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Tree Identification

Tree Identification. Reviewing Some of the Common Trees Found on the SMEL Shawnee Mission South H.S. Environmental Science I – Mr. Wright. Compound Leaves. Leaf divided up into leaflets Often mistaken for being multiple leaves. Black Walnut.

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Tree Identification

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  1. Tree Identification Reviewing Some of the Common Trees Found on the SMEL Shawnee Mission South H.S. Environmental Science I – Mr. Wright

  2. Compound Leaves • Leaf divided up into leaflets • Often mistaken for being multiple leaves

  3. Black Walnut • Look at all the pairs of leaflets (lots of them). • Large (1½ - 3”) leaflets. • Leaflets pointed.

  4. Black Walnut

  5. Honey Locust • Very small leaflets and lost of them. • Leaflets rounded on ends.

  6. Honey Locust

  7. Ash • Leaflets usually 5-7. • Leaflets pointed on end, but larger than walnut.

  8. Ash

  9. Shagbark Hickory • Leaflets usually 5-7. • Much larger than other compound leaves.

  10. Shagbark Hickory

  11. Simple Leaves • Leaf is not divided up into leaflets. • Leaf may come in different shapes.

  12. Redbud • Heart shaped leaf. • 3-4 inches across. • Smooth edge to leaf. • Pointed tip.

  13. Cotton wood • Almost heart shape. • Almost flat where petiole is attached. • Smaller than redbud. • State tree.

  14. Cotton wood

  15. Mulberry • Leaf often has 1-3 lobes on the side, like thumbs on a mitten. • Leaves 3-5 inches long. • “Mitten for mulberry.”

  16. Mulberry

  17. Red Oak • Larger, lobed leaves • Lobes are pointed with bristles on tips for red oaks

  18. Red Oak

  19. Shingle Oak • Leaf doesn't look like an oak leaf, but has acorns. • Oval shaped • Larger leaves, several inches long. • Often dark and shiny.

  20. Shingle Oak

  21. Elm • Smaller leaves with saw toothed edge • Rough to the touch • Unsymmetrical base

  22. Elm

  23. Osage Orange • Green glossy leaves up to 8 inches long • Smooth edges with a tapered leaf tip • Fruit is a large, dense, green wrinkled ball up to 6" in diameter

  24. Osage Orange

  25. Dogwood • Leaves bigger than an elm but smaller than redbuds. • Smooth on edges. • Veins curve to run parallel to edge, curving up towards tip.

  26. Dogwood

  27. Sycamore • Leaves can be very large. • Looks a lot like a maple leaf. • Palmate (like a hand).

  28. Sycamore

  29. Willow • Long skinny leaves that hang from drooping branches • Always near a water source. • Several on east side of pond.

  30. Willow

  31. Other Types of Leaves

  32. Eastern Red Cedar • Either small and scaly or needlelike. • Light green to blue green in color. • Stinks.

  33. Eastern Red Cedar

  34. Bald Cypress • A series of small, fine, delicate needles running down a stem. • Light green in color. • Deciduous, fall off in the winter.

  35. Bald Cypress

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