This assignment will help you to familiarize yourself with how to use this guide and how to identify the native trees of Manitoba.
Pg. 7
1. How many native tree species are there in Manitoba?
24
2. What are the 5 best ways to identify a particular tree variety?
Colour, Leaf shape, Leaf colour, Texture of the tree and thickness/size of the tree
3. Define “tree”
A woody plant with a crown
For the following questions, you can use both the flow charts found on pg. 11-13 and the tree specific pages that follow. Pg.11-13 will likely give you the answers you need, but please check the tree specific pages as well. This will help you to see what it means when it says a leaf is, for example double-toothed and lop-sided.
4. Name 3 trees whose buds are opposite.
Twigs hairy/twigs not hairy
Green ash/Black ash
Buds black/Buds rusty brown
5. Name 3 trees whose buds are alternating.
Buds sticky/buds not sticky
Buds hairy/buds not hairy
Twigs rigid/ Twigs smooth
6. Name 2 trees that have scale-like leaves.
White cedar
Balsam Fur
7. Name 3 trees that have leaves that are needle-like.
New twigs hairy/not hairy
Black Bruce/white Bruce
L needle like
8. Name 3 trees whose leaves are compounded.
Manitoba maple
Snowy mountain ash
Black ash
9. Name 2 trees whose leaves are lobed.
Hack berry
Basswood
10. Name 2 trees whose leaves are single-toothed and lop-sided.
Peach willow
Trembling Aspen
Looking at Pg. 4-5 and researching online, answer the following questions about Bird’s Hill Park (BHP)
11. What ecozone is BHP a part of?
Couldn't find
12. Based on this, what types of trees do you expect to find at BHP?
Couldn't find
13. Search BHP in your web browser, and list at least 5 different varieties of trees listed on the BHP government website.
Maple tree
Black spruce
Green ash
Hackberry
Basswood
-Troy Dawes
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