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Falling into Classification. Recognizing Wisconsin Trees Miss Emily Ranch. There are about 750 types of trees in North America and about 100,000 in the world. Vocabulary. Classifying trees takes an advanced vocabulary Lets tackle some new words Each word will help us identify the trees.
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Falling into Classification Recognizing Wisconsin Trees Miss Emily Ranch
There are about 750 types of trees in North America and about 100,000 in the world.
Vocabulary • Classifying trees takes an advanced vocabulary • Lets tackle some new words • Each word will help us identify the trees
Examples Coniferous Deciduous Box Elder Black Ash Sugar Maple Silver Maple • Balsam Fir • White Spruce • White Pine • Tamarack
Coniferous Leave Needle Shaped Leave Needles NOT Shaped
Needle Shaped Leaves Clustered Single Grouped
Single Leaves Flat Needles Angled Needles
Deciduous Alternate Branches Opposite Branches
Leaf Type Simple Complex
Leaf Ridge Smooth Outline Toothed Outline
Pith Type Plated Pith Not Plated Pith
Leaf Lobe Simple Lobed Non - Lobed
Lets Get Started! Now that we know what we’re looking for we can successfully identify some trees
Example http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/treekey/index.htm Let’s do it together.