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)

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.