Wahkeena Tree Quiz
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Tree-mendous
American chestnut in Scioto County.
Practice makes perfect!
Bristly greenbrier in Champaign County.
#1. Name this tree ? American chestnut
American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Fagaceae, the beech family
#2. Name this shrub ? maple-leaf viburnum
maple-leaf viburnum
(Viburnum acerifolium)
Adoxaceae, the Moschatel family
#3. Name this tree ? chestnut oak
chesnut oak (Quercus montana)
Fagaceae, the beech family
#4. Name this tree ? eastern hemlock
eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Pinaceae, the pine family
#5. Name this tree ? white ash
white ash (Fraxinus americana)
Oleaceae, the olive family
#6. Name this tree ? pignut hickory
pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
Juglandaceae, the walnut family
#7. Name this shrub ? low blueberry
blueberries, deerberries and cranberries
(Vaccinium species; this is low blueberry V.vacillans)
Ericaceae, the heath family
#8. Name this tree ? sweet birch
sweet birch (Betula lenta)
Betulaceae, the birch family
#9. Name this tree ? black-gum
black-gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Cornaceae, the dogwood family
#10. Name this tree ? sourwood
sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Ericaceae, the heath family
#11. Name this vine ? round-leaved greenbrier
roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
Smilacaceae, the smilax family
