Basic Identification of Broadleaf Trees

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Basic Identification of Broadleaf Trees
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Why tree I.D?

• Enjoyment
• Knowledge
• Disease and Insect management
• Is the foundation of forest management

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Tree Names

• Scientific vs. Common

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Tree Names

• Maclura pomifera
• Osage Orange
• Hedge
• Horse Apple
• Bois d arc
• Tree with big green balls

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• Basic Tree I.D. Is
• The Process Of Elimination

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Leaves
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Fall Color
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Bark
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Fruit/Nuts
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Buds
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Bud Scars
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What is the leaf?
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Find the bud!
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Simple Leaf
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Compound Leaf
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Doubly Compound
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Palmately Compound
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Leaf Arrangement

• Alternate
• Opposite
• Whorled

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Alternate
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Opposite
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Whorled
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Simple and AlternateExamples

• Oak
• Basswood/Linden
• Elm
• Ironwood
• Hackberry
• Sycamore
• Cottonwood

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Simple and Opposite Examples

• Sugar Maple
• Silver Maple

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Compound and AlternateExamples

• Walnut
• Hickory
• Honeylocust
• Kentucky Coffeetree

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Compound and OppositeExamples

• Ash
• Buckeye
• Boxelder

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Bottomland Species
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Boxelder
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Cottonwood
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Willow
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River Birch
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Swamp White Oak
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Green Ash
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Honeylocust
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Black Walnut
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North/East Side Slopes
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White Ash
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Upland Species
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Aspen
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Shagbark Hickory
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Bitternut Hickory
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Bitternut Hickory
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Elm
Red
American
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Oaks

• Clustered Buds

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Red Vs. White Oak
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Red Vs. White Oak
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White Oak
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Bur Oak
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Black Oak
Black
Red
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Oak Acorns
Swamp White
Red
Black
Bur
White
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Bur
White
Pin
Black
Red
Swamp White
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White
Bur
Red
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Review

• Simple Vs. Compound Leaves
• Alternate or Opposite or Whorled
• Practice-Practice-Practice

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Conifers
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Pine
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White Pine
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Scotch Pine
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Spruce
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Fir
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Douglas-Fir
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Eastern Redcedar
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Larch
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Review

• Pine needles in fascicle
• Spruce-pointed and 4-sided
• Fir-Flat
• Practice-Practice-Practice