Trees

1. Trees By Jamie

2. The Silver Birch The silver birch is a deciduous tree. Its branches droop towards the ground. The flowers of the silver birch grow in the spring. Its small seeds are a favourite food for birds. Its leaves are bright green. At the end of the summer they change to a soft yellow colour. The leaf of the silver birch looks like this. Here is the silver birch.

3. The Oak Tree It is easy to know that if it is an oak tree or not by the leaf. The oak trees seed is an acorn. Trees help us to breath and they help the earth. A tree is covered in a skin of bark. If you chop down a tree you can count the rings on it to find out what age it is. The oak tree looks like this.

4. The Ash Tree The ash tree is a very easy tree to spot it looks like this. The common ash is Ireland’s most common, tallest tree. It is a deciduous tree and after it has been cut down, it is able to sprout up and start growing again. The seed of the ash tree is fraxinus it looks like this. The leaf looks like this.

5. The Sycamore The sycamore tree grows very fast, and its branches spread out to give it a beautiful large, rounded shape. It is a related tree to the central and southern Europe . Nobody is sure when it was brought to Ireland , but it is now our second most common tree, after the ash. The sycamore trees seed is a helicopter, a helicopter looks like this. The leaf of the sycamore tree looks like this.