Taxonomy
Family:
any
Aceraceae Aquifoliaceae Berberidaceae Caprifoliaceae Ericaceae Hamamelidaceae Lauraceae Rhamnaceae Rosaceae Staphyleaceae
Scientific name:
any
Acer pensylvanicum Acer spicatum Aronia melanocarpa Berberis thunbergii Ceanothus americanus Diervilla lonicera Hamamelis virginiana Ilex verticillata Kalmia angustifolia Kalmia latifolia Lindera benzoin Lonicera canadensis Rhododendron prinophyllum Rosa carolina Rubus odoratus Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens Sorbus americana Staphylea trifolia Vaccinium angustifolium Vaccinium stamineum Viburnum acerifolium
Common name:
any
American Mountain-ash Bladdernut Bush-honeysuckle Carolina Rose Chokeberry Deerberry Fly-honeysuckle Japanese Barberry Lowbush-blueberry Maple-leaf Viburnum Mountain-laurel Mountain-maple New Jersey Tea Red-berried Elderberry Rosebud-azalia Sheep-laurel Spicebush Striped Maple Thimbleberry Winterberry Witch-hazel
Leaves
Persistence:
any
deciduous evergreen
Arrangement:
any
alternate opposite whorled
Grouping:
any
pinnately compound pinnately compoune simple trifoliolate
Margin:
any
enitire entire serrate
Shape:
any
elliptic lanceolate linear to oblong obovate ovate ovate/elliptic ovate/lanceolate star-shaped
Flowers
Color:
any
pink white white/pink yellow yellow/orange yellow-green
Number of petals:
any
4 5 6 8-Apr
Petal state:
any
free fused
Dates:
any
early-June early May early-mid June early-mid May June mid-April mid June mid-June mid-late June mid-late May mid May mid-May Sep. and Oct.
Fruit
Type:
any
dry fleshy
Color:
any
black blue brown green red red/brown red/orange
Dates:
any
August early June late-June mid-July November September