Transcript Identification Notes

Trees of Ohio
Maples
( Acer )
Red Maple
 3 shallow lobes
 Dull green above,
whitish and fuzzy
beneath
 Red, orange and
yellow in the fall
Silver Maple
 5 deeply lobed
leaves
 Dull green above,
white/silver below
Sugar Maple
 5 deep, long pointed
lobes with few,
narrow teeth
 Red, orange, yellow
in fall
Oaks
( Quercus )
Pin Oak
 5-7 deep lobes
 Leaves have tipped
teeth
White Oak
 5-7 rounded lobes
Other Types of
Trees
Sweetgum
 Star shaped leaves
 Red, orange, purple
and yellow in fall
 “bristly fruit”
Sycamore
 Broad leaves with
3-5 shallow, sharp
pointed lobes
 Bright green above,
paler underneath
 Patchy bark
Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)
 Leaves resemble
tulips
 Shiny green above,
pale below
 Yellow in fall
 Used to make
canoes
American Beech
 Elliptical leaves with
long pointed tips and
saw-tooth edges
 Dull, dark blue-green
above and light
green underneath
Ginkgo
 Only one type of this
ancient tree left
= Ginkgo biloba
Leaves are fan shaped,
two lobed, dull light
green and turn yellow
in the fall
Ohio Buckeye
 Leaves are elliptical,
long, unevenly sawtoothed
 Yellow-green above
 Poisonous seeds
**State Tree
Buckeye vs. Horse chestnut
 The horse chestnut has “fatter” leaves and
“spikier” fruit
Ohio Spring Wild
Flowers
Mayapple
 Large, deeply lobed
leaves (resembles
droopy maple leaf)
 Fruit under leaves
 White flower 6-9
petals
 Found in woods and
damp, shady
clearings
Cutleaf Toothwort
 White or pink 4 petal,
cross shaped flowers
 Leaves in a whirl of
3, deeply lobed and
sharp toothed
 Found in moist, low
woodlands and damp
thickets
Bloodroot
 Single white flower
with golden orange
center
 Leaves are lobed
and often curl around
stem
 Found in woodlands
along streams
Animal Tracks of
Ohio
White Tail Deer
 Petal like
 Two toed
 May have dewclaw
prints behind
 May see bark
removed from trees
near the ground (rub)
Wolf & Coyote
 4 toed
 Visible claw marks
 Similar to large dog
 Larger than dog
 Toes are farther from
pad
 Dog is more rounded
 Sometimes hind feet
come down in fore
feet prints
Striped Skunk
 5 toed front and back
 Back is longer than
front
 Front has claw marks
(digging)
Opossum
 5 toed
 Back is longer than
front
 Has claws
 Front is star-like
 Back is hand-like
(four fingers and thumb)
Raccoon
 5 toed
 Back is very long
 Has claws