observer
mccormickcarson4Description
Leaved tree's with bunches of deep red berries. Leaves grow in clusters closer to the tops of the trees. Shoots located at the bottom of the trees. Bark is papery, and will crack and fall off if rubbed. Trees are approximately 4.5m tall. 31 in my area
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Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata)Observer
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Approximately 5.5m tall, needles growing in groups of 2 all along outward branches. Needles sticky to touch. Bark on main trunk is smooth with small ridges encircling the trunk horizontally. Cones of various size seen all over branches. 4 in the area between the bus loop and PE building
