1 / 14

Winter Identification Key to trees and shrubs significant to moose

Winter Identification Key to trees and shrubs significant to moose . A. Winter Buds covered by a single scale……Willow, Salix species AA. Winter buds with two or more scales. Slide 14 . Two Scales. Slide 3 . Single Scale. Multiple Scales.

ipo
Download Presentation

Winter Identification Key to trees and shrubs significant to moose

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Winter Identification Key to trees and shrubs significant to moose

  2. A. Winter Buds covered by a single scale……Willow, Salix species AA. Winter buds with two or more scales. Slide 14 Two Scales Slide 3 Single Scale Multiple Scales

  3. B. Winter buds usually resinous sticky or glossy BB. Winter buds not resinous sticky. Slide 4 Slide 5 Glossy Resinous and sticky Not resinous and sticky

  4. C. Winter buds 6mm or less in length, glossy, slightly or not resinous…Quaking aspen….Populous tremuloides. CC. Winter buds large and long, 10-25 mm, very resinous…..Balsam poplar (aka cottonwood), Populusbalsamiferaor black cottonwood, P. tricocarpa(difference unknown in winter) Slide 10 Slide 12

  5. D. Winter buds mostly stalked, old hard blackish cones or cone like fruits present……..Alder, Alnus species. EE. Winter buds not stalked, composed of overlapping scales Slide 9 Cones Slide 6 Bud stalk Not a bud stalk, scales overlap

  6. F. Winter buds not cone like and lack hair, 6mm or less in length, bark papery, twigs with many small white sugary dots…….Paper birch, Betulapapyrifera.FF. Winter buds cone like, usually large, greater than 8 mm in length. Slide 11 Slide 7 Not cone like, less than 6 mm in length Conelike and large Small white sugary dots

  7. G. Winter buds with rusty brown or white hairs ….Mt. ash, Sorbus sp.GG. Winter buds without hairs, cone like, largest bud generally 1 cm or more in length……Cherry, Prunuspadus, or P. virginiana. Slide 13 Slide 8 Buds with hairs No hairs and greater than 1 cm in lenght

More Related