qwertyuioplkjhgfdsa wrote:I'm having a lot of trouble with sweet birch vs. yellow birch vs. american hornbeam vs. eastern hophornbeam... Any tips anybody? thanks.
The american hornbeam and the eastern hophornbeam were on our state list you can tell the different between them by looking at the veins, the american hornbeam has much more imbedded viens than the hophorn. their flowers are a tiny bit different. I always have trouble with the hickories + pecan. You think i should know pecan since its our state tree XD
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
Teal wrote:Forestry state test for WA was remarkably easy.
Haha I LOVE your signature. That was last year with birds for me. I wanted to stangle all of those feathered beasts. except the perigrine falcon XD
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
does anyone know a sure way to tell apart the following trees:
northern/southern catalpas
american hornbeam vs. yellow/sweet birch
any of the mulberries (I know that white has really deeply toothed margins, but that's about it)
If you can't explain it simply, you don't know it well enough. -Albert Einstein
computergeek3 wrote:does anyone know a sure way to tell apart the following trees:
northern/southern catalpas
american hornbeam vs. yellow/sweet birch
any of the mulberries (I know that white has really deeply toothed margins, but that's about it)
Yes, the Red mulberry is flat colored. it may sound funny but the white mulberry is waxy I haven't really seen a red mulberry that is shiny or a white mulberry that is flat.
Northern Catapala is bigger but if it isnt a live sample (in Texas they use live southern) the southern is more pointed and the north is more heart shaped (southern can almost be round with a point, not as much heart shaped)
AMERICAN HORNBEAM = Devil tree, i have hated it but look at the veins of the american hornbeam they are opposite(meaning they go kinda like ^ but downward not upward) and deeply grooved and double toothed. I would defineatly (idk how to spell sorry) take each one at a time and not all three together, (meaning the hornbeam and the birches) give each one their seperate time and worry about them for a day. no other tree. it helps you see what they are (not to sound cheesy) but when you do that then add them in a test, it defineatly helps. or come up with a song for thier characteristics XD either way its easier to take them each one at a time then add them in with the other trees
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
computergeek3 wrote:does anyone know a sure way to tell apart the following trees:
northern/southern catalpas
american hornbeam vs. yellow/sweet birch
any of the mulberries (I know that white has really deeply toothed margins, but that's about it)
Yes, the Red mulberry is flat colored. it may sound funny but the white mulberry is waxy I haven't really seen a red mulberry that is shiny or a white mulberry that is flat.
Northern Catapala is bigger but if it isnt a live sample (in Texas they use live southern) the southern is more pointed and the north is more heart shaped (southern can almost be round with a point, not as much heart shaped)
AMERICAN HORNBEAM = Devil tree, i have hated it but look at the veins of the american hornbeam they are opposite(meaning they go kinda like ^ but downward not upward) and deeply grooved and double toothed. I would defineatly (idk how to spell sorry) take each one at a time and not all three together, (meaning the hornbeam and the birches) give each one their seperate time and worry about them for a day. no other tree. it helps you see what they are (not to sound cheesy) but when you do that then add them in a test, it defineatly helps. or come up with a song for thier characteristics XD either way its easier to take them each one at a time then add them in with the other trees
Thank you so much! Those are the trees my partner and I have the most trouble with and seeing as our states is friday, it definitely (there's your spelling) helps
If you can't explain it simply, you don't know it well enough. -Albert Einstein
computergeek3 wrote:does anyone know a sure way to tell apart the following trees:
northern/southern catalpas
american hornbeam vs. yellow/sweet birch
any of the mulberries (I know that white has really deeply toothed margins, but that's about it)
Yes, the Red mulberry is flat colored. it may sound funny but the white mulberry is waxy I haven't really seen a red mulberry that is shiny or a white mulberry that is flat.
Northern Catapala is bigger but if it isnt a live sample (in Texas they use live southern) the southern is more pointed and the north is more heart shaped (southern can almost be round with a point, not as much heart shaped)
AMERICAN HORNBEAM = Devil tree, i have hated it but look at the veins of the american hornbeam they are opposite(meaning they go kinda like ^ but downward not upward) and deeply grooved and double toothed. I would defineatly (idk how to spell sorry) take each one at a time and not all three together, (meaning the hornbeam and the birches) give each one their seperate time and worry about them for a day. no other tree. it helps you see what they are (not to sound cheesy) but when you do that then add them in a test, it defineatly helps. or come up with a song for thier characteristics XD either way its easier to take them each one at a time then add them in with the other trees
Thank you so much! Those are the trees my partner and I have the most trouble with and seeing as our states is friday, it definitely (there's your spelling) helps
No problem printing out 44 pages of flash cards at this moment (ugh too much workkkkk) but what ever helps XD I hope to see you at nationals I have to ask... have you delt with the hickories yet???
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
he hickories are pretty bad...here's what i know:
shagbark-shaggy bark, 5 leaflets with the two closest to the tree turned down
bitternut- 9 leaflets
pignut- almost the same as shagbark, but it has nuts (and the bark is not shaggy)
im the biologist/botanist, so ID is really not my forte
If you can't explain it simply, you don't know it well enough. -Albert Einstein
Haha thank you, i personally really hate the hickories but like almost every other tree... Ah i would rejoice if the had the national test made purely of oaks. Anything but pines and hickories (only cause i havent really studied all the pines yet)
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
Also do you do disease detectives? You mentioned bio so i assumed you might be interested in disease detectives or microbe mission. To bad you dont love in texas, one of our state events is wildflowers
^.^ Chloe "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss
printing out 44 pages of flash cards at this moment (ugh too much workkkkk) but what ever helps XD I hope to see you at nationals I have to ask... have you delt with the hickories yet???