Statistics for Montana Trees and Shrubs

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Hint	Answer		% Correct
J.C.	juniperus communis	common juniper	100%
small stub left by old needles, needles sharp curving upwards towards tip, thin gray bark loose scales	picea engelmannii	engelmanspruce	100%
needles in bundles of 3, orange brown bark in plates of mature tree, cones prickly	pinus ponderosa	ponderosa pine	100%
deciduous tree, greenish white leaves, smooth white bark with black markings	populus tremuloides	quaking aspen	100%
maple leave like shape with 3-5 lobes, spines often, edible fruit	ribes spp.	gooseberries and currant	50%
S.S.	salix spp.	willow	50%
thin gray bark, bulging resin blisters	abies lasiocarpa	subalpine fir	0%
v shaped pairs of winged seeds	acer glabrum	rocky mountain maple	0%
woody catkins, single or double serration on leaves	alnus viridis	green alder	0%
A.A.	amelanchier alnifolia	saskatoon/service berry	0%
A.U.	arctostaphylos uva-ursi	kinnikinnick	0%
B.R.	beberis repens	Oregon grape	0%
leaves have prominent veins that converge towards tip	cornus sericea	red-osier dodwood	0%
leaves alternate, sharp toothed, glossy leathery green, stems have thorns	crataegus douglasii	black hawthorn	0%
H.D.	holodiscus discolor	oceanspray	0%
J.S.	juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain juniper	0%
deciduous needles in tufts on stubby twigs, deeply furrowed bark brown	lair occidentalis	western larch	0%
M.F.	menziesia ferruginea	false huckleberry	0%
low evergreen shrub, 4-side reddish brown stems, leathery green leaves toothed	paxistima myrsinites	mountain boxwood	0%
somewhat maple leave shaped leaves, brown shredding bark, white flower clusters	physocarpus malvaceus	ninebark	0%
needles in bundles of 2, grayish bark thing scaly, serotinous cones	pinus contorta	lodgepole pine	0%
gnarled and twisted subalpine tree, needles in bundles of 5	pinus flexilis	limber pine	0%
deciduous tree, glossy green leaves, gray	populus trichocarpa	black cottonwood	0%
leaves alternate, sharp toothed, 2 extrafloral nectaries at base, bottlebrush like cluster of white flowers, reddish fruit	prunus virginiana	choke cherry	0%
needles serially arranged, mature bark has corky ridges with vertical fissures, cones have 3 toothed bracts	pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir	0%
R.A.	rosa acicularis	prickly rose	0%
R.P.	rubus parviflorus	thimbleberry	0%
opposite pinnately compound leaves, hollow stems, clustered white flowers that smell	sambucus racemosa	black elderberry	0%
underside of leaves have silvery hairs and rust colored scales	shepherdia canadensis	buffaloberry	0%
S.B.	spiraea betulifloia	spiraea	0%
leaves opposite gray green, fruits white berry like	symphoricarpos albus	snowberry	0%
scale like leaves, bark is vertical fissured, fibrous, reddish brown, found in moist sites	thuja plicata	western red cedar	0%
slender branches, downswept, nodding tip, inner bark dark orange with purple streaks, found on moist sites	tsuga heterophylla	western hemlock	0%
V.M.	Vaccinium membranaceum	mountain huckleberry	0%