Preliminary:Forestry

[Luo]

ok one question, why are you trying to do something that takes sooo much effort when the pictures of the leaves are in the book?

preserving leaves takes a long time and you aren't going to find a lot of many specimens

don't get me wrong, it is a GREAT activity, its fun, but not the best way to study

No amount of looking at pictures can match the benefit derived from studying real specimens!

[anatomy]

ok one question, why are you trying to do something that takes sooo much effort when the pictures of the leaves are in the book?

preserving leaves takes a long time and you aren't going to find a lot of many specimens

don't get me wrong, it is a GREAT activity, its fun, but not the best way to study

No amount of looking at pictures can match the benefit derived from studying real specimens!

Luo i totally agree, but try finding ALL the specimens required from the lists. hehehe its hard

[tuftedtitmouse12]

its not really "possible" unless you are willing to travel across pretty much the whole north american continent
i guess
we would mostly have to hope that individual states would have their own state specimens list?
im just praying that IL will do it JUST for this one event...

[kjhsscioly]

as far as I have seen, IL has never had its own lists, so don't keep your hopes up. I actually just found postage stamps with evergreen species on them

[tuftedtitmouse12]

but maybe there will be an exception for FORESTRY

[XJcwolfyX]

Highly doubtful

[NYLHVSSO]

New York makes many of their own lists. I think they do it for all the events.

I have a stamp collection and I have many foreign stamps. Some have plants on them but they are mostly from other biomes and countries. I have a few from Europe, China, and Australia. I am highly doubtful that any of them will be on the tree list next year.

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Since nobody has posted since I said the above, I am just adding onto this post instead of double posting . . .
I just read the Forestry Training Guide for 2004-2005. It says the following:

State and regional competitions will use modified lists provided by the state director

Link: http://www.scioly.org/w/images/2/2c/For ... _guide.pdf

[Katherine]

Apparently I didn't have wax paper. I tried the plastic from a Ziploc bag and parchment paper. They both do not work.

OK, here are the microwave results:

Microwave Results (Click to Show Hidden Text)

This is the first one, which I put into the microwave [b]between some paper towels and on top of a plate[/b].
[img]http://i55.tinypic.com/2j425jm.jpg[/img]

This is the second one, which I put into the microwave [b]between some paper towels and under a plate[/b]. This method seems to work.
[img]http://i52.tinypic.com/k2g3f9.jpg[/img]

After you microwave the leaf, is it still necessary to iron it with wax paper?

[anatomy]

Apparently I didn't have wax paper. I tried the plastic from a Ziploc bag and parchment paper. They both do not work.

OK, here are the microwave results:

Microwave Results (Click to Show Hidden Text)

This is the first one, which I put into the microwave [b]between some paper towels and on top of a plate[/b].
[img]http://i55.tinypic.com/2j425jm.jpg[/img]

This is the second one, which I put into the microwave [b]between some paper towels and under a plate[/b]. This method seems to work.
[img]http://i52.tinypic.com/k2g3f9.jpg[/img]

After you microwave the leaf, is it still necessary to iron it with wax paper?

ya i think it is, i think it helps preserve it better.

forestry is a good event, hmmm, though i am not excited about the ID.

[XJcwolfyX]

For those of you who are IDing conifers, what is your best method for telling apart the pine family?