Quiz 4 Flashcards
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Drupes / Basswood
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Samaras / Blue ash
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Samaras / Boxelder Maple
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Legumes / Honey locust
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Legumes / Redbud
What type of fruit and from what tree?
multiple of capsules / sweetgum
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Samaras / tree of heaven
What type of fruit and from what tree?
Samaras / Tuliptree
Why dwhy does the author recommend removing currants and gand gooseberries from the vicinity of white pines?
To help control white pine blister rust.
Larch is an important northern timber tree, used for the following:
Poles, posts, railroad ties
Petrides has an opinion about the suitability of fir as a Christmas tree. What is it, and why?
It’s a good Christmas tree because it holds it’s needles
Petrides has an opinion about the suitability of hemlock as a Christmas tree. What is it, and why?
It is a poor Christmas tree because it’s leaves fall upon drying.
Yew is poisonous, right? But something eats it, at least in part. Explain/describe both the poisonous and edible parts of yew.
Twigs, foilage and seeds are poisonous to livestock, berries are eaten by birds, and deer and moose eat the foliage.
Petrides has an opinion about the suitability of spruce as a Christmas tree. What is it, and why?
They are often used as Christmas trees but there needles fall off upon drying
What is the name, what does it mean, and why did it get that other name? (northern white cedar)
Arbor vitae – means tree of life, It was used to cure the men of Jacques Cartier of disease, possibly scurvy.
Hmm. Might not be a great idea to plant cedar trees in an apple orchard. Why not?
It’s an alternate host to apple rust. During half it’s life cycle the fungus spots apples and their leaves.
Identify this conifer.
balsam fir
identify this conifer
eastern hemlock
identify this conifer
eastern hemlock
identify this conifer
larch
identify this conifer
redcedar
identify this conifer
redcedar
identify this conifer
spruce
identify this conifer
spruce
identify this conifer
spruce
identify this conifer
white pine
identify this conifer
white cedar
identify this conifer
white cedar