z_stanley's Identifications

Red coloration and compound leaves with winged rachis are very conspicuous characters

This species can be found in many roadsides in Bedford county.

Leaves well in the process of senescence, and fruits were mostly gone. The structure which bore the drupes was still intact, as well as a couple of drupes left intact; this structure was harvested and dried alongside the leaves.

This specimen was exhibiting an odd growth pattern, being bent in an "S" shape in order to obtain sunlight from under a large Juniperus virginiana. This growth pattern is an interesting example of phototropism in a dense Oak-Hickory environment.

Twigs of this Oak were unusually thick and stout; leaves were in the process of fall senescence.

Acorns absent

No fruits present
No "hairs" emanating from the stem - specimen is not T. radicans

Vine was attached to the host plant (Pinus ponderosa - introduced) via small disc-like appendages. These appendages were preserved by prying off the segment of the bark containing the discs and pressing the specimen alongside the bark substrate.

Red coloration and compound leaves with winged rachis are very conspicuous characters

This species can be found in many roadsides in Bedford county.

Leaves well in the process of senescence, and fruits were mostly gone. The structure which bore the drupes was still intact, as well as a couple of drupes left intact; this structure was harvested and dried alongside the leaves.

Low growing vine covered with spinose structures (prickles?)

The leaves are heavily lobed, very characteristic shape of S. bona-nox which can be difficult to confuse with other members of the Smilax genus.

Fruits absent

Drupes present, mature (red/black) in clusters.

Leaves were mostly gone, with some bright-red leaves persistent in opposite arrangement.

Low-growing shrub-like tree, growing under a large specimen of Quercus alba and sending branches out for sunlight.

State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Cornus drummondii
Location - Undeveloped empty lot at the corner of E Northfield Blvd and N Tennessee Blvd, across from townhouse apartments
Description - small tree with green and reddish leaves with rough sandpaper texture, clusters of round white drupes
Associated species - Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Diospyros virginiana, Platanus occidentalis
Date - 17 October 2014
Collector name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 7