School of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Tree Identification

Contest Description and Objectives:

Students will identify live tree specimens in the field. Between 20 and 25 trees will be numbered for identification. Below is a list from which the specimens will be chosen. The species on this list are taken from the state FFA Tree & Shrub Identification Contest.

Alder, Speckled (tag)  Locust, Black  Apple, Common  Maple, Ash-leaf (Boxelder)  Ash, White  Maple, Mountain  Ash, Green  Maple, Norway  Aspen, Trembling  Maple, Red  Basswood, American  Maple, Silver  Beech, American  Maple, Stripped  Beech, Blue (Hornbeam, Musclewood)  Maple, Sugar  Birch, Black  Oak, Pin  Birch, Grey   Oak, Red  Birch, Paper   Oak, White  Birch, Yellow  Pine, Black  Cedar, Arborvitae (White)  Pine, Red  Cedar, Eastern, Red  Pine, Scotch  Cherry, Choke  Pine, White  Cherry, Wild Black Shadbush (Serviceberry)  Chestnut, Horse  Spruce, Black  Cottonwood, Eastern  Spruce, Blue  Dogwood, Redstem  Spruce, Norway  Dogwood, Silky  Spruce, Red  Elm, American  Spruce, White  Fir, Balsam  Sumac, Staghorn  Fir, White (Concolor)  Sycamore  Fir, Douglas  Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)  Hawthorne (Thornapple)  Walnut, Black  Hemlock, Eastern  Witch-Hazel  Hophornbeam, Eastern  Yew Canadian  Larch, American (Tamarack)

Pre-Contest Preparation

1. the field study of specimens. 2. the study of multiple identification features for each specimen (i.e. leaves, bark, twigs and fruit for deciduous trees). 3. students should anticipate sparse foliage on deciduous plants on the contest date.

Team Composition:

The contestants are limited to two member teams. Up to three teams can be entered.

Contest Rules

1. Each contestant must work individually. 2. Each contestant will be required to identify the specimens by the common name listed above. 3. Each contestant must bring a clipboard and several pencils.

Contest Location and Starting Time(s)

Charlton Hall Room 117 at 10:30 a.m.

Prizes:

High Team - Certificate High Individual - Certificate and Scholarship Second High Individual - Certificate

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