what makes a tree a tree? heights at least 4.5 meters (about 15 feet) single dominant woody stem...
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What makes a tree a tree?• Heights at least 4.5
meters (about 15 feet)• Single dominant
woody stem (trunk or bole)
• Capable of diameter growth
• Perennial plant (present at all seasons of the year)
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What makes a shrub a shrub?
• Heights under 4.5 meters (less than 15 feet)
• Multi-stemmed• Capable of diameter
growth• Perennial plant
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Conifers vs. Deciduous
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Which is Which?
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Characteristics of Conifers
• Needle shaped leaves• Seeds that develop
inside cones• Evergreen – green
year round• Gymnosperm, conifer,
softwood• Examples: pine,
spruce, hemlock, fir
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Examples of conifers
Balsam fir Douglas fir
Fraser fir Scotch pine
Red pine
White pine
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Conifer leaves
• Needle like • Scale like
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Deciduous Tree Characteristics
• Broad flat leaves• Lose all leaves each
year in the fall• Angiosperm
(flowering plants), broadleaf, hardwood
• Examples: oak, maple, beech, aspen, ash
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Deciduous examples
Red oak Red maple
Black locustWhitebirch
Crimson king
Honey locust
beech
Elm
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Leaf Arrangement
alternate opposite whorl
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Leaf TypeSimple vs. Compound
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Leaf EdgeLobed , smooth, toothed?
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Fruits & Seeds
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Overall shape
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SUGAR MAPLE
Sugar Maple leafs have 5 major points (or lobes);
Leaves do NOT have teeth, and have a more U-shaped pattern between lobes
Leaves are as wide as they are tall, unlike Oak leaves; Opposite leaves
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RED MAPLE
Red Maple leafs have only 3 major points (or lobes), compared to 5 with sugar maples.
Leaves have fine teetch, and are V-shaped between lobes
‘Helicopter’ fruit in maple trees is called a samara
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American Beech
Oval leaf with parallel, straight veins and big ‘teeth’
Unlike Ash, Beech leaves are NOT ‘opposite.”
Bark of beech trees is gray and smooth (look like an elephant’s leg)
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RED OAK
Distinctive leave shape with 8 or more ‘lobes’ or leaf points
Leaves are taller than they are wide, unlike maple leaves
Oaks produce acorn fruits
Common tree in Vermont valleys, but less common in mountains.
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WHITE ASH
Compound leaves are Opposite, oval-shaped and pointy, with no distinctive ‘teeth’ on the leaves
Tree structure is like a big stick-man (simple)
Grooved bark of mature trees is unique
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WHITE BIRCH (PAPER BIRCH)
Leaves mostly triangular and pointy
Catkin fruit is long (like a worm)
White bark is a dead giveaway
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Needles are much longer than spruce, and have an almost soft, fuzzy feel.
Each individual cluster of needles comes in bundles of 5 needles.
Whorls of branches that are spaced apart.
WHITE PINE
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Needles completely circle the branch
Pointy needles are sharp and painful if you grab them. Diamond-shaped needles “roll” between your fingers.
Tree has a more rounded crown than balsam firs.
RED SPRUCE
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The common X-mas tree
Needles are flat, of fairly uniform length and NOT sharply pointed.
Crown of the tree tapers to a point
BALSAM FIR
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Short and flat needles compared to fir and spruce.
Needles dark green above with two dark lines on underside
Lacy silhouette of tree with no clear cone shape
HEMLOCK
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YELLOW BIRCH
•Oval leave with ‘double toothed’ edge.• Broken stems (near leaves) smell like spearmint• Bark is yellow in color and more prone to ‘peeling’ than white birch
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• Oval leaves with parallel, curvy veins & fine teeth• Underside of leaf often has orange hairs along stem.• Dark brown ‘potato chip’ bark
BLACK CHERRY
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PIN CHERRY
• Bark is smooth with lots of ‘lenticel’ orange ovals• Small trees…rarely have diameters more than 4-6”• Leaves are finely toothed, but longer and more pointy than black cherry
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STRIPED MAPLE
• Trunk has vertical green & gray stripes • Small trees (2-4” diameter)• Big dinner-plate sized leaves with 3 points and fine teeth
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EASTERN HOPHORNBEAM
• Oval leaf with, medium sharp teeth and parallel veins• Distinctive bark with ‘vertical peeling’• Generally range from 4-10” in diamter (not huge)
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Quaking Aspen (Trembling Aspen)
• Grayish White smooth bark• Leaves are small, ‘heart-shaped, with dull teeth; underside is lighter than the top• Leaves quake in the breeze,
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Big-toothed Aspen
• medium-sized tree with smooth white/gray bark• It has rounded leaves with large teeth.
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NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR
• Only Conifer tree that has needles like this• Medium sized tree• Thin bark sheds in long, narrow strips.
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NORTHERN TAMARACK (LARCH)
• Only Conifer tree around that completely sheds its needles in the Fall (after they turn yellow)
• Needles spirally arranged and longer than spruce/fir/hemlock