DENDROLOGY FUN FACTS

Explore the TREES page and test your knowledge!

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#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?

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#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

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