Tree ID

Question 1

Gymnosperm

Answer 1

naked seed- seed is surrounded by a cone- it is not encased

Question 2

Angiosperm

Answer 2

plants where the seed is encased in a protective covering (helicopters)

Question 3

deciduous leaf features

Answer 3

• edge is called the margin- smooth or toothed
• blade is the massive, flat thin part
• blade contains many veins- run to ends of leaf (Midrib: single vein running down the center of a leaf)

Question 4

projection

Answer 4

called a lobe

Question 5

indentation

Answer 5

called sinuses

Question 6

simple leaf

Answer 6

one piece, not divided into smaller leaflets

Question 7

compound leaves

Answer 7

have 2 or more leaflets along a single stalk

Question 8

pinnately compound

Answer 8

compound leaf with the leaflets arranged on both sides of the stalk

Question 9

palmately compound

Answer 9

3 or more leaflets radiating fan like from a common basal point of attachment

Question 10

bipinnately compound

Answer 10

twice pinnate, the primary leaflets are divided into secondary leaflets

Question 11

hardwood

Answer 11

lose their leaves- are angiosperms

Question 12

softwoods

Answer 12

have needles and bare cones- are evergreens or gymnosperms

Question 13

Red/black oaks

Answer 13

have points on their tips

Question 14

bur oaks

Answer 14

rounded tips

- rounded lobes (2 deep sinuses)