1. Introduction to Leaf Identification
Introduction to Leaf Identification
Types of Leaves

2. Please get out your noteboks and turn to a NEW page of notes
Please get out your noteboks and turn to a NEW page of notes

3. Take out your “Layers of the Forest” notes sheet
In the top left hand corner answer the following questions:
What direction will you use the compass to find when setting up your quadrant?
What color stake will you use for the sides of your quadrant (cardinal directions)
What color stake will you use for the corners?
What are the dimensions of your quadrant?
How long is the rope?
What is the name of the method used to mark your first corner stake?

4. Forest layers

5. Canopy

6. What is it like in the canopy?
Sun?
Wind?
Temp?

7. Canopy Tallest trees Tops of trees form a ceiling
Canopy
Tallest trees
Tops of trees form a ceiling
Treetops stop a lot of the light
Protects the soil from erosion

8. Understory

9. Understory Smaller trees with thin trunks Stop just below canopy
Understory
Smaller trees with thin trunks
Stop just below canopy
Wait for a gap to grow into canopy

10. Shrub Layer

11. Shrub Layer Small shrubs (woody stems but small)
Shrub Layer
Small shrubs (woody stems but small)
Grow between the smaller trees

12. Forest Floor

13. Forest Floor Dark Covered in a layer of leaves, twigs, and dead plants
Forest Floor
Dark
Covered in a layer of leaves, twigs, and dead plants
Decayed leaves provide nutrients to soil
Alive with invertebrates and microorganisms

14. Simple Leaf

15. Simple Leaf

16. Alternate vs Opposite (we are using the LEAF STALK…it is green)

17. Alternate or Opposite Leaves
Alternate or Opposite Leaves

18. Compound leaf
What is this?
What is this?

19. Compound Leaf

20. Compound leaves

21. Leaf Margins (edges)
Smooth

23. Serrated = with teeth

25. Equilateral

26. Lobed (multiple sections)

28. Oak Shaped
Rounded Lobed
Pointed Lobed

31. For each of the following….
Partner up with the person next to you…
Make sure you are quiet so other groups can’t hear your answers.
You are competing against your classmates.
Write down all of the characteristics you can about the leaf on a sheet of paper
Then I will have 1 rep for each group stand up and stay standing as long as they get the characteristics right.
Look at your notes sheet for ONLY THE FIRST 2

36. Take out a piece of paper and classify this leaf using the vocabulary you learned on Friday. Use as many words as possible
Take out your permission slip if you did not hand it in
Yes, we are going outside!