Mystery Tree Challenge - Arbor Day Foundation

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You have a MAGNOLIA. Throughout American history, the beauty of the magnolia has made it a popular tree for planting. (Your magnolia sample is just one example of a wide variety of trees that have simple, alternate, non-lobed leaves with entire (smooth edged) margins. Some of these trees include redbud, Russian-olive, redbud, Osage-orange, pawpaw, magnolia, live oak, madrone, black tupelo, and persimmon...to name just a few.) Please take your tree sample to your teacher and he/she will let you know if you have correctly identified your mystery tree.
These are OAK trees. 58 species of oak are native to North America. Some oaks do not have lobed leaves, but all oaks bear acorns. Its amazing strength, beauty and long life have made the oak a central part of American history. Your sample is a BUR OAK. These broad spreading trees have fuzzy capped acorns that help identify this hardy tree. (Other examples of broadleaf trees with simple, alternate, lobed leaves include ginkgo, tuliptree, sassafras, sweetgum, sycamore, hawthorns, and mulberry.) Please take your tree sample to your teacher and he/she will let you know if you have correctly identified your mystery tree.
Page 1 and 2: Mystery Tree Challenge Classroom Ac
Page 3 and 4: This activity is designed for stude
Page 5 and 6: Clue Sheet #36 - The chestnut and l
Page 7 and 8: Examples of Simple leaves Examples
Page 9 and 10: Mystery Tree Challenge Student Work
Page 11 and 12: Are the leaves SIMPLE (one blade at
Page 13 and 14: Are the needles attached... SINGLY,
Page 15 and 16: You have a JUNIPER or EASTERN REDCE
Page 17 and 18: Are the needles FLAT? If so, GO TO
Page 19 and 20: Does your sample have short needles
Page 21 and 22: You have a HEMLOCK. Its needles are
Page 23 and 24: You have a COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE. Be
Page 25 and 26: You have a LARCH. Larches have thei
Page 27 and 28: You have an EASTERN WHITE PINE. Whi
Page 29 and 30: Do the SIMPLE leaves have an OPPOSI
Page 31 and 32: Are the simple, opposite leaves LOB
Page 33 and 34: Are the leaves PINNATELY COMPOUND (
Page 35 and 36: OR Are there generally 3-5 BLADES t
Page 37 and 38: You have an ASH. There are a number
Page 39 and 40: These are MAPLE trees. Maples have
Page 41 and 42: You have a CATALPA. Catalpa trees h
Page 43 and 44: Is the seed or fruit an ACORN in a
Page 45 and 46: OR Are the LEAVES LONG with SHARP T
Page 47 and 48: You have a CHESTNUT. The American C
Page 49: You have an EASTERN REDBUD. These s
Page 53 and 54: Your sample is a BITTERNUT HICKORY.
Page 55: If you choose to replace any or all
Page 58: Please take your tree sample to you
Page 62 and 63: Please take your tree sample to you

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