DENDROLOGY FUN FACTS
Explore the TREES page and test your knowledge!
#1. Why isn't the name of the redbud tree isn't quite right? How are the flowers colored and arranged on the tree?
#2. What's a type of hickory nut you'd find in the store?
#3. What ancient myth is used to describe the color of the redbud flowers?
#4. What is the habitat of flowering dogwood
#5. What ecological effect do black walnut roots produce?
#6. Which of these apply to white oaks compared to red oaks?
#7. What is interesting about box-elder maple leaves?
#8. Why is hickory wood useful?
#9. How much maple sap is required for 1 gallon of syrup? When is this sap produced most abundantly?
#10. How would a buckeye tree aid in the wild...though would be against many game laws?
#11. Why were there surveys to find Black Walnut during WWI?
#12. What threatens ash trees, and what is being done?
#13. Why are black ashes useful even though they are less strong than other ashes?
#14. What specialized growths are found on oaks, and what are they used for (because of the high tannin concentration)
#15. What was a former use of the inner bark of Dogwood?
#16. How can you distinguish an Ohio Buckeye and a Yellow Buckey