Types of Branching
When leaves grow directly across from one another.
Opposite
The type of leaves conifers have.
Needles
The type of trees that have cones.
Conifers
Conifers with needles in bundles of two or five.
Pine Trees
I am not native to Ohio but spread aggressively and have a negative impact.
Invasive species
Sugar maple trees have this kind of branching.
Opposite
(MADBuck)
Maple, Ash, Dogwood, Buckeye
What am I describing if I am talking about Entire, toothed, or lobed.?
leaf margin
The type of key used to identify trees.
Dichotomous Key
A kind of tree that may have pointed or rounded lobes
Oak trees
A process that produces energy for the plant and releases oxygen.
photoshythesis
Leaves or branches that do not grow directly across from one another.
Alternate Branching
The space between lobes.
Sinus
The mark left behind when a leaf falls.
leaf scar
A kind of tree with papery bark.
Birch
A pigment in green plants
needed for photosynthesis.
chlorophyll
Oaks have this kind of branching.
Alternate branching
The type of leaf ash, hickory and locust trees have.
Compound leaves
I tend to require more care and resources to thrive in my new environment.
non-native species
A kind of tree with opposite branching and simple leaves that turns red in fall.
Red maple
About 25% of trees in Ohio.
oak trees
The only species in Ohio
is Northern Catalpa.
Whorled branching
It has a leaf that looks like a fan.
Ginkgo
The bark peels away in strips leaving an unkept, hairy like bark surface.
Shagbark Hickory
Has 2 or 3 distinctive leaf
shapes in one tree. Distinct smell. Mitten shaped leaves
Sassafrass
This fungi creates a wood wide web for communication between trees.
mycorrhizal fungi