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Garden Center
Association
Lake Tree
Find Walk
To follow this walk, download the accompanying map. Each tree coordinates
with a number on the map. This course begins at the Garden Center Building.
1. Weeping White Pine – Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’
Clue: Weeping branches, leaves that are long soft needles.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
2. Black Walnut – Juglans nigra
Clue: Known for its edible fruit (nuts).
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
3. Eastern White Pine – Pinus strobus
Clue: Leaves are long, soft needles that are 5 to a bundle.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
4. River Birch – Betula nigra
Clue: Characterized by peeling bark.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
5. Eastern Redbud – Cercis Canadensis
Clue: Heart shaped leaves.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
6. Eastern White Pine – Pinus strobes
Clue: Leaves are long needles that are soft to the touch.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
7. Weeping White Pine – Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’
Clue: A dwarf form of number 1.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
8. Colorado Spruce – Picea pungens
Clue: Blue leaves are needles that spread around the stem, very prickly.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
9. English Oak – Quercus robur
Clue: A giant of a tree, broadly rounded, open-headed with a short trunk.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
10. Baldcypress – Taxodium distichum
Clue: Roots form “knees” above ground when planted near water.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
11. Weeping willow - Salix ‘babylonica’
Clue: Rounded crown of weeping branches bend down to the ground.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
12. Siberian Elm – Ulmus pumila
Clue: In poor condition with broken branches and many cankers.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
13. Littleleaf Linden – Tilia cordata
Clue: Heart shaped leaves with yellowish fragrant flowers in June then
globose, thin shelled nutlets covered with gray fuzz.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
14. Swamp Chestnut Oak – Quercus michauxii
Clue: There is a squirrel house in the branches of this Champion.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)
15. Scotch Pine – Pinus sylvestris
Clue: Orange bark and blue-green needles that are paired in bundles.
Which one does my leaf look like? (circle one)