1. Mrs. Engbrecht 7th Grade Red Team
Trees Among Us
Mrs. Engbrecht
7th Grade Red Team

2. 2 Types of Trees Coniferous Deciduous Keeps leaves all year
Looses leaves in the fall

3. Parts of Conifer Leaf Leaf Sheath Twig Green needle part
Papery covering
Holds needles together
Twig
Small part of the branch

4. Forms of the leaf
Needle like leaves
Scale like
Awl like

5. 2 Types of Deciduous Trees
Gymnosperm
No seed cover
Angiosperm
Has seed cover

6. Deciduous Leaf Parts
Veins
Midrib vein
Down the middle
Petiole
Stem

7. Deciduous Leaf Parts Blade Node Twig Main green part
Contains chloroplasts
Node
Where leaf attaches
Twig

8. BASS V LEGS Bark description (color, texture, on twigs)
Arrangement – Alternate(A or B)/opposite/whorled
Simple/compound/double compound leaves
Shape of tree (without leaves)
Veins (pinnate/palmate/parallel)
Lobed/unlobed blades
Edge (serrated/smooth – coarse/finely toothed)
General leaf size (measure width and length)
Seeds (describe and rub/draw)

9. Leaf Arrangement

10. Alternate
One leaf at each node
Around or
Beside

11. Opposite
Two leaves at each node

12. Whorled
More than two leaves which come out of each node

13. Types of Leaves
Simple
One petiole and one blade

14. Types of Leaves Pinnately compound Double pinnately compound
Palmately compound

15. Veins
Pinnate
Parallel
Palmate

16. Lobed/Unlobed
Lobed Unlobed

17. Leaf Edges
Smooth
Toothed / serrated