Identify and tell me what the genus means (ancient language for...)
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 7:23 pm
by KMHS_Dave
TheBookworm wrote:Sorry it took so long it answer back. Umm...
Identify and tell me what the genus means (ancient language for...)
Frosted Hawthorn, it means hawthorn. In Greek. (My Greek Orthodox friend just helped me out on that one!)
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 7:53 pm
by TheBookworm
Technically, I was looking for flowering thorn, but you got it right. And that's so cool!! I'm Greek Orthodox as well! Anyhow, you get to go next.
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 8:38 pm
by KMHS_Dave
I apologize for the large size of the image.
1. Give genus and species.
2. Describe the bark.
3. What feature allows it to be especially good at surviving droughts?
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 9:14 pm
by Wadhk
Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), Bark: pale gray, rugged, "rectangular like", survives drought by developing deep taproot
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 1:04 pm
by KMHS_Dave
Wadhk wrote:
Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), Bark: pale gray, rugged, "rectangular like", survives drought by developing deep taproot
Yes sir! Though "rugged" is a little vague... "furrowed into scaly plates and vertical flattened ridges" or simply "furrowed" would be more specific, and overall a more gooder answer.
Anyhow, you get to go next. 
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