Hardwood vs Softwood
True or false: Hardwoods are always physically harder than softwoods
What is false?
This tree's bark has a diamond shaped pattern
What is Ash?
Ash trees have this type of leaf structure with leaflets along a central twig
What is compound leaves?
MAD DOG
which trees AND what do those trees have
Maple, Ash, and Dogwood and they have opposite branching.
These 3 trees also have compound leaves like ash
hickory, walnut, and sumac
"If it sheds, its hard -- if it needles its __"
What is soft?
"Rough down low smooth up high" describes what tree?
What is Red Oak?
Red oaks leaves have ____ lobes; white oak leaves have ___ lobes
(Rounded and pointy but which is which....)
Red oak: pointy
white oak: rounded
"Pickle fruit, football leaf, magnolia roots" which tree
Cucumber
This nut tree has uneven leaflets, with tip leaflets larger than bottom ones
Butternut hickory
This TYPE of tree keeps its needles all year.
What is a softwood/coniferous?
This tree peels its bark in long vertical strips and has easy-to-identify nuts.
What is Shagbark Hickory.
Basswood leaves are vaguely shaped like this making them easy to remember
Heart shaped
"____ bark flakes and sometimes leaks"
Cherry/Black cherry
This tree has thick bark and cat face or mitten shaped leaves
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINTS!!!!
Tulip poplar
Name one deciduous tree (Hardwood) mentioned in the last tree identification lesson
Hint: one has amber gum
What is Oak/Maple/Cherry
Smooth white bark but not paper-like describes this tree
What is Aspen?
This large football shaped leaf belongs to a tricky magnolia relative
Cucumber tree!!
"Tan leaves stay when snowflakes play" Which tree
Beech
Basswood fruits are small hard and carried on this type of dangling structure
string like bract
What SPECIFIC color is soft Maple bark
" __ with _____ undertones"
(We've talked about this I promise you)
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINT QUESTION!!!!!
Gray with purplish or greenish undertones
Flaky camouflage- like bark plates growing by riversides identify this tree
What is sycamore?
Which trees have leaves that turn tan and stay on all winter?
Beech trees
"___ ___'s edge is smooth and sweet"
Ask for a hint if needed
Hard maple
This tree produces small triangular nuts inside spiky husks
SPECIAL DOUBLE POINT QUESTION!!!
Beech