Got Pine? - Your 60-Second Guide to Naming your Pine. Got Pine?
- Your 60-Second Guide to Naming your Pine by J. Zimmerman, Ph.D. Quickstart by counting the number of needles in a bundle from your tree. You know you have a pine - but is it the rare Torrey? Is it the rich, dark Monterey? This handy route map leads you to your answer in a minute through less than a half-dozen questions. But if nothing fits here, then you probably have a non-pine, a tree that is not in the Pine genus, Pinus. even if it's in the Pine family, Pinaceae .
First count the number of needles in two or three mature bundles of pine leaves on your native California pine tree. How many pine needles are in each bundle? Depending on the typical number of needles, go to the sections below marked: Five (5), Four (4), Three (3), or Two (2). Five (5) needles in each bundle.
Plants and such. Plants-In-Motion Home. Carnivorous Plant Database. You are visitor # 353545 since 02/18/10 11:29:17, The last update was done Jan 27 2015.
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Plants as medicine. Tree Identification Using a Tree Leaf Key - Name a Tree by Studying its Leaf. PlantBase. Die deutsche Fassung von Plantbase finden Sie unter www.plantbase.de As the name implies PlantBase is a database which collects and provides information about plants.
In this early status it's most useful for looking up english and german common names. Currently PlantBase is restricted to vascular plants, which means that there is no data on mosses and algae. Beside pictures, suppliers and synonyms also data about classification, usage, cultivation and morphology is covered. Possibilities for identifying a plant (online keys) are still examined. The picture above shows Nymphaea "Dr. FractInt. If not stated otherwise content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 for text for pictures.
Welcome to the PLANTS Database. Plant Identification. List of Latin words with English derivatives. This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).
Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin spelling and pronunciation. Nouns and adjectives[edit] The citation form for nouns (the form normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that typically does not exhibit the root form from which English nouns are generally derived. † Diminutive Verbs[edit] In some Latin verbs, a preposition caused a vowel change in the root of the verb. . † Frequentative ‡ Inchoative Prepositions and other words used to form compound words[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Northwest Native Plant Guide. 12 Species of Maple Trees. Maple trees are classified in the genus Acer in the Maple family (Aceraceae).
Many botanists now fold this family into the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family. Three traits that can help you identify a maple tree are leaves that are palmate and lobed (for most species), opposite branching, and winged seeds called samaras. Many maple species are drought tolerant. Maple trees are renowned for their autumn colors. They love to put on a display of oranges, browns, yellows and reds every year. An important product made from maple trees is maple syrup, which is made from collected sap. The maple is the national tree of Canada as of 1965. 1. Latin Name: Acer ginnala. The Amur maple is one of the smaller trees in the Acer genus. 2. Latin Name: Acer macrophyllum Other Common Names: Bigleaf maple, broadleaf maple, Oregon maple Native to: Alaska down to southern California, as well as Idaho. As the name suggests, there are some pretty big leaves on this tree. Index of Common Names: Trees by Common Name: Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest.