Tree Species
A type of tree that has helicopter seeds, alternate branches, and one species has sweeeeet sap.
What is a maple?
The outer protective layer of the tree.
What is bark?
These animals scratch their antlers on trees. They also eat almost every part of the tree.
What are deer?
An insect that has spotted grey and red wings from Asia that sucks sap out of trees.
What are Spotted Lanternflies?
The name for baby seals
What are Pups?
A type of tree that makes acorns, has lots of lobes on its leaves, and around 500 species in the world!
What is an oak?
If you count these, you can tell the age of the tree
What are growth rings?
These animals build nests in trees out of leaves and sticks. These nests typically are much larger than a bird nest. They also eat nuts.
What are squirrels?
A tree from Europe that is coniferous (has cones) and has needles that turn yellow and fall off in autumn.
What is a European Larch
The name for the fatty layer of marine mammals that keeps them warm
What is blubber?
This type of tree has compound leaves and big clusters of red berries on the tips of branches that can be used to make lemonade.
What is sumac?
This is the middle of the tree that is technically not alive, but very strong and supports the tree.
What is the heartwood?
These nocturnal banditos will use old tree holes for nesting and raising their young.
What is a racoon?
This tree is a favorite of spotted lanternflies. It has long compound leaves and spreads like crazy through root sprouts and has toxins that kill other plants.
The term for when seals get out of the water to thermoregulate and relax
What is "hauling out"?
This tree is a coniferous tree that grows in poor, sandy soil, thick fire-resistant bark, and makes a lot of sap that was once used to waterproof ships.
What is pitch pine?
This is the part of the tree that is right under the bark. It is the living part of the tree that grows the width of the tree.
What is the cambium?
An amphibian that lives under dead logs of trees where they can find spiders, worms, and slugs to eat.
What is a salamander?
A vine that chokes trees and is easily spread by birds eating their berries.
What is Oriental Bittersweet?
A type of animal that gives live birth, nurses their young, and has fur or hair.
What is a mammal?
This tree is dioecious, meaning there are male and female trees. The female trees make sour berries while the males make pollen. Its other name is Tupelo.
What is a black gum?
This is the term for the part of the tree or plant that is actively growing. Located on the tips of branches.
What is a meristem?
This species of woodpecker drills holes in trees in a line all around the tree.
What is a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker?
This moth's larvae completely eat all the leaves on their host. They can harm over 300 species of trees and shrubs.
A type of seal with no external ear (just a hole) that moves like a caterpillar on land (not supported by their flippers.)
What are true seals?