LARC 316 // ALLISON TWEEDIE

Search for "walk _" "genus" or "family"

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HOW TO USE THIS SITE

HELLO!

TO NAVIGATE THIS SITE:

SEARCH FOR THE "WALK". FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THE PLANTS THAT WERE COVERED ON THE THIRD WALK, TYPE 'WALK 3' IN THE SEARCH BAR FOUND ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.

SEARCH FOR THE 'GENUS' OF THE PLANT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

SEARCH FOR THE 'FAMILY' OF THE PLANT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

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ALLISON TWEEDIE

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Trees and Shrubs LARC316

A course I created on memrise.com to help memorize plant names for LARC 316 Trees + Shrubs in the Landscape at UBC

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Species: Tulipifera liriodendron

Family: Magnoliaceae

Common Name: tulip tree

Habit: Large pyramidal to conical habit.

Leaves: Alternate, simple. Four-lobed bright green to yellow in fall.

Flowers and Fruit: Yellow flowers. Brown fruits, winged seeds

Additional notes:

moist, well drained soil

Tolerates part shade.

attracts aphids

shallow root system

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Quercus palustris

Family: Fagaceae

Common Name: pin oak

Habit: Upper branches ascending, middle branches horizontal, lower branches descending.

Leaves: Alternate, simple. 5 tip lobes with deep C shaped sinuses.

Flowers and Fruit: saucer-shaped acorn cups that barely cover the acorn base.

Additional notes:

tolerates flooding and poorly drained soils

full sun exposure

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Potentilla fruticosa

shrubby cinquefolia

Rosaceae

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Spiraea nipponica

snowmound spiraea

Rosaceae

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Rhododendron 'Titian Beauty'

titian beauty

Ericaceae

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Betula utilis var. jaquemontii

Himalayan white birch

Betulaceae

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Liquidambar styraciflua

American sweet gum

Altingiaceae

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Sorbus aucuparia 

European mountain ash

Rosaceae

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Acer x freemanii 'Morgan'

Morgan maple

Sapindaceae

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Rosa rugosa

romanas rosa

Rosaceae

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Rhododendron 'Scarlet Wonder'

scarlet wonder 

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Rhododendron 'Hansel'

hansel

Ericaceae

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Tilia x flavescens 'Glenlevin'

glenlevin linden

Tiliaceae

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Fraxinus americana

white ash

Oleaceae

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Acer x freemanii 'Armstrong'

armstrong maple