Oak: Lobed leaves and acorns
Maple: Leaves with pointed lobes, winged seeds, and sweet sap
Pine: Needles in bundles, cones
Spruce: Short stiff single needles, hanging cones
Fir: Flat soft needles; popular Christmas trees
Birch: White papery bark that peels
Aspen: Round leaves that shimmer and tremble in the wind
Elm: Lopsided toothed leaves, vase shape
Willow: Long narrow leaves and drooping branches near water
Cottonwood: Triangular leaves and fluffy seeds
Sycamore: Peeling patchy bark and large leaves
Beech: Smooth gray bark and oval toothed leaves
Hickory: Compound leaves and hard nuts
Walnut: Long compound leaves and round nuts in green husks
Cedar: Scale-like leaves and fragrant wood
Redwood: The tallest trees, on the California coast
Sequoia: The giant sequoia is the biggest tree by volume
Cypress: Some grow knobby 'knees' in swamps
Palm: Big fronds and no real branches
Apple tree: Pink-white blossoms in spring and apples in fall
Cherry tree: Pink blossoms and small red fruit
Orange tree: Evergreen with shiny leaves and white fragrant flowers
Ginkgo: Fan-shaped leaves; an ancient kind of tree
Sweetgum: Star-shaped leaves and spiky balls
Tulip tree: Leaves with a notched end and tulip-like flowers
Dogwood: Showy white or pink flower bracts in spring
Magnolia: Big creamy flowers and glossy leaves
Mulberry: Berries that look like blackberries
Hawthorn: Thorny small tree with red berries
Black locust: Rows of small leaves and thorns
Evergreen: A tree that stays green all year
Deciduous: A tree that drops its leaves in the fall
Conifer: A tree that bears cones
Broadleaf: A tree with wide, flat leaves
Photosynthesis: How leaves make food from sunlight, water and air
Chlorophyll: The green stuff in leaves that catches sunlight
Why leaves change color in fall: Chlorophyll fades, showing yellows and oranges that were hidden
Tree rings: Each ring is about one year of growth
Bark: Protective outer covering of a tree
Roots: Hold the tree and drink water from soil
Trunk: The main stem that holds up the tree
Canopy: The top layer of leaves in a forest
Sap: Liquid that carries food and water inside a tree
Maple syrup: Made by boiling maple sap
Acorn: The nut of an oak tree
Pinecone: Where pine seeds grow
Samara: A winged seed, like a maple 'helicopter'
Simple leaf: A leaf with one blade
Compound leaf: A leaf split into many small leaflets
Needle leaf: A thin, needle-shaped leaf
Arborist: A person who cares for trees
Forester: A person who manages forests
Arbor Day: A holiday for planting trees
Oldest living trees: Bristlecone pines live thousands of years
Banyan: A tree whose branches grow roots down to the ground
Baobab: African tree with a very thick trunk, nicknamed the upside-down tree
Mangrove: Tree with roots standing in salty water
Rubber tree: A tree whose sap is used to make rubber
Cork oak: Oak whose bark is used for corks
Eucalyptus: Tree whose leaves koalas eat
Coconut palm: Palm that grows coconuts
Poison ivy: A vine, not a tree: 'leaves of three, let it be'

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