Natural Resources…. This is it…… Week # 5 leaves!!!
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Natural Resources….
This is it……Week # 5 leaves!!!
River birch
Characteristics of the leaf..• Arrow shaped leaves• Bark is papery, peels off
crosswise, not up and down
• Bark has a pink to reddish color to it
• Has seeds in spring too• Likes wet areas
Slipper elm
What the leaf looks like….• Upper surface is very
rough• twigs are gray, has fat
buds• Also has wafer like
seeds- 1 inch in diameter, in spring
• Old timers call it the “red elm”
American Elm
Characteristics of this leaf..* Also called white elm• Upper surface is smooth
to slightly rough• Twigs are brown, buds
are little• Seeds are little ¼ to ½
inch wafers in the spring
Black Willow
Characteristics….• 3 times longer than
wide• Grows near streams• Seeds appear in spring• Branches are used for
crafts
Black cherry
Characteristics…..• Leaves are shiny,
oblong, with very small teeth
• The petiole has two little black dots, usually right beneath the base of the leaf
• Seed is a purplish berry in late summer and fall
Hackberry
What to look for…• Oblong leaf with a
lopsided base• Seeds are berries that
are reddish brown and hard
• A virus causes the top branches to form “witches brooms”
American Beech
What to look for:• Each vein has a tooth• Seed is a spiny bur with
two triangular seeds inside it
• Buds are 1inch long and shiny
• Has smooth gray bark that people carve names it (bad people)
Eastern Hophornbeam
Characteristics…• Sometimes called “blue
beech”• Oblong leaves, short
petiole• Veins fork backwards• Seed looks like hopvine• Bark is shreddy• Seed will be on leaf
sample
American hornbeam
Characteristics..• Also called “Ironwood”• Oblong leaf with longer
petiole• Veins seldom fork• Seed in the center of a 3
lobed leaf• Bark has muscular ridges
• seed will be on the leaf
sample for quiz
Eastern Hophornbeam
• Another sample of this leaf showing the seeds
Time once again to quiz you…..
RIVER BIRCH
Slippery Elm
Eastern Hophornbeam
Black willow
American Elm
Hackberry
American beech
Black cherry
American hornbeam