PA TREE SPECIES

DIRECTIONS:1. Name the species.2. ID the species as DECIDUOUS (broad leaf) or CONIFEROUS

(evergreen)3. If deciduous, identify each of the following characteristics:

• Leaf Type (simple, pinnately compound, or palmately compount)

• Leaf Arrangement (opposite, alternate, whorled)• Leaf Shape (round, oval, elliptical, ovate, lance, linear,

triangular, heart)• Leaf Margin (entire, wavy, lobed, serrate, double serrate,

bristle tipped & lobed-like)• Leaf Veins (parallel, palmate, pinnate)• Leaf Base (rounded, heart-shaped, tapering, uneven)

4. If coniferous, identify the leaf type (scale-like, needle-like with clusters, needle-like singles)

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1. American Chestnut2. American Elm3. Black Cherry4. Black Willow5. Box Elder6. Chestnut Oak7. Eastern Hemlock8. Eastern White Pine9. Paper Birch10. Paw Paw11. Shagbark Hickory12. Silver Maple13. Slippery Elm14. Tulip Tree15. White Ash16. White Oak