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Plant & Tree Classroom
Montgomery Park "Arboretum"
Tree Identification Lab in a park originally planted with over 50 tree species
Labs will meet near the playground at the Northwest corner of the park on Ponderosa Ave. NE
MEETING
TIMES
Tuesday, August 18, 8:30am
Thursday, August 20, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 22, 2:30pm
Lab Leader and Tree Stewards Mentor
ISA Certified Arborist
"Quick N Dirty" Key to Common New Mexican Urban Tree Species
Trees selected to demonstrate characteristics.
Leaf Types
Simple Pinnate
Pinnate Compound
Bipinnate Compound
Palmate
Seed Types
Capsul (cotton)
Pome (fruit with seeds)
Pod (pea/bean)
Acorn
White Fir
Abies concolor
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
Atlas Cedar
Cedrus atlantica
Deodar Cedar
Cedrus deodara
Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris
Southwestern White Pine
Pinus strobiformis
Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra
Afghan Pine
Pinus brutia var. eldarica
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
Japanese Elm Variety
Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Leaves: Simple, Pinnate, Alternate, Serrate Margin
Seed: Samara
Elm Family: Ulmaceae
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Leaves: Compound, Pinnate, Opposite, Slightly Toothed
Seed: Samara
Olive Family: Oleaceae
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Leaves: Compound Pinnate/Bipinnate, Alternate
Seed: Pod
Pea Family: Fabaceae
London Plane
Platanus x hispanica
Leaves: Simple, Palmate, Alternate, Lobed
Seed: Spherical Multiple of Achenes
Plane Family (Sycamore): Platanaceae
Rio Grande Cottonwood
Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni
Leaves: Simple, Pinnate, Alternate, Serrated
Seed: Capsule bearing Cottony Seeds
Willow Family: Salicaceae
Callery Pear (Bradford)
Pyrus calleryana
Leaves: Simple, Pinnate, Alternate, Finely Serrated
Seed: Pome
Rose Family: Rosaceae
Kentucky Coffee
Gymnocladus dioicus
Leaves: Bipinnate, Alternate, Entire Margins (smooth edges)
Seed: Pod
Pea Family: Fabaceae
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