I am posting the next assignment early to give you all more flexibility in completing it. An important aspect of forestry is recognizing the trees in your area. The kinds of trees that make up a forest can tell you a lot about the ecology, or the interactions between living things, in that area, and help us solve problems more easily. In Georgia we have a mixed temperate forest system composed predominately of pine and oak (see below). In this assignment you all will be locating and identifying trees in your area. Just to reiterate, if you are uncomfortable going outside during the quarantine, please let me know and we can work out a different assignment. During this lab you will identify 5 trees in your area. To assist you I have provided the University of Tennessee tree ID guide. It contains many of the common trees in our area, but may not have every single tree. Keep in mind this guide is NOT for ornamental or decorative landscaping trees. To submit this assignment, you will find your trees, use the guide to identify them, and then fill out the attached graphic organizer. To help me check your work, I will also need 2 pictures of each tree: an overall picture so I can see the bark pattern and then a close-up of a leaf would be ideal. You can email it all to me when you are finished. I know this assignment is a little different so please let me know if you have any questions!
Tree ID guide: https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/PB1756.pdf
Skip to page 29 for the tree profiles. Happy hunting!
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