Forestry B/C

[SilverNight]

Thanks FueL

[hscmom]

Hi All,

I should probably trudge through the 15 pages of posts on this thread right now, but I am not. I'll do that soon. Anyway, I just contacted the state director of Colorado SO and he said in our state it is fine to bring in the state tree list instead of the national one. The rules state "national list" but Mr. Lovass said that since the state list is just a subset of the national list, it's no problem at all.

I am posting that here so that others in Colorado don't have to bombard him with the same question!

[GoldenGiraffe77]

Can anyone tell the difference between the Limber Pine and the Whitebark Pine? They seem so identical...

They both have bundles of five needles, so to tell the difference you have to see the cones. Whitebark Pine cones are shorter, dark purple when immature, and don't open when they dry. This means birds have to break open the cones to get to the seeds. The scales are fragile and the cones left under the tree will usually be torn apart. Limber Pine cones are longer at about 6-12 cm long, are green when immature, and open to release the seeds. It's scales aren't very fragile so the cones under the tree will be intact. Also, the pollen cones of Whitebark Pine are scarlet and the Limber Pine's are yellow. Hope that helps!

[fossilgirl13]

The rules state that you can bring in a copy of the Official National List, but local and regional competitions have smaller, specialized lists. Are you allowed to bring a copy of that?

[JSGandora]

Hi All,

I should probably trudge through the 15 pages of posts on this thread right now, but I am not. I'll do that soon. Anyway, I just contacted the state director of Colorado SO and he said in our state it is fine to bring in the state tree list instead of the national one. The rules state "national list" but Mr. Lovass said that since the state list is just a subset of the national list, it's no problem at all.

I am posting that here so that others in Colorado don't have to bombard him with the same question!

[fossilgirl13]

Hi All,

I should probably trudge through the 15 pages of posts on this thread right now, but I am not. I'll do that soon. Anyway, I just contacted the state director of Colorado SO and he said in our state it is fine to bring in the state tree list instead of the national one. The rules state "national list" but Mr. Lovass said that since the state list is just a subset of the national list, it's no problem at all.

I am posting that here so that others in Colorado don't have to bombard him with the same question!

I'm in Ohio, but thanks so much!

[SilverNight]

does anyone have a way to tell the leaves of the Norway Maple and Sugar Maple apart? They both look the same to me...

[PacificGoldenPlover]

Norway Maple isn't on the nationals list.

[SilverNight]

Really?
It's on the NJ List though...
http://njscienceolympiad.org/content/ev ... list-2.pdf

[JSGandora]

Oh wow, is that even allowed?