PLSC214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chamaecyparis, Fagus Grandifolia, Betula Papyrifera

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Plant and Soil Sciences
• Course: PLSC214
• Professor: Frett John

Document Summary

Buds: imbricate, conical, sharp- pointed, reddish brown, with long, shoots. Catkins: males are long and skinny with 1-2 at the end of branch stem. Buds: imbricate, appressed at least along the lower part of the stem, often hairy. Catkins: 1-1 long and inches think, fatter than sweet birch, back of scales are slightly pubescent. Buds: imbricate, - long, ovate, pointed, divergent, brown/black, lustrous, scales downy on margin. Catkins: staminate, brown, 2 4 inches long, in groups of 2 to 3, females in erect, 1- 1 inches long with greenish tint. Bark: trunk and older branches are a chalky white, peeling or easily separated into paper-thin layers. Buds: imbricate, inches, brownish or grayish, glabrous. Catkins: borne slightly at the end of branches, 2-3 inches long. Bark: dull chalky white, not peeling, dark triangular patches below insertion of branches. As of right now there is no tree on campus for identification. Inches long, light chestnut brown, sometimes pubescent, appressed.