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Week 4 Leaves*leaves with long, flat leaf stems
*leaves with long, round leaf stems* Few more coniferous trees
Bigtooth aspen• Triangular to round in
shape• Has coarse teeth• Seeds in the spring• Bark is olive green in
color• Wood used for
pulpwood (paper)
Quaking aspen• An almost oval leaf• Has finely toothed leaf
margins• Has seeds in the spring• Dark green leaf with
white veins• “Shimmers” in the
wind-hence “quaking”
Cottonwood• Triangle shaped leaf• Cottony seed mass in
the spring • Wood used to make
baskets and pallets• Second tallest tree in
Indiana• Found near water• Has shiny brown buds
Sycamore• 3 large lobes• Leaf like clasp at base of
the petiole-hides the bud
• Tallest tree in Indiana• Seed is a tan colored
ball on a long stalk• “ghost in the woods”• Bark is mottled.
Sweetgum• Star shaped leaf• Seed is a spiny ball with
little seed pockets• Found in low wet places
along with pin oak• Twig has corky bark on
it
Tuliptree (yellow poplar)• State tree of Indiana• Large 3 lobed leaf• Has yellow-green flower
in the spring• Seed resembles a dried
pineapple
Basswood• Heart shaped leaf
slightly lopsided• Has teeth• Round seeds attached
to a leaf like wing• Branches zig-zag too• Nectar makes excellent
honey• Also known as Linden
tree
Redbud*Entire leaves• Leaves are heart shaped• Pink flowers in the
spring• Has 3” seed pods• Twigs grow zig-zag
Scotch ”Scot’s” pine• 2 needles per cluster• Needles are 2-3” long• Needles are blue-green
in color• #1 Christmas tree!
HoHoHo
Red pine• Needles in clusters of
two, 4-6” long• Great tree for
windbreaks• Terrible tree for
Christmas trees
Jack pine• Jack pine has needles in
clusters of 2; 1-1 ½” long
• Needles “V” out• Used for erosion control• Not used for Christmas
trees!• Cones are irregular
shaped
Let’s review them !
Quaking aspen
Scot’s pine
Sweetgum
Red pine
Cottonwood
Sycamore
Bigtooth aspen
Jack pine
Basswood
Redbud
Tuliptree (Yellow poplar)
Quiz time!!1. Which tree is #1 for Christmas trees?2. Heart shaped tree with teeth is a?3. Star shaped leaf….4. Heart shaped leaf that is entire…5. State tree of Indiana is the..6. Ghost of the woods…boooo7. Pine with needles 4-6 “ long…8. Tree seeds are round attached to a wing..9. Pine with short needles- 1-1 1/2” long
More quiz questions…..10. Triangular to round leaf with coarse teeth.11. Pine tree used for windbreaks….12. Pine tree with irregular shaped cones…13. Leaf that quakes in the wind.14. Tree that produces a cottony mass of seeds.15. A tree that produces yellow green flowers.These will be the questions I will use on this weeks matching questions on the quiz-but only using 11 of them. Write the answers down and turn in BEFORE the quiz in on Friday for xcredit.