Terms
Identify Plants
Outstanding Characteristics
Identify Trees
Definitions
100

A tree that loses its leaves in the fall

Deciduous tree

100

A fungus that can grow on wet clothes, shower stalls, and plants

Mildew

100

Source of maple syrup

Sugar maple

100

The only eastern pine with needles in bundles of five; once used for construction of buildings and sailing ships

Eastern white pine

100

A cone-bearing tree

Conifer

200
Leaves of a palm tree or a fern

Fronds

200

A plant that does not have chlorophyll

Fungi

200

Smooth, white paper-like bark that peels off

Paper birch
200

A deciduous conifer growing in swamps of the South; projecting portions of its roots are called knees

Bald cypress

200

A kind of brown alga that is the largest type of alga

Kelp

300

A part of a tree's trunk where growth takes place

Cambium layer

300

A sideways-growing plant that produces spores instead of seeds

Fern

300

Reddish, aromatic wood repels moths

Cedar

300

The largest of all trees; found only on the western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada range

Giant Sequoia

300

A scientist who studies trees

Dendrologist

400

A fern's roots that grow downward from the underside of the stem

Rhizoids

400

A large group of plants found all over the world that do not need tubes to transport food; some are the smallest green plants

Algae

400

Oldest living thing

Bristlecone pine

400

One of the largest pines of the American West; grows to a height of 250 feet

Ponderosa pine

400

Fungi that feed on dead matter

Saprophytes

500

A network of cells strung together in a threadlike structure that makes up the main part of a fungus

Mycelium

500

A plant that does not have tubes for moving nutrients and water and does not have any true leaves, stems, or roots

Moss

500

A tall tree with a vase-like appearance

American elm
500

A deciduous conifer with needles that turn deep gold before falling to the ground

Larch (tamarack)

500

Tiny, white, hairlike structures of a mold

Hyphae