Trees and other plants help recycle absorbing nutrients through their roots use carbon dioxide and give off fresh oxygen for animals to use

Trees help cool the environment Tree & plant roots Control erosion Forests Provide home for wildlife

Native areas where trees grow voluntarily. Examples: standing timber on farm ground, state park areas, wildlife refuge areas, conservation reserve areas.

Commercial Places were trees are grown, harvested, and sold specifically to make wood products. Examples: Christmas tree farms, tree nurseries, forests owned by a lumber mill

Urban Areas in cities or towns where trees are planted and cared for. Example: beautification areas, trees used or landscaping in a park.

Soaps Paper dyes Printing ink Waxes Chewing gum Fireworks Sugar & syrup Crayons Varnishes Shoe Polish

Cork Tannin Dye Drugs & oils

Carpeting Cellophane Rayon fabric Suntan lotion Shatterproof glass Toilet paper Books

Spools Pencils Chairs Desks Boards Rulers Tables Ladders Toothpicks Firewood

4’ high 4’ wide 8’ long

7,500,000 toothpicks 945 one-pound books 61,370 business-size envelopes 460,000 personal checks 1,200 copies of National Geographic magazine 30 rocking chairs 2,700 copies of the average (35 pg) daily newspapers 12 dining room tables that seat eight people

White Ash Balsa Chestnut Hickory Mahogany Maple Black walnut

Douglas Fir Larch Pine European Redwood Yew Yellow Cedar

 Pecan - Bent wood parts  Ash - Baseball bats, tool handles  White oak - Furniture, cabinets, tight cooperage, flooring  Basswood - Fruit baskets  Maple - Gym floors, bowling pins, furniture  Birch - Veneer  Sycamore - Butcher blocks  Cherry - Furniture

 Sweet Bay - Venetian blinds  Cypress - Water tanks, boat docks, oars  Dogwood - Looms  Black Walnut - Gun stocks, furniture  Holly - Cabinets  Hickory - Agricultural implements, tool handles  Sweetgum  Veneer