Tree Characteristic Jeopardy

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What is ________? Native to China & Korea, Grows in almost any condition including drought or alkaline soils.

Answer Crapemyrtle Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Evergreen, commonly used as Christmas decorations, such as wreaths, reaches about 50’ tall.

Answer Holly Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Wood is light, soft, weak, brittle, but durable in contact with soil.

Answer Sassafras Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Used as an ornamental tree, reaches heights over 90’ tall, leaves are thick, leathery, and glossy.

Answer Magnolia Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in moist canyons & slopes, trunk is dark & grows up to 20” in diameter, leaves are 1 to 4 inches long.

Answer Emory Oak Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Used for flooring, railroad ties, & veneer baskets, leaves have 5 to 7 pointed lobes.

Answer Sweetgum Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Can grow over 100’ tall, straight trunk that can grow up to 8’ in diameter, leaves are arranged in a feather-like fashion.

Answer Cypress Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in fertile, moist soils of the bottomlands, small multi-trunked tree that only grows about 25’ tall.

Answer Yaupon Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in dry or poorly drained clays or sandy upland soils, made into charcoal, has stiff drooping branches.

Answer Blackjack Oak Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Medium size tree that grows up to 35’ tall and often a crooked trunk.

Answer Dogwood Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Sometimes used for low grade furniture, generally a short-lived tree, with brittle branches.

Answer Boxelder (Maple) Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Found in west Texas, small tree that only gets up to heights of 25’, twisting trunk usually around 12’ in diameter, Has white thorns.

Answer Mesquite Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows well in rich fertile bottomlands, reaches heights over 120’, used for flooring and cooking wood.

Answer Pecan Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Used for basic construction, exterior & interior finishing, crates, low grade furniture, posts & poles, wood is fine-grained.

Answer Shortleaf Pine Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Commonly used for crossties, fence posts, & occasionally lumber, typically 5 lobed, thick, shiny leaves.

Answer Post Oak Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in rocky, dry sites, often low-forking or multi-trunked, often used for making salt shakers.

Answer Persimmon Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in well-drained soils in the Southern Coastal Plains, short stout trunk that is 4’ or more in diameter, Its limbs usually touch the ground.

Answer Live Oak Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Found in East Texas, grows between 60 to 77’ tall, used mainly for fuel wood.

Answer Hickory Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows in dry, sandy hills; can grow up to 125’ tall; leaves are long, glossy needles that grow in bundles.

Answer Longleaf Pine Click here to go to main menu

What is ________? Grows up to 90’ tall, wood is heavy, hard, strong, tough, & difficult to split.

Answer Elm Click here to go to main menu