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Tree Identification. Reviewing Some of the Common Trees Found on the SMEL Shawnee Mission South H.S. Environmental Science I – Mr. Wright. Compound Leaves. Leaf divided up into leaflets Often mistaken for being multiple leaves. Black Walnut.
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Tree Identification Reviewing Some of the Common Trees Found on the SMEL Shawnee Mission South H.S. Environmental Science I – Mr. Wright
Compound Leaves • Leaf divided up into leaflets • Often mistaken for being multiple leaves
Black Walnut • Look at all the pairs of leaflets (lots of them). • Large (1½ - 3”) leaflets. • Leaflets pointed.
Honey Locust • Very small leaflets and lost of them. • Leaflets rounded on ends.
Ash • Leaflets usually 5-7. • Leaflets pointed on end, but larger than walnut.
Shagbark Hickory • Leaflets usually 5-7. • Much larger than other compound leaves.
Simple Leaves • Leaf is not divided up into leaflets. • Leaf may come in different shapes.
Redbud • Heart shaped leaf. • 3-4 inches across. • Smooth edge to leaf. • Pointed tip.
Cotton wood • Almost heart shape. • Almost flat where petiole is attached. • Smaller than redbud. • State tree.
Mulberry • Leaf often has 1-3 lobes on the side, like thumbs on a mitten. • Leaves 3-5 inches long. • “Mitten for mulberry.”
Red Oak • Larger, lobed leaves • Lobes are pointed with bristles on tips for red oaks
Shingle Oak • Leaf doesn't look like an oak leaf, but has acorns. • Oval shaped • Larger leaves, several inches long. • Often dark and shiny.
Elm • Smaller leaves with saw toothed edge • Rough to the touch • Unsymmetrical base
Osage Orange • Green glossy leaves up to 8 inches long • Smooth edges with a tapered leaf tip • Fruit is a large, dense, green wrinkled ball up to 6" in diameter
Dogwood • Leaves bigger than an elm but smaller than redbuds. • Smooth on edges. • Veins curve to run parallel to edge, curving up towards tip.
Sycamore • Leaves can be very large. • Looks a lot like a maple leaf. • Palmate (like a hand).
Willow • Long skinny leaves that hang from drooping branches • Always near a water source. • Several on east side of pond.
Eastern Red Cedar • Either small and scaly or needlelike. • Light green to blue green in color. • Stinks.
Bald Cypress • A series of small, fine, delicate needles running down a stem. • Light green in color. • Deciduous, fall off in the winter.