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State’s Official Muffin
Blueberry Muffin
What is the popular state nickname
Land of 10,000 Lakes
Nice wood (flooring and fiddles), main syrup tree, Canada's national tree
Sugar Maple tree
Bald eagles and osprey prefer nesting in this tree, most valuable timber tree in our region, reserved in colonial times for Royal Navy ship masts
White Pine Tree
Type of milkweed, once used by NA for respiratory problems, fevers and dysentery, also used to treat stomach problems, syphilis, worms and sores, popular garden plant, bleeds a clear sap
Butterfly Weed
State's Bird
Common Loon
What famous river runs from the North of MN all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico?
Mississippi
Heaviest, densest, strongest wood of Minnesota trees, used for tool handles, fruits look like beer hops
Ironwood Tree
Make great Christmas trees and needles used to stuff pillows, resinous knots as torch - twigs as stick boats, oleoresins in the bark are used in optical instruments, microscope slides, as waterproof cement and to cement candles
Balsam Fir Tree
Largest family of flowers in MN, a very popular vase flower, questioning lovers like to pick these flowers, "love me, love me not"
Aster
State's Tree
Red Pine
There are three different biomes here on MN. They start with D____, C____, and P____.
Deciduous, Coniferous, and Prairie
Used to make beer from bar chips, crushed fruits were used to kill fish by native Americans, high quality syrup can be made from sap
Butternut Tree
Ice cream sticks, toothpicks and clothespins are made from this tree, great fire starting material from the bark, outside of canoes, huts and drinking cup are made from the bark... water resistant bark
Paper Birch Tree
Twists from humidity pushing seeds into ground, pointed seeds can injure eyes, skin, mouth and stomach, stick to clothing, kids love throwing "spears"
Porcupine Grass
State's Butterfly
Monarch
Are ther 10,000 lakes in MN? Or less? Or more?
More
Tree is durable in contact with soil.. doesn't rot easily, grown for feeding silk worms, fruits are juicy and edible
Mulberry Tree
In 1953 becomes MN state tree, used for construction of bridges and ship masts, doesn't do well in polluted air in cities
Red Pine Tree
3-5 feet tall, one of the dominant tall prairie grasses, very nutritious for livestock, provides excellent food, cover and nesting sites
Indian Grass
State's Fish
Walleye
List one nature activity you can do in MN
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Considered a "weed tree"..ugly duckling, short lived tree (about 60 years), attract thousands of bugs named after it
Box Elder Tree
A main tree of the bog - used for newspaper, inner bark of spruce gum and leaves made into bark, cheap Christmas tree, dwarf mistletoe
Black Spruce Tree
Dominant species of the tall grass prairie, used by NA to treat digestive problems, 3-10 feet tall plant, turkey food
Dominant species of the tall grass prairie, used by NA to treat digestive problems, 3-10 feet tall plant, turkey food