Tree Terms
This part of a tree transfers water and nutrients from the roots to the crown.
What is the trunk?
Trees store this compound and use it to make their food.
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
The cell layer that produces new bark and new wood every year.
What is the cambium layer?
Baseball bats, lumber, and plywood are examples of products made from this part of the tree.
What is the wood?
This tree is North Carolina’s official state flower and blooms with large white bracts.
What is the dogwood?
The underground structure that anchors the tree to the ground and takes up water, nutrients, and minerals from the soil.
What are the roots?
Trees create this molecular compound as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
What is Oxygen (O2)?
This part of the trunk is the supply line that carries food from leaves to branches, stem, and roots.
What is the inner bark (scientific name phloem)?
This tree layer provides cinnamon, cork, and mulch.
What is bark?
(phloem)
This deciduous conifer grows “knees” in swampy areas to help support it.
What is the bald cypress?
Composed of leaves, branches, twigs, and sometimes flowers, this part of the tree's primary function is to produce food.
What is the Crown?
This vital fluid carries water, sugar, and minerals throughout the tree.
What is sap?
The living part of the trunk that transports water and nutrients up from the roots.
What is sapwood? (Scientific name xylem)
Toilet paper, writing paper, and magazines are made from this type of tree product.
What are cellulose (pulp) products?
This fast-growing pine dominates much of the NC Coastal Plain and produces heavy pollen clouds each spring.
What is the loblolly pine?
The science and practice of establishing, managing, using, and sustainably conserving forests and trees to meet the needs of the community.
What is forestry?
The energy source that powers photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
These dead cells protect the tree from diseases and insects.
What is the outer bark (scientific name: dead phloem)
Nutmeg, pecans, and bay leaves all come from these tree parts.
What are fruits, seeds, and leaves?
This tree’s star-shaped leaves turn brilliant colors in fall and drop spiky “gumballs.”
What is the sweetgum tree?
Another term for the leaves or greenery of a tree.
What is foliage?
The process trees use to make food is called photosynthesis. This compound is the end goal of this chemical reaction.
What is glucose (C6H12O6)?
This comprises most of the trunk and is made up of dead cells. It is sometimes referred to as the backbone of the tree.
What is heartwood? (Scientific name dead xylem)
Paper, rayon fabric, and even shatterproof glass can all come from this carbohydrate found in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
This Southern tree produces giant fragrant white flowers and stays evergreen year-round.
What is the southern magnolia?