Field Notebook

Question 1

What kind of tree has leaves in bundles?

Answer 1

Pines

Question 2

Scotch Pine (8)

Answer 2

Short needles
Needles in 2
Round
Bushy
Orange branches
Small pinecones
Pinecones have pyramid on back
From Scotland

Question 3

Spruce (3)

Answer 3

Square needles
Sharp needles
Squishy cones

Question 4

Fir (4)

Answer 4

Flat needles
Flexible
Cones at top
Cones fall off in scales

Question 5

White Pine (2)

Answer 5

Needles in 5

Long needles

Question 6

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Answer 6

Big pods

Question 7

Red Pine (4)

Answer 7

Needles in 2
Long needles
MN State Tree
1/2 cone falls off tree

Question 8

Black Pine (3)

Answer 8

Also called Austrian pine
Similar to red pine
Cones in tact when fall off

Question 9

Norway Spruce (2)

Answer 9

Bigger cones

Droopy branches

Question 10

White Fir (4)

Answer 10

Native to Rocky Mountains
Cones at the top
Cones fall of by scale
Round buds on end

Question 11

Douglas Fir (3)

Answer 11

Not a true fir
Pointy buds
Abnormal wispy cones

Question 12

White Spruce (3)

Answer 12

Native to MN
Round, not jagged cones
Little cones

Question 13

White Cedar (3)

Answer 13

Arborvitae
Flat leaves
Scale like leaves

Question 14

Colorado Blue Spruce (4)

Answer 14

Cones are wrinkly
Medium size cones
Cones softer than Norway spruce
Bluish

Question 15

Ponderosa Pine (5)

Answer 15

Western
2 to 3 needles per bundle
Long needles
Big Cones
Cones with sharp prickles

Question 16

Yew (3)

Answer 16

Dark green on top of leaf
Light on bottom of leaf
Flat leaves with stalk

Question 17

Red Cedar (2)

Answer 17

Awl leaves

Scale leaves

Question 18

Cultivar

Answer 18

Bred for a purpose

Question 19

Common Juniper (2)

Answer 19

Bush

All awl leaves

Question 20

What creates dark green circles in grass?

Answer 20

Fungus (mushrooms) that eats grass roots and creates a fairy ring

Question 21

Tamarack (8)

Answer 21

Also called Larch
Native to here
Leaves in many-leafed clusters
Short, spur-like branches
Soft needles when new
tiny, scale cones
Deciduous evergreen
Bright gold in Oct

Question 22

Deciduous

Answer 22

Leaves fall off

Question 23

European Tamarack

Answer 23

Same as native tamarack but has bigger cones

Question 24

Common Violet (3)

Answer 24

Basal
Cordate
Bilateral

Question 25

Common Milkweed

Answer 25

Eaten by monarch caterpillars

Question 26

What happens when caterpillars eat milkweed?

Answer 26

They become toxic because they're the only thing that have adapted to the poison

Question 27

Wild Raspberry (4)

Answer 27

Pinnately Compound Serrated Cane (red, bends over and have thorns) Ovate leaflets

Question 28

Lilacs (6)

Answer 28

``` Bush Radial Simple Opposite Cordate Entire ```

Question 29

Honey Suckle (6)

Answer 29

``` Shrub Simple Opposite Ovate Entire Flowers in axle (2) ```

Question 30

Plain Cherry Tree (3)

Answer 30

5 radial white flowers Alternate leaves Serrated margins

Question 31

Dogwood (5)

Answer 31

``` Shrub Red bark Opposite leaves Entire margins Arcuate veins ```

Question 32

Oak Tree (3)

Answer 32

``` Late season bloomers Stringy things (blossoms) Little leaves (new) ```

Question 33

Field PussyToe (5)

Answer 33

``` Prairie wildflower Basal leaves Indistinguishable Alternate leaves as well Late June/summer ```

Question 34

Prairie Smoke (5)

Answer 34

``` Pink Dandelion like Sticks to clothes Simple lobed/dissected leaves Basal leaves ```

Question 35

Staghorn Sumac (5)

Answer 35

``` Fuzzy leaves Many branches Compound/Alternate leaves Clumps Oldest branches in the middle ```

Question 36

Smooth Sumac (4)

Answer 36

No fuzz Berry clusters Many branches Compound/Alternate leaves

Question 37

Field PennyCress (4)

Answer 37

4 petals Alternate leaves Pods contain fruit and seeds Basal leaves

Question 38

Basswood (4)

Answer 38

Also called Lynden Uneven base of leaf Almost round Simple and toothed leave

Question 39

Nannyberry (6)

Answer 39

``` Also called Black Haw Fuzzy Toothed Simple Opposite Straight veins ```

Question 40

Bedstraw (3)

Answer 40

Sticks to clothes Whorled Whole plant dispersal