TOSCA TRICENTIS AS1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood
Cornaceae
Answer: simple , opposite, arcuate venation, blocky alligator bark,
clusters of bright red drupes
●● Betula nigra
River Birch
Betulaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, triangularly ovate, wedge-shaped base,
doubly serrate margins, small nutlet
●● Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, white oak, fiddle shaped, pale
pubescence, center 2 lobes reach midrib, mossy fringed acorn
,●● Quercus alba
White Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, variable sinus depth, 7-10 rounded
lobes, tyloses, first year acorn
●● Ilex opaca
American Holly
Aquifoliaceae
Answer: simple alternate, coriaceous, spine-toothed, glabrous, drupe
●● Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum
Hamamelidaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, palmately lobed, toothed margins,
spiny woody capsule
●● Quercus nigra
Water Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: SAD, red oak, spatulet shaped, bristle tipped, 2nd year acorn
●● Acer saccharum
,Sugar Maple
Aceraceae
Answer: simple, opposite, hard maple, margins entire, smart
●● Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Aceraceae
Answer: SOD, soft maple, 3-5 lobes, white lower, red petioles, shallow
sinuses, samara
●● Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: SAD, red oak, lanceolate, entire margins, short petioles
●● Quercus falcata
Southern Red Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, red oak, 3-5 lobes, bristle-tipped,
hairy leaf surface, bell shaped base, second year amor
●● Lagerstroemia indica
Crape Myrtle
, Lythraceae
Answer: simple, alternate, nearly sessile, elliptical, non-native (china)
●● Carya illinoinensis
Pecan
Juglandaceae
Answer: pinnately compound, alternate, lance shaped leaflets, finely
serrate, nut
●● Salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
Salicaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, lanceolate, finely serrate, ovoid capsule
●● Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo
Ginkgoaceae
Answer: deciduous gymnosperm, fan shaped, dichotomous venation,
drupe
●● Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
Fagaceae
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood
Cornaceae
Answer: simple , opposite, arcuate venation, blocky alligator bark,
clusters of bright red drupes
●● Betula nigra
River Birch
Betulaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, triangularly ovate, wedge-shaped base,
doubly serrate margins, small nutlet
●● Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, white oak, fiddle shaped, pale
pubescence, center 2 lobes reach midrib, mossy fringed acorn
,●● Quercus alba
White Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, variable sinus depth, 7-10 rounded
lobes, tyloses, first year acorn
●● Ilex opaca
American Holly
Aquifoliaceae
Answer: simple alternate, coriaceous, spine-toothed, glabrous, drupe
●● Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum
Hamamelidaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, palmately lobed, toothed margins,
spiny woody capsule
●● Quercus nigra
Water Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: SAD, red oak, spatulet shaped, bristle tipped, 2nd year acorn
●● Acer saccharum
,Sugar Maple
Aceraceae
Answer: simple, opposite, hard maple, margins entire, smart
●● Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Aceraceae
Answer: SOD, soft maple, 3-5 lobes, white lower, red petioles, shallow
sinuses, samara
●● Quercus phellos
Willow Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: SAD, red oak, lanceolate, entire margins, short petioles
●● Quercus falcata
Southern Red Oak
Fagaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, deciduous, red oak, 3-5 lobes, bristle-tipped,
hairy leaf surface, bell shaped base, second year amor
●● Lagerstroemia indica
Crape Myrtle
, Lythraceae
Answer: simple, alternate, nearly sessile, elliptical, non-native (china)
●● Carya illinoinensis
Pecan
Juglandaceae
Answer: pinnately compound, alternate, lance shaped leaflets, finely
serrate, nut
●● Salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
Salicaceae
Answer: simple, alternate, lanceolate, finely serrate, ovoid capsule
●● Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo
Ginkgoaceae
Answer: deciduous gymnosperm, fan shaped, dichotomous venation,
drupe
●● Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
Fagaceae
