Natural Resources….

This is it……Week # 5 leaves!!!

River birch

Characteristics of the leaf..• Arrow shaped leaves• Bark is papery, peels off

crosswise, not up and down

• Bark has a pink to reddish color to it

• Has seeds in spring too• Likes wet areas

Slipper elm

What the leaf looks like….• Upper surface is very

rough• twigs are gray, has fat

buds• Also has wafer like

seeds- 1 inch in diameter, in spring

• Old timers call it the “red elm”

American Elm

Characteristics of this leaf..* Also called white elm• Upper surface is smooth

to slightly rough• Twigs are brown, buds

are little• Seeds are little ¼ to ½

inch wafers in the spring

Black Willow

Characteristics….• 3 times longer than

wide• Grows near streams• Seeds appear in spring• Branches are used for

crafts

Black cherry

Characteristics…..• Leaves are shiny,

oblong, with very small teeth

• The petiole has two little black dots, usually right beneath the base of the leaf

• Seed is a purplish berry in late summer and fall

Hackberry

What to look for…• Oblong leaf with a

lopsided base• Seeds are berries that

are reddish brown and hard

• A virus causes the top branches to form “witches brooms”

American Beech

What to look for:• Each vein has a tooth• Seed is a spiny bur with

two triangular seeds inside it

• Buds are 1inch long and shiny

• Has smooth gray bark that people carve names it (bad people)

Eastern Hophornbeam

Characteristics…• Sometimes called “blue

beech”• Oblong leaves, short

petiole• Veins fork backwards• Seed looks like hopvine• Bark is shreddy• Seed will be on leaf

sample

American hornbeam

Characteristics..• Also called “Ironwood”• Oblong leaf with longer

petiole• Veins seldom fork• Seed in the center of a 3

lobed leaf• Bark has muscular ridges

• seed will be on the leaf

sample for quiz

Eastern Hophornbeam

• Another sample of this leaf showing the seeds

Time once again to quiz you…..

RIVER BIRCH

Slippery Elm

Eastern Hophornbeam

Black willow

American Elm

Hackberry

American beech

Black cherry

American hornbeam