Details Title: APES Tree Species:Cool Things Description: 62 species cool things exam Total Flash Cards: 62 Created: 10/20/2008 20:23:15		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Environmental Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term American Larch/Tamarack Definition -only confier with "whorals" -bogs; lake or stream fills in -hydrophytes -filled in bogs lead to less -deciduous Term White Pine Definition -5 needles in bundle -most sought after lumber -light wood=floats high -king's broad arrow -ship masts Term Red/Norway Pine Definition -bundles of 2 -grows w/white pine -brittle needles -less specific niche than white pines Term Austrian Pine Definition -resistant to pollution -waxy, unbrittle needles -black inner bark Term Jack Pine Definition -needles 1"-2" -pyrophyte;needs fire to open cones -Kirkland's warbler:only lives in jack pine forests Term Scotch Pine Definition -#1 Christmas tree -needles 2"-3" long -exotic species; most common pine in Europe -orange bark Term Spruces Definition -single needles;roll & rough -chewing gum -xxxxx moose biome -xxxxx goose airplane : howard huges -musical instruments (Stradivarius violins) Term Balsam Fir Definition -smooth, can't roll needles -#2 Christmas Tree -resin: used for microscope slides, root canals, respiratory medicine -nurse tree Term Eastern Hemlock Definition -two ranked needles -not valuable for timber -tannins in bark -climax tree in dunes -most shade tolerant tree -doesn't split Term Bald Cypress Definition -needles not white underneath -does well on parkways -"the wood eternal"; rot resistant, mined from swamps Term Red Cedar Definition -makes best pencils -berries flavor gin -***** chests:repel moths -***** rust; also attacks apple trees Term Arbor Vitae Definition -saved Jacque Carte and crew: tea -inside of birch bark canoes -flat sprigs -first tree taken back to Old World (Paris) -rot resistant Term Gingko Definition -fossil tree -maiden hair tree -fights Alzheimers, depression; widely sold in Europe Term Horse Chestnut Definition -oil: helped horse coughs -very soft wood: doesn't splinter -used for peg legs -food in fruit:poisonous Term Ohio Buckeye Definition -leaflets taper to a tip -state tree of Ohio -leaf scar: looks like buckeye Term Box Elder Definition -weed plant; doesn't live long -soft maple -puts out more sap than sugar maples Term Ash Definition -light but STRONG wood -used for baseball bats, hockey sticks, bushel baskets Term Black Locust Definition -legume -twice as durable as oak -attacked by larval borer -used for fence posts -make own fertilizer -#1 firewood Term Honey Locust Definition -extremely hard wood, harder than oak -invasive in Australia: huge thorns -MacConnell's curse: pest in Australia -one of few legumes NOT to have a relationship with nitrogen fixers Term Mimosa Silk Tree Definition -hummingbirds love it -flower for one month or more -aggressive exotic Term Tree Of Heaven Definition -brought in for the silk trade -one or two teeth at base of leaflet -alleliopathic: makes poisons that poison other plants -male pollen STINKS Term Staghorn Sumac Definition -hairy stem -big red fruit -turn purple -named for buck antler velvet -hollow stems Term American Mountain Ash Definition -Rowan trees: in almost every cemetary in UK -Hermione's wand Term Black Walnut Definition -beautiful and valuable: veneer -poached -doesn't warp -used for rifle stocks -stain = orange Term Flowering Dogwood Definition -extremely hard wood: used for golf club heads, bobbins -tend to be in understory -used as a toothbrush -curved veins Term Silver Maple Definition -soft maple -silverish in underside -V's Term Red Maple Definition -soft maple -leaves turn crimson -swamp maple: grows on wettest ground Term Sugar Maple Definition -hard maple -grow slowly, dense wood -much denser than ash -climax plant at dunes Term Norway Maple Definition -hard maple -resistant to pollution -backs of Stradivarius violins Term Hardy Catalpa Definition -Indian Bean Tree -Sphinx Moth caterpillars Term Redbud Definition -ornamental -Judas hanged himself: branches sag -beautiful pink flowers Term Sassafras Definition -1st export from Roanoke, Jamestown -oil: panacia, cure-all -pockets of resin: pop when burned -file powder: ground spice for gumbo Term Pawpaw Definition -understory plant at dunes -Zebra Swallowtail likes to eat -displaced by bananas -stranded species; no close ancestors Term Magnolia Definition -almost disease free -pollenately by beetles -one of the first flowering plants Term Holly Definition -extremely hard wood: used for piano keys -poached around Christmas Term American Beech Definition -***** nut gum -dunes climax species -Shakespeare: people in plays carve into trees -smooth bark Term Lombardy Poplar Definition -big exclamation points -gopher wood: have to "go fer" more -come from Italy -propagate vegetatively -planted in bad soil Term Eastern Cottonwood Definition -also grow in West: used to hang people -thick bark to survive prairie fires -fastest growing tree in the US, live about 150 years Term Trembling Aspen Definition -widespread: Alaska to Mexico -Indiana legends about quivering -#1 food for beaver -sprout from cut down stump -41,000 acres: 1 cloned tree -pulped for paper Term Big Toothed Aspen Definition -most beautiful wood of all poplars -firm thick leaf Term White Poplar Definition -exotic -white velvet on bottom -can look like maple leaves Term Linden American Basswood Definition -bee trees: ******** honey in Europe -favorite wood of wood carvers Term Hackberry Definition -spread by birds: eat berries -insect galls: warts on leaves -witches broom branches Term White Mulberry Definition -silkworm trade -loved & spread by birds Term Willow Definition -more species in North America than any other continent -arctic=dwarf -used to weave wicker furniture -asprin in bark -first to green in spring -reproduce asexually Term American Plum Definition -prunus w/thorns -native fruits:not eaten -many cultivars Term Cherry Definition -no thorns -long tapering tip -George Washington's tree: exotic Term American Elm Definition -good lumber: pilings for piers, etc -hated for firewood: cross fibers don't split -grow like a fountain -used for chair seats, black smith ambles Term Slippery Elm Definition -reddish inner bark -poultices: herb packets to cure wounds -medicinal uses: cough drops, etc -Washington and crew: survived Valley Forge by eating inner bark Term Siberian Elm Definition -resistant to Dutch Elm Disease -not as beautiful; spindly, messy Term Grey Birch Definition -white bark -hydrophyte -sprouts after forest fires -catkins: pollen Term American White Birch Definition -most important native american tree -used for canoes -Mother's Day tree -wood rots, but bark resistant -catkins: pollen -too hot, dry in Chicago Term White Oak Definition -#1 lumber hardwood tree -dense -Old Ironside Boats: U.S.S. Constiution -1 year to make fruits Term Red Oak Definition -2 years to make fruits -pointy lobes -not as good as other species for lumber Term Sweet Gum Definition -#2 most important lumber in lower US -"liquid amber" Term Sycamore Definition -large enough that inside rots out, hollowed, big enough to live in -biggest leaf of any broadleaf -astronauts: could see from space -most massive broadleaf Term Tulip Tree Definition -big beautiful yellow flowers -tallest broadleaf tree -"yellow poplar" Term Hawthorne Definition -big sharp thorns -cardiotonic Term Common Apple Definition -furry bottom -leaves not uniform Term Common Pear Definition -big flower buds -similar to poplars -symmetrical Term Common Buckthorn Definition -obliquely opposite Term Hickory Definition -Andrew Jackson's namesake -sumpler beam in houses -climax forests around Chicago -fruits:nuts