Tree ID & Fun Facts
This tree’s sap can be boiled into a sweet syrup for pancakes.
What is Sugar Maple?
This part of a tree soaks up water and holds the tree in place.
What are roots?
An underground network that helps trees find water and nutrients.
What is Fungi?
This keeps moisture in the soil and protects roots. Don’t make it a volcano!
What is mulch?
You can tell how old a tree is by counting these.
What are tree rings?
This tree has a strong smell and was used to flavor root beer.
What is Sassafras?
This part of the tree carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
What is the trunk (or xylem)?
These animals help trees by spreading seeds and eating pests
What are birds?
You should never do this to a tree trunk—it can cause damage and disease.
What is nailing, carving, or tying things to it?
This part of a tree changes with the seasons and helps you identify it.
What are the leaves?
This tree was often used by the Lenape to build canoes.
What is Poplar?
Supports the leaves and help spread them out to collect sunlight.
What is branches?
This helpful ground-dweller breaks down leaves and improves soil.
What are worms?
Why is it bad to park bikes or tie dogs to tree trunks?
It can hurt the bark and stop nutrients from flowing.
Gus, the arborist, calls his biggest chainsaw this name.
What is Godzilla?
This tree’s leaves turn fiery red in fall and it’s often planted along streets.
What is Pin Oak?
What do you call the top part of the tree where the branches and leaves are?
What is the crown?
In exchange for nutrients, mushrooms give to this to trees.
What is Sugar?
What are two things a healthy tree needs to grow?
Water, mulch, space, air, healthy soil, sunlight.
How do you know if a tree is sick or unhealthy?
Signs: wilting leaves, holes in bark, missing branches, fungus.
Im tiny but mighty and ancient, I require patience.
What is a bonsai?
What is the difference between spring wood and summer wood in tree rings
Spring wood is lighter and grows faster; summer wood is darker and denser.
A tree doctor and helper
What is an arborist?
You see a young tree with mulch piled like a volcano. What should you do and why?
Fix it into a donut shape to protect the trunk and roots.
Describe how you would explain what kind of tree you’re looking at to a friend.
Use leaf shape, bark texture, size, location, and any fruit or seeds.