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Natural Resources. 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).

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  1. Natural Resources Week 4 Leaves *leaves with long, flat leaf stems *leaves with long, round leaf stems * Few more coniferous trees

  2. 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)

  3. 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”

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. Tuliptree (yellow poplar) • State tree of Indiana • Large 3 lobed leaf • Has yellow-green flower in the spring • Seed resembles a dried pineapple

  8. 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

  9. Redbud *Entire leaves • Leaves are heart shaped • Pink flowers in the spring • Has 3” seed pods • Twigs grow zig-zag

  10. Scotch ”Scot’s” pine • 2 needles per cluster • Needles are 2-3” long • Needles are blue-green in color • #1 Christmas tree! HoHoHo

  11. Red pine • Needles in clusters of two, 4-6” long • Great tree for windbreaks • Terrible tree for Christmas trees

  12. 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

  13. Let’s review them !

  14. Quaking aspen

  15. Scot’s pine

  16. Sweetgum

  17. Red pine

  18. Cottonwood

  19. Sycamore

  20. Bigtooth aspen

  21. Jack pine

  22. Basswood

  23. Redbud

  24. Tuliptree (Yellow poplar)

  25. Quiz time!! • Which tree is #1 for Christmas trees? • Heart shaped tree with teeth is a? • Star shaped leaf…. • Heart shaped leaf that is entire… • State tree of Indiana is the.. • Ghost of the woods…boooo • Pine with needles 4-6 “ long… • Tree seeds are round attached to a wing.. • Pine with short needles- 1-1 1/2” long

  26. 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.

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