Field Notebook

Question 1

What kind of tree has leaves in bundles?

Answer 1

Pines

Question 2

Scotch Pine (8)

Answer 2

Short needles
Needles in 2
Round
Bushy
Orange branches
Small pinecones
Pinecones have pyramid on back
From Scotland

Question 3

Spruce (3)

Answer 3

Square needles
Sharp needles
Squishy cones

Question 4

Fir (4)

Answer 4

Flat needles
Flexible
Cones at top
Cones fall off in scales

Question 5

White Pine (2)

Answer 5

Needles in 5

Long needles

Question 6

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Answer 6

Big pods

Question 7

Red Pine (4)

Answer 7

Needles in 2
Long needles
MN State Tree
1/2 cone falls off tree

Question 8

Black Pine (3)

Answer 8

Also called Austrian pine
Similar to red pine
Cones in tact when fall off

Question 9

Norway Spruce (2)

Answer 9

Bigger cones

Droopy branches

Question 10

White Fir (4)

Answer 10

Native to Rocky Mountains
Cones at the top
Cones fall of by scale
Round buds on end

Question 11

Douglas Fir (3)

Answer 11

Not a true fir
Pointy buds
Abnormal wispy cones

Question 12

White Spruce (3)

Answer 12

Native to MN
Round, not jagged cones
Little cones

Question 13

White Cedar (3)

Answer 13

Arborvitae
Flat leaves
Scale like leaves

Question 14

Colorado Blue Spruce (4)

Answer 14

Cones are wrinkly
Medium size cones
Cones softer than Norway spruce
Bluish

Question 15

Ponderosa Pine (5)

Answer 15

Western
2 to 3 needles per bundle
Long needles
Big Cones
Cones with sharp prickles

Question 16

Yew (3)

Answer 16

Dark green on top of leaf
Light on bottom of leaf
Flat leaves with stalk

Question 17

Red Cedar (2)

Answer 17

Awl leaves

Scale leaves

Question 18

Cultivar

Answer 18

Bred for a purpose

Question 19

Common Juniper (2)

Answer 19

Bush

All awl leaves

Question 20

What creates dark green circles in grass?

Answer 20

Fungus (mushrooms) that eats grass roots and creates a fairy ring

Question 21

Tamarack (8)

Answer 21

Also called Larch
Native to here
Leaves in many-leafed clusters
Short, spur-like branches
Soft needles when new
tiny, scale cones
Deciduous evergreen
Bright gold in Oct

Question 22

Deciduous

Answer 22

Leaves fall off

Question 23

European Tamarack

Answer 23

Same as native tamarack but has bigger cones

Question 24

Common Violet (3)

Answer 24

Basal
Cordate
Bilateral

Question 25

Common Milkweed

Answer 25

Eaten by monarch caterpillars

Question 26

What happens when caterpillars eat milkweed?

Answer 26

They become toxic because they’re the only thing that have adapted to the poison

Question 27

Wild Raspberry (4)

Answer 27

Pinnately Compound
Serrated
Cane (red, bends over and have thorns)
Ovate leaflets

Question 28

Lilacs (6)

Answer 28

Bush
Radial
Simple
Opposite
Cordate
Entire

Question 29

Honey Suckle (6)

Answer 29

Shrub
Simple
Opposite
Ovate
Entire
Flowers in axle (2)

Question 30

Plain Cherry Tree (3)

Answer 30

5 radial white flowers
Alternate leaves
Serrated margins

Question 31

Dogwood (5)

Answer 31

Shrub
Red bark
Opposite leaves
Entire margins
Arcuate veins

Question 32

Oak Tree (3)

Answer 32

Late season bloomers
Stringy things (blossoms)
Little leaves (new)

Question 33

Field PussyToe (5)

Answer 33

Prairie wildflower
Basal leaves
Indistinguishable
Alternate leaves as well
Late June/summer

Question 34

Prairie Smoke (5)

Answer 34

Pink
Dandelion like
Sticks to clothes
Simple lobed/dissected leaves
Basal leaves

Question 35

Staghorn Sumac (5)

Answer 35

Fuzzy leaves
Many branches
Compound/Alternate leaves
Clumps
Oldest branches in the middle

Question 36

Smooth Sumac (4)

Answer 36

No fuzz
Berry clusters
Many branches
Compound/Alternate leaves

Question 37

Field PennyCress (4)

Answer 37

4 petals
Alternate leaves
Pods contain fruit and seeds
Basal leaves

Question 38

Basswood (4)

Answer 38

Also called Lynden
Uneven base of leaf
Almost round
Simple and toothed leave

Question 39

Nannyberry (6)

Answer 39

Also called Black Haw
Fuzzy
Toothed
Simple
Opposite
Straight veins

Question 40

Bedstraw (3)

Answer 40

Sticks to clothes
Whorled
Whole plant dispersal