Weekend homework from school is happily tree ID as the next Year 1 topic is plants/ trees! We took the @WoodlandTrust Tree ID printout to our local park yesterday and spotted most of the trees listed - though Alder and Rowan eluded us this time. Okay - so we also had a difference of opinion about whether a beech leaf was a beech leaf - but it prompted some discussion about critical thinking and not relying on one source of ID (and also the realisation that we were #hangry :) )⠀
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. #treeidentification #treeid #naturedetectives #woodlandtrust #leafidentification #criticalthinking #nature #forestschoolideas #springwatch #hackneyoutdoors #familyactivities #science #rainyday (at Abney Park Cemetery)
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I’ve been looking at tree ID resources for my scout troop and cannot find any that include the mighty London Plane! I know these are hybrid, introduced trees and are mainly found in city parks and alongside roads - not ancient forests - but these are common trees for us urban folk. Why no ID flashcards? ⠀
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They’re tough, can cope with poor soil, tend not to drop branches and are fab at carbon sequestration not to mention provide shade - they literally deserve recognition! We can’t all be English Oaks y’know :) Is urban tree snobbery a thing? ⠀
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Anyway I’ve made my own Beaver Scout urban tree ID resource now as these trees deserve some love, especially this monster in Clissold Park, near the playground. Watch out for Beaver scouts peering at trees in a park near you! ⠀
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#treeID #treeidentification #trees #londonplanesneedlovetoo #lovelondonplanes #londonplane #parklife #urbantrees #nature #science #wellness #urbanforestschool #forestschool #outdooreducation #natureconnection #getoutdoors #scouting #clissoldpark #hackneyoutdoors #walking #hugatree (at Clissold Park)
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Male black poplar. A magnificent tree
#tree
#blackpoplar
#naturephotography
#nature
#treeid
#springtree
#catkins
#signsofspring
#pretty
#getoutside
#getoutdoors
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Acacia podalyriifolia 🌞 (Queensland silver wattle) #treeid #plantid #acacia #wattle #arborist
Found this little cutie at work this week. I noticed that the needles came in clusters of threes, and was so mesmerized by the needles coming out of the trunk that I didn’t bother taking a picture of the canopy. The bark came in long plates.
According to my Sibley pine, needles of three and broad orange plates of bark likely place this pine in the yellow pine group. If I were to pick a species, I would have to call this a pitch pine (Pinus rigida), because it and pond pine are the only pines that have tufts of needles coming out of their trunks.
Let me know if you have other thoughts!
I think I found a black maple at the #mulhollandwildflowerpreserve…
#blackmaple #fallishere #september #septemberhike #ithaca #acer #treeid (at Mulholland Wildflower Preserve)
What kind of tree am I? I grow straight up like a pillar with close short branches. #treeid #tree #arborist
Goat Willow (salix capera) also known as pussy willow. Female flower on the left and male flower to the right. Both will be found on separate trees. #bushcraft #treeid
