Tree Identification Notebook
Instructions:
Spring Semester 7th Grade Yr.
Please choose 25 of the following tree species to identify. Please select small branch of leaves that will fit on an 8.5” X 11” page. Leaves should be pressed and dried. Large heavy books work best. Newspaper works well to keep from staining pages in book. Leaves should dry in a week. Once specimens are dried place them on a sheet of card stock or printer paper. Photo albums with clinging sheets work well too. Rubber cement should glue specimens to pages. On the page please include the Common Name and Scientific Name..
Fall Semester 8th Grade Yr.
YOU WILL NEED A TOTAL OF 36 (you will only need to add 11 to notebook) of the species below. Your Notebook should contain no less than 6 CONIFERS.
If you would like to compete in the Georgia National Fair Leaf Notebook Contest please read the attached handout and follow guidelines. Notebooks completed in this format will be judged locally and the top 3 will be sent to Ga Nat. Fair. Notebooks do not have to be Identical. Table of Contents and Cover Page need to be identical. We will complete in class. You will need to do the written specimens at home.
Common Name Scientific Name
1. American Beech Fagus grandifolia
2. American Holly Ilex opaca
3. American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
4. Ash Fraxinus spp.
5. Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
6. Black Cherry Prunus serotina
7. Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia
8. Black Walnut Juglans nigra
9. Black Willow Salix nigra
10. Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
11. Boxelder Acer negundo
12. Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides
13. Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus
14. Chinaberry Melina azedarach L.
15. Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
16. Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
17. Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
18. Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
19. Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana
20. Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
21. Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
22. Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos
23. Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia
24. Live Oak Quercus virginiana
25. Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
26. Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris
27. Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa
28. Mulberry Morus spp.
29. Paulownia Paulownia tomentosa
30. Pecan Carya illinoensis
31. Persimmon Diospyrus virginiana
32. Post Oak Quercus stellata
33. Red Maple Acer rubrum
34. River Birch Betula nigra
35. Sassafras Sassafras albidum
36. Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
37. Shortleaf Pine Pinus echinata
38. Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
39. Slash Pine Pinus elliottii
40. Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
41. Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata
42. Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana
43. Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
44. Turkey Oak Quercus laevis
45. Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana
46. Water Oak Quercus nigra
47. White Oak Quercus alba
48. Willow Oak Quercus phellos
49. Winged Elm Ulmus alata
50. Yellow-Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
YOUTH EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS - FFA 34
DENDROLOGY NOTEBOOK
John Allen Bailey • Coordinator
478-289-2558
dIVISION 34101 - Junior Dendrology Notebook (Students in the 9th grade and below)
DIVISION 34102 - Senior Dendrology Notebook
1. Each school may enter up to 3students’ leaf collection notebooks in each of the above classes (6 notebooks total). The notebook should be the FFA notebook or any other standard hardback notebook. The entire class should use the same type and color notebook.
2. Each junior notebook will contain tree samples from the Junior Natural Resources CDE tree list only. Each senior notebook will contain tree samples from the Forestry CDE Tree List.
3. Chapter winners will be determined by the combined scores of the top three students’ notebooks.
4. Each Senior notebook must contain 40 forest tree species that are listed in the FFA Awards Bulletin. Each Junior notebook must contain 36 forest tree species that are listed in the FFA Awards Bulletin. Each notebook should contain a minimum of six conifers, four of which must include loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf and slash pines. The remaining leaves should be hardwoods. Consideration should be given to trees that are economically important and natural to the area. Extra leaves may be included, but will only be considered for tie-breaking purposes.
5. All notebooks must be original student work, prepared by the student entering the contest. Students must be enrolled in middle school or high school at the time of this competition. Teachers may be asked to verify authenticity of students’ work.
6. Each notebook should contain:
A. Student’s name, school, grade, instructor’s name
B. Table of contents listing each species in the notebook
C. Leaves arranged by conifers and hardwoods
D. A written description of the specimen, including common name, descriptive features of the species, key characteristics, wood description, uses and distribution area.
This information should be on the right-hand page of the notebook and the leaf specimen should be on the left-hand page of the notebook.
7. Display will be graded on: neatness, uniformity, quality of specimens, accuracy of identified specimens, quality and originality of descriptions.
Ribbon Value
*Junior Division Champion $40, plaque & 400 points Blue 200 points
*Junior Divison Reserve Champion, $30, plaque & 300 points Red 100 points
*Senior Division Champion $40, plaque & 400 points White 50 points
*Senior Division Reserve Champion $30, plaque & 300 points HM No points
Dendrology Notebooks
Chapter Champion $100 & plaque
Chapter Reserve Champion $50 & plaque