Horticulture 231

List 6 – Trees and Shrubs with alternate leaves - Practice quiz

Betula nigra leaf in fall
        colorLeaves of
        Betula occidentalis leaves in fall color Betula pendula leaves

. Scientific Name Common Name Family Origin Native
in WA

1 Betula nigra River birch Betulaceae Eastern U.S.
2 Betula occidentalis Water birch Betulaceae NW U.S., WA yes
3 Betula papyrifera Paper birch Betulaceae N. America, WA yes
4 Betula pendula European white birch Betulaceae Europe
5 Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo Ginkgoaceae E. China
6
Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree Magnoliaceae Eastern U.S.
7
Spiraea betulifolia Birchleaf spirea Rosaceae NW N. Am., Japan, WA yes
8 Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea Rosaceae Japan
9
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
Anthony Waterer spirea
Rosaceae
Japan

10 Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' Snowmound nippon spirea Rosaceae
American selection

11 Spiraea thunbergii Thunberg spirea Rosaceae China and Japan
12 Spiraea ×vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea Rosaceae hybrid
13 Tilia cordata Littleleaf linden Tiliaceae Europe
14 Tilia tomentosa Silver linden Tiliaceae SE Europe, W. Asia

15
a
Asgn 3b choice from:
 a. Hamamelis sp.
 
b. Aronia melanocarpa
 c. Spiraea douglasii

a. Witchhazel
b. Black chokeberry
c. Western spirea

a. Hamamelidaceae
b. Rosaceae
c. Rosaceae

a. Eastern US, W. Asia
b. Eastern N America
c. Western N. America, WA

no
no
yes

 
Plants repeated from Hort 232:

R1 Larix sp. Larch Pinaceae N. hemisphere, WA yes
R2 Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas fir Pinaceae Western US, WA yes

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Virginia Lohr, Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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