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Do not dwell on the syllable;
pronounce them with moderate rapidity, but natural speed.
Remember also, there is no perfectly |
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correct way to pronounce these
scientific names; as in all languages, common usage determines
acceptability. When alternate pronunciations are listed, the
first is preferred (but by no means etched in stone). |
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RW means "rhymes with". |
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Upper case receives the accent:
AX-sent. |
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AA or aa carries the a-sound of
fate, mate, late, etc. |
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Uh carries the a-sound of banana: bu-NAN-uh |
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Occasionally, uh carries the i-sound:
America - uh-mare-uh-kun. |
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In botanical Latin, i is most often
pronounced to rhyme with "eye", or EE-(ee)-sound: such as me, he,
she. |
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OO or oo carries the o-sound of boot
or hoot. |
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U carries the sound of ewe, few: or,
that of jug, but or cut. |
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In this
phonetic guide, g as g is always hard; go, get, goal. When
soft, as gel, gem, George: a j is substituted as its phonetic
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Species |
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Alder |
Alnus |
AL RW Pal: nus RW us |
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A. rubra |
A. rubra; RUE-bru |
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Ash |
Fraxinus |
FRACK-us-nuss: FRACK RW racks;
nuss RW us |
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F.
americana |
uh-mare-uh-CANE-uh |
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F. nigra |
NIGH-gruh |
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F.
pennsylvanica |
pencil-VAIN-UH-KUH |
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F.
profunda |
pro-FUN-duh: pro RW
toe |
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F.
quadrangulata |
kwad-rang-you-LAA-tuh: kwad RW rod |
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Basswood |
Tillia |
TILL-ee-uh |
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T.
americana |
uh-mare-uh-CANE-uh |
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T.
caroliniana |
care-row-line-ee-ANN-uh |
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T.
heterophylla |
hetter-row-PHIL-uh; also, hetter-row-FILE-uh;
hetter RW fetter |
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Beech |
Fagus |
FAY-gus |
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F.
grandifolia |
grand-eye-FOAL-ee-uh; or,
grand-uh-FOAL-ee-uh |
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Birch |
Betulla |
BET-you-luh |
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B.
alleghaniensis |
alley-gain-ee-IN-sis: sis RW
miss |
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B. lenta |
lLEN-tuh |
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B.
papyrifera |
pappy-RIFF-uh-ruh |
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Cedar, Red |
Juniperus |
Jew-NIP-er-rus: NIP RW rip |
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J.
virginiana |
ver-jin-ee-ANN-uh: ver RW
her: jin RW fin |
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J.
silicicola |
silly-SICK-uh-luh |
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Cherry |
Prunus |
PRUNE-us |
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P.
serotina |
sir-ROT-in-uh |
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