3.03 Plant Identification

A houseplant that can be used in hanging baskets and comes in red, pink, white or fuchsia is also sold at Mother's Day. This plant is a:

• arrowhead vine

• prayer plant

• geranium

• pothos

Which is a small deciduous tree that flowers all summer into early fall and has flowers that are pink, red, white and purple? It also has tan, smooth bark.

• Crape Myrtle

• Geranium

• Cornus florida

• Fiddle Leaf Fig

Which is a large evergreen tree that produces cones that are 4-8" long, 4" needle like leaves in five needle clusters?

• Southern Red Oak

• Eastern White Pine

• Zelkova

• Japanese Maple

A medium sized deciduous tree that has four trunks that have bark peeling off is called a:

• Japanese Maple

• River Birch

• Eastern White Pine

• Evergreen Euonymus

A large deciduous tree that has 5-7 lobes with 3-4 bristle tips and turns a brilliant red in the fall and has acorns is a:

• Pin Oak

• Weeping Fig

• Catawaba Rhododendron

• Eastern Red Bud

A small deciduous tree with heart shaped leaves, 3-5" long bean type pods and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is a:

• Crape Myrtle

• Eastern Red Bud

• Norfolk Island Pine

• House Plant

A large deciduous shrub with bright yellow flowers in the very early spring is a:

• Catawba Rhododendron

• Border Forsythia

• Japanese Boxwood

• Eastern White Pine

What is a small deciduous tree that usually has crooked branches and flowers that are really bracts and they have a brownish color on the tips of the leaves. This tree blooms in the early spring.

• Japanese Maple

• Red Maple

• Acer rubrum

• Flowering Dogwood

Which house plant is about 4' tall and looks similar to a little pine tree?

• Slash Pine

• Eastern White Pine

• Loblolly Pine

• Norfolk Island Pine

Which is a houseplant that has bracts that are pink, red or white and is sold at Christmas?

• River Birch

• Tall Oak Pine

• Begonia

• Poinsettia