1. Minnesota Tree Leaves

2.  Green Ash  Pinnate compound leaf, 5-9 leaflets,  White colored wood used to make baseball bats, skis.

3.  Silver Maple  Lobed (pointed), oppositely attached, 4-6 inches long.  Found in floodplains along rivers typically.

4.  American Elm  Simple, oval shaped, toothed, 4-6 inches.  Tree once lined many streets in U.S.  Wiped out due to Dutch Elm’s Disease (Fungus introduced in the 1920s)

5.  Bur Oak  Lobed, alternately attached, 7-9 rounded lobes.  Often found between prairie and woodlands.

6.  Sugar Maple  Lobed and oppositely attached  Source of maple syrup and maple sugar.  Takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon syrup.

7.  Gingko  Simple fan shaped leaf  Once was thought extinct until found in late 1700s in China

8.  Catalpa  Simple heart-shaped leaves, very large.  Fruit – long bean shaped, turns green to brown.  Among largest leaves in the state.

9.  Blue Spruce  Single needle about ½ inch long.  When needles are crunched, smell reminds some of a skunk

10.  Basswood  Simple heart-shaped leaf. 3-7 inches long. Alternately attached and toothed.  Very soft wood, used for carving.

11.  Birch  Leaf simple, oval/triangular in shape, 2-4 inches.  Flower called catkin.  Native Americans used tree to build canoes, baskets, etc.

12.  Eastern White Cedar  Scaly needles, 1-2 inches, needles overlap.  Common tree of bogs and swamps.

13.  Red Pine  Needles in bundles of two, 4-6 inches long.  Cone is egg shaped, about 2 ½ inches long.  Official state Tree of Minnesota.

14.  Eastern Red Cedar  Not a true cedar, actually a form of juniper.  Typically has a brownish tint in the winter

15.  Northern Red Oak  Lobed (pointed), 4-9 inches long, alternately attached.  Found in eastern half of the state, wood is reddish-brown.

16.  White Pine  Clustered needles, 5 per bundle, 3-5 inches long.  Largest conifer in Minnesota.

17.  Quaking Aspen  Simple, nearly round leaves, 1-3 inches long. Finely toothed and alternately attached.  Name refers to the leaves that shakes in the wind.  Most widely distributed tree in N. America