Ecol - Virginia Tree Identification - 1

Leaf shape - match image to type

• needle-like

  (conifers)

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• simple

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• scale-like

  (conifers)

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• compound

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Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Vein Structure

• parallel

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• pinnate

  (veins from 1 midrib)

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• palmate

  (Multiple veins from 1 petiole)

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Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

Leaf placement along stem

• opposite

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• whorled

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• alternating

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Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The Flowering ​ (a)   is both our Virginia state tree and state flower. It has ​ (b)   leaves. White ​ (c)   for ​ (d)   during springtime and red​ (e)   for wildlife during early fall.

• Dogwood
• opposite
• blossoms
• fruits
• pollinators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

​ (a)   (Morus rubra- hint "rubra" means red) leaves are tricky to use for identification because they can have different shapes, even on the same tree. The leaf margins are jagged aka ​ (b)   . Leaves can be oval or ​ (c)   or a mitten shape. The top is rough and the bottom is ​ (d)   . There is a ​ (e)   White Mulberry from China that people confuse with the native Red Mulberry.

• Red Mulberry
• toothed
• lobed
• fuzzy
• non-native

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The Yellow or ​ (a)   Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, has leaves with a tulip-like shape. They are smooth edged, and ​ (b)   with one main vein. Early settlers used them to make hollowed out ​ (c)   . In spring they produce a tulip-shaped yellow & orange blossom that supports ​ (d)   We have lots of them on our ​ (e)   campus.

• Tulip
• pinnate
• canoes
• pollinators.
• PVI

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

The ​ (a)   magnolia has large, white fragrant flower in spring & summer that feed ​ (b)   & butterflies. It produces a pod of red fruits in summer that feed birds and wildlife. It has ​ (c)   leaf attachment and a white ​ (d)   .

• sweetbay
• bees
• underside
• alternate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Match the native Virginia trees.

• Red Mulberry

  (Mirus rubra)

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• Sweetbay magnolia

  (Magnolia virginiana)

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• Dogwood

  (Cornus florida)

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• Yellow/Tulip Poplar

  (L. tulipifera)

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