2.  Only 10% of virgin forest left in US  Arkansas originally had 33.6 million acres of forest now 17.25 acres.  Arkansas’ first national forest est. 1909

3.  Identify parts of a tree.  Identify 2 main types of trees.  Identify different characteristics of leaves.

4.  Why do we need to know the parts of a tree?  Why is it important to be able to know the different types of trees?  Why do we need to know the different characteristics of leaves?

5.  What are the parts of a tree?  What are the 2 main types of trees?  What are the different characteristics of leaves?

15.  Coniferous- type of tree that does lose its leaves at different time of the year. (angiosperm)  Deciduous- type of tree will not lose its leaves or needles in the winter (gymnosperm)

16.  Angiosperm- flowering plant  Gymnosperm- non-flowering plant

17. 1. Broadleaf Trees – known for their autumn color, bare branches in winter, and spring flowers, which can develop into fruit 2. Needle leaf Trees – have needlelike or scale like leaves and plain flowers that develop into cones. Most are evergreens. 3. Palms – with pandanus and lily trees, make up are group of mainly tropical trees. Most palms have huge leaves and no branches

18.  Long growing season  Plentiful rainfall  “Hardwood forest”  EX: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Birch, Cottonwood, Elm, Hackberry, Live Oak, Maple, Myrtle, Oak, Sweet gum, Willow

20.  Grow where there are long, cold winters  Some needleleaf forests grow in warmer areas = Southeastern U.S.  “Softwood forests”  EX: Pine, Cedar, Fir, Cypress, Juniper, Spruce, Redwood

22.  Grow in warmer areas.

23.  Leaf arrangement  Leaf Margins  Leaf shape  Leaf venation

24.  Opposite  Alternate  Whorled

25.  Looking at the edge of the leaf  Serrated  Lobed  Smooth

26.  Palmate  Linear  Cordate  Ovate

27.  The distribution or arrangement of a system of veins in a leaf.  Parallel  Palmate  Pinnate

28.  Blade/leaf- main photosynthesis organ of most plants.  Virgin forest- untouched forest usually old growth  Snag- standing dead trees  Duff- blanket of twigs and needles left after cutting  Slash- limbs, treetops, and other waste left after cutting

29.  What are the parts of a tree?  What are the 2 main types of trees?  What are the different characteristics of leaves?