Identifying Trees by Their Bark and Leaves

Trees

Vocabulary for Trees Page 1.

Bark

The visible outer covering of a tree which protects the inside.

Canopy

The top branches and leaves of the trees in a forest.

Coniferous or Deciduous

A tree which bears cones and has needles or scale-like leaves is a CONIFER, trees and plants which lose their leaves annually every autumn are DECIDUOUS.

Decomposer, Producer, or Consumer

How do organisms receive their nutrients?  If they produce their own starches- they are PRODUCERS.  If they EAT other organisms (plants or other animals) they are CONSUMERS.  If they receive their nutrients via dead organisms- they are DECOMPOSERS!

Ecosystem

An area of living and non-living components which form an environment.

Forest

A group of trees.

Herbivore

A CONSUMER that only eats plant material.