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02/18/2014
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Eastern White Pine
 Definition
pinus strobus
Term
red pine
 Definition
pinus resinosa
Term
jack pine
 Definition
pinus banksiana
Term
scots pine
 Definition
pinus sylvestris
Term
tamarack
 Definition
larix laricina
Term
White spruce
 Definition
picea glauca
Term
Norway spruce
 Definition
picea abies
Term
black spruce
 Definition
picea mariana
Term
eastern hemlock
 Definition
tsuga canadensis
Term
balsam fir
 Definition
abies balsamea
Term
eastern white cedar
 Definition
thuja occidentalis
Term
eastern red cedar
 Definition
juniperis virginiana
Term
shrub willow
 Definition
salix spp.
Term
trembling aspen
 Definition
populous tremuloides
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largetooth aspen
 Definition
populous grandidentata
Term
balsam poplar
 Definition
populous balsamifera
Term
speckled alder
 Definition
alnus rugosa
Term
butternut
 Definition
juglans cinerea
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black walnut
 Definition
juglans nigra
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bitternut hickory
 Definition
carya cordiformis
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ironwood
 Definition
ostrya virginiana
Term
yellow birch
 Definition
betula alleghaniensis
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white birch
 Definition
betula papyrifera
Term
beech
 Definition
fagus grandifolia
Term
bur oak
 Definition
quercus macrocarpa
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white oak
 Definition
quercus alba
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red oak
 Definition
quercus rubra
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white elm
 Definition
ulmus americana
Term
rock elm
 Definition
ulmus thomasii
Term
black cherry
 Definition
prunus serotina
Term
hawthorns
 Definition
crataegus spp.
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juneberry/serviceberry
 Definition
amelanchier spp.
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staghorn sumach
 Definition
rhus typhina
Term
poison ivy
 Definition
toxicendron radicans
Term
sugar maple
 Definition
acer saccharum
Term
silver maple
 Definition
acer saccharinum
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red maple
 Definition
acer rubrum
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mountain maple
 Definition
acer spicatum
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Manitoba maple
 Definition
acer negundo
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Norway maple
 Definition
acer plantanoides
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basswood
 Definition
tilia americana
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white ash
 Definition
eraxinus americana
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black ash
 Definition
eraxinus nigra
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beaked hazel
 Definition
corylus cornuta
Term
red osier dogwood
 Definition
cornus sericcea
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woody stems
 Definition
adds diameter to tree
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leaves
 Definition
where photosynthesis happens
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vascular system
 Definition
moves notrients (veins)
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root system
 Definition
gives anchorage and transports nutrients
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variability in form
 Definition
ability of species to be a tree or shrub
Term
genus name
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generic name
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species name
 Definition
specific epithet
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authority's name
 Definition
person who discovered species in science
Term
genus
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capitalized
Term
species
 Definition
lower case
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hybrid
 Definition
2 trees mate, shown with an "x"
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variety
 Definition
same plant displaying differences in nature
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cultivar
 Definition
group of plants with differences like leaf colour within same species
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leaves are needle or scales
 Definition
pinophyta
Term
seeds are naked or in a cone
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pinophyta
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wood is made of tracheids
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pinophyta
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simple or compound leaves
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magnoliophyta
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fruit requires double fertilization
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magnoliophyta
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wood has trachea and tracheids
 Definition
magnoliophyta
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platform for food
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foliage
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exchange gases (intake CO2 and release O2)
 Definition
foliage
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release H2O (transpiration)
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foliage
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sugars accumulated
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photosynthesis
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energy stored
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photosynthesis
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CO2 taken in
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photosynthesis
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produces glucose and O2
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photosynthesis
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requires chlorophyl
 Definition
photosynthesis
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occurs with light
 Definition
photosynthesis
Term
Uses sugars and grows
 Definition
respiration
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energy released
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respiration
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takes in O2
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respiration
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produces CO2, H2O, and heat
 Definition
respiration
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occurs in all living cells
 Definition
respiration
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happens 24 hours a day
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respiration
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contain chlorophyl
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chloroplasts
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slows escape of water
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cuticle
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for protection of cells
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upper epidermis
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below epidermis
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palisade mesophyll/hypodermis
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composed of xylem and phloem
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veins
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carries water and minerals upward
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xylem
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caries sugars downward
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phloem
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releases gases like water vapour
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stomata/stoma
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protect stoma
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guard cells
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prevent water loss
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epidermis
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tube like spaces that contain resin
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resin duct
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supports the crown
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stem
Term
protection from disease, insects, temperature (outside of tree)
 Definition
cork
Term
produces cork
 Definition
cork cambium
Term
goes from roots to branch tip
 Definition
vascular cambium
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transport water laterally
 Definition
rays
Term
anchor plant
 Definition
roots
Term
absorb water and minerals
 Definition
roots
Term
store food reserves
 Definition
roots
Term
transport nutrients
 Definition
roots
Term
important root system for young trees
 Definition
tap roots
Term
roots responsible for uptake of nutrients
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fibrous roots
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offer stability
 Definition
heart roots
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have all flower parts
-sepals -petals
-stamens -pistils
 Definition
complete flowers
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lacking any 1 of the flower parts
 Definition
incomplete flowers
Term
have both samenate and pistilate flower parts (may lack sepals or petals)
 Definition
perfect flowers
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lack either stamenate or pistilate flower parts (unisex)
 Definition
imperfect flowers
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transfer of pollen
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pollenation
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transfer of pollen within an individual
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self pollination
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transfer of pollination between two individuals
 Definition
cross pollination
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