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40 leaves – names , location and Brief sentence of uses / importance And a title page. Major project – grade will count Six times

On the page of the leaf you must Have common name , scientific Name and location.NO HANDWRITING! Uses can be on that page or separate Document.

Taking your project over the top – Attach fruit , seed , nut samples Nice colors in leaves and colored Paper , pictures on pages of actual Trees , bark samples etc.

Think about this …. Why do leaves Change colors?

For each leaf – Common name Scientific name, where found and A sentence about its uses or Importances. http://www.oplin.org/tree/index.html

Leaves needle like = pines,spruces Firs, hemlocks Broad leaves(decidious)

Leaves simple – 1 leaf per leaf stem

Leaves compound – more than Leaf per leaf stem

                                     SIMPLE Compound

Opposite and compound will Be white ash 99% of the time in This area.

Alternate and compound – staghorn Sumac is the most common.

Black Walnut

Other common compound leafs In our area are the Hickories And black walnut. Shag bark Hickory

Leaves opposite = MADHORSE Maple,ash,dogwood,horse chest- Nut.

Maples

That purplish – red maple is CRIMSON maple not red maple

Leaves alternate

Alternate – simple leaves

Lobed=indents. A simple, lobed Leaf in this area is most likley in the OAK family

Red oak – alternate , simple – deep Lobes with pointed ends – look For acorns

Other common oaks are Pin oak – very deep lobe Cuts.

White Oak – smooth, rounded Lobes – acorns are highly Prized by wildlife

Alternate , simple toothed leaves Beech is very common – very silver Smooth bark

White oak – alternate, simple , Deep lobes and rounded ends.

Leaf margin – outside edge Smooth (entire) Toothed Serrated

Alternate , simple toothed leaves Beech is very common – very silver Smooth bark

Alternate , simple – fine teeth around Outside most likely in the cherry Family – black cherry = big $$$$ Bark looks like burnt corn flakes.

sassafrass

Sassafrass – 3 shapes of leaves. Used to flavor rootbeer and Sasparillo – herbal tea – crush a Leaf or break a twig and smell

Catalpa – HUUUUGEA – heart Shaped leaves – poisonous bean

Cucumber – very large elephant Ear shaped leaf – cool fruit ( seed Pod)

Chestnut Oak

American Chestnut – very rare Most killed off by Chestnut blight http://www.acf.org/mission_history.php

Yellow Birch

PAPER BIRCH – Named for its papery White , thin bark.

Ginkgo biloba – an import from Asia – its leaves and seeds are Said to have great medicinal Value – improve memory.

Pussy Willow – famous for its Soft , fuzzy springtime buds. Dingus Day anyone???????

Needle like – needles in clusters = Pines, 2 needle=red pine(3-5 inches 1-2 in. = scotch pine-orangish bark 5 needles = white pine. Single needles = spruces, firs or Hemlock (NOT PINES)

2 needles in a cluster – long 3-5in = red pine – short 2 needles with orangish in bark is scotch pine

White pine – 5 needle clusters

Larch = Tamarack – a conifer that Loses it needles .

Other common conifers with Single needle like leaves Hemlock Blue Spruce Norway spruce Balsam fir

Hemlock Blue spruce

Norway spruce – long, curving Sweeping upward braches.

Black Gum Downy serviceberry Hackberry Hop hornbeam Sweet ( Black) birch Pin cherry American Hornbeam ( ironwood Black Gum

Pig nut Hickory Bitternut Hickory Shag bark Hickory Black Oak Scarlet Oak Butternut

For each leaf – common name, Scientific name and where found Closest road must be on the Leaf page – uses can be on the Page or separate document NO HANDWRITING – 40 leaves Title page