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

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

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

5. 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

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

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

8. Cork Tannin Dye Drugs & oils

9. Carpeting Cellophane Rayon fabric Suntan lotion Shatterproof glass Toilet paper Books

10. Spools Pencils Chairs Desks Boards Rulers Tables Ladders Toothpicks Firewood

11. 4’ high 4’ wide 8’ long

12. 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

13. White Ash Balsa Chestnut Hickory Mahogany Maple Black walnut

14. Douglas Fir Larch Pine European Redwood Yew Yellow Cedar

15.  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

16.  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