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Falling into Classification

Falling into Classification. Recognizing Wisconsin Trees Miss Emily Ranch. There are about 750 types of trees in North America and about 100,000 in the world. Vocabulary. Classifying trees takes an advanced vocabulary Lets tackle some new words Each word will help us identify the trees.

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Falling into Classification

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  1. Falling into Classification Recognizing Wisconsin Trees Miss Emily Ranch

  2. There are about 750 types of trees in North America and about 100,000 in the world.

  3. Vocabulary • Classifying trees takes an advanced vocabulary • Lets tackle some new words • Each word will help us identify the trees

  4. Coniferous Deciduous

  5. Examples Coniferous Deciduous Box Elder Black Ash Sugar Maple Silver Maple • Balsam Fir • White Spruce • White Pine • Tamarack

  6. Coniferous Deciduous

  7. Coniferous Leave Needle Shaped Leave Needles NOT Shaped

  8. Needle Shaped Leaves Clustered Single Grouped

  9. Single Leaves Flat Needles Angled Needles

  10. Coniferous Deciduous

  11. Deciduous Alternate Branches Opposite Branches

  12. Leaf Type Simple Complex

  13. Leaf Ridge Smooth Outline Toothed Outline

  14. Pith Type Plated Pith Not Plated Pith

  15. Leaf Lobe Simple Lobed Non - Lobed

  16. Lets Get Started! Now that we know what we’re looking for we can successfully identify some trees

  17. Example http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/treekey/index.htm Let’s do it together.

  18. Example #2

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