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Falling into ClassificationRecognizing Wisconsin Trees

Miss Emily Ranch

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There are about 750 types of trees in North America and about 100,000

in the world.

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Classifying trees takes an advanced

vocabulary

Lets tackle some new words

Each word will help us identify the trees

Vocabulary

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Coniferous

Deciduous

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Coniferous

Deciduous

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Coniferous

Leave Needle Shaped Leave Needles NOT Shaped

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Needle Shaped

LeavesSingle Grouped Clustered

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Single Leaves

Flat Needles Angled Needles

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Coniferous

Deciduous

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Deciduous

Alternate Branches Opposite Branches

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Leaf Type

Simple Complex

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Leaf Ridge

Smooth Outline Toothed Outline

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Pith Type

Plated Pith Not Plated Pith

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Leaf Lobe

Simple Lobed Non - Lobed

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Lets Get Started!

Now that we know what we’re looking for we can successfully identify some

trees

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Example #2

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