By: Venus Crouse & Toby Easterbrook
By: Venus Crouse & Toby Easterbrook
By: Venus Crouse & Toby Easterbrook
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By: Venus Crouse & Toby
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White Spruce
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Black Spruce
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Balsam Fir
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Pinus Resinosa
- The red pine may reach a height of 35
metres
- Its two-bundled, glossy, dark-green
needles Venus Crouse
- Typically, the red pine's trunk is straight
and slim. Its bark is crimson to pink in
colour, thus the name "red" pine.
- Because of its strength, red pine wood has
been used to produce poles, pilings, and
structural timber.
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White Pine
White Spruce
although they are typically thin, curved,
and range in length from 2.5 to 8
centimetres
- When temperatures are low, they remain
securely shut and are yellowish-brown in
colour.
- Its light green needles are 2 to 4
centimetres long, somewhat curled or
twisted, and grow in bundles of two
- The most prevalent pine tree in the north,
the jack pine, can be found all throughout
Ontario
- It is a little tree that can flourish practically
everywhere, including on permafrost, rock,
and sandy or shallow soil.
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Hemlock
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Corylus Cornuta
- From British Columbia to California,
and farther east to Newfoundland
and Georgia, the species is Venus Crouse
widespread
- Round, oval, fuzzy, double saw-
toothed leaves on beaked hazelnut
trees are a sure sign of the species. In
the fall, they become a vivid yellow
https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-grow-
and-care-for-beaked-hazelnut-5076082
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Sugar Maple
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Acer Saccharum
Daniel Tigner, Canadian
- Ontario's centre and southern Forest Tree Essences
regions are home to the sugar
maple
- It has five-lobed, 8 to 20
centimeter-long yellowish-
green leaves
- When a tree is young, its
smooth, grey bark divides into
ridges that curl out as it ages
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum
- Its leaves range in length from 5 to 15
centimetres, are bright green above
and lighter below
- When the tree is young, its bark is
smooth and light grey, becoming
greyish-brown, scaly, and ridged as Venus Crouse
the tree becomes older
- When the red maple leaves turn a
stunning bright crimson in the
autumn, it is simple to identify it
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American Beech
White Spruce
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Red Oak
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Quercus Rubra
- When a red oak tree is young, its bark is
smooth and dark grey, but as it becomes
older, deep ridges appear
- It has dark green foliage. They have Venus Crouse
bristly tips to their sharp, pointed lobes.
- East of Lake Superior, throughout
central and southern Ontario, the red
oak may be found
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Tilia Americana Paul Wray
- Has large heart-shaped leaves with short
points and toothed edges
- The bark is gray-brown and has many,
fine ridges.
- A prevalent tree in southern Ontario,
basswood may also be found in central
Ontario between Lake Nipissing and
Sault Ste. Marie as well as in the
northwest along the Ontario-Minnesota
boundary.
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Iron Wood
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Ostrya Virginiana
- Simple, alternating oval leaves
of ironwood have sharp teeth
and get progressively bigger at
the end of a developing stalk Paul Wray
- Grayish-brown bark on older
trunks has rough, flaking
streaks
- From southern Ontario north to
Lake Nipissing and Sault Ste.
Marie, as well as communities
in the Northwestern area to
Kenora, ironwood is a tiny
understory tree
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Betula Alleghaniensis
- When young, the bark is thin, lustrous,
and reddish-brown; as it ages, the bark
turns dull yellow, and as it reaches Venus Crouse
maturity
- The bark darkens to a bronze hue.
Oval, dark yellowish-green leaves
adorn golden birch trees
- The yellow birch may be found in
northern as well as central and southern
Ontario.
https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-
adirondacks-yellow-birch-betula-
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alleghaniensis.html
White Ash
White Spruce
https://
gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/
species/fraxinus/americana/
Scientific Name: Fraxinus Americana
- Compound leaves, typically 7 leaflets
- Falling leaves have a reddish-purple
colour and leave a notched scar on the
branch
- Gray in colour, mature bark has a
distinctive texture with a diamond
pattern
- The deciduous woodlands of Ontario
frequently contain the species white
ash. It may be found throughout
Southern Ontario, up to Lake
https://knowingtheland.com/ Nipissing and Sault Ste. Marie, and in
2010/02/02/winter-wonderings- the north
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feb-2010/ash-bark/
Dogwood
https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-
of-the-adirondacks-northern-
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white-cedar-thuja-
Black Ash
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Toby
Black Cherry
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White Oak
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Quercus Alba
- Its leaves have 7 to 9 lobes and are 10 to
20 centimetres long. They have a brilliant
green exterior and a lighter green inside.
Prior to dropping off, they become red-
purple in the fall.
- The white oak's bark is often long scaled
and whitish to pale grey in colour. Venus Crouse
- Southern Ontario is home to White Oak.
https://
arboretum.uoguelph.ca/
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Silver Maple
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Larix Laricina
- Bundles of 10 to 20
needles sprout at a time.
They are green, supple,
and malleable
- When the tree is young, Toby Easterbrook
the bark is smooth and
grey; as it gets older, it
becomes reddish brown
and becomes scaly.
- Although it may be
found all around Ontario,
tamarack is most
prevalent up north.
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Butternut
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Black Walnut
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Trembling Aspen
White Spruce
https://
Scientific Name: Ulmus Laevis arboretum.uoguelph.ca/
- These substantial leaves are 10-15 thingstosee/trees/whiteelm
cm long and typically have a rough
feel. Each side of the leaf has
around 15 veins, which suddenly
point inward at their ends
- The White Elm bark is highly
furrowed and varies in colour from
dark grey to brown. The bark
typically has wide, crossing ridges,
and as it ages, it also gets scalier.
https://
arboretum.uoguelph.ca/
thingstosee/trees/whiteelm
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White Birch
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Betula papyrifera
- Egg-shaped or trapezoidal in form, leaves
have a dull green upper surface and a
lighter green, somewhat hairy underside.
- White, thin, and smooth bark that peels
off in big sheets is called bark. All of
- Ontario has white birch, with the
exception of the Hudson Bay shore.
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Willow
White Spruce
Scientific Name: Acer Negundo
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- The Manitoba maple stands out among
Canada, Canadian Forest
our native maples for having complex Service
leaves with 3–9 serrated leaflets that
mimic Ash leaves
- In the fall, leaves become yellow or
greenish-yellow
- The biggest maple endemic to the
Prairies, the Manitoba maple is so named.
It also grows in Southern Ontario and the
Northwest from Kenora to Thunder Bay
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Canada, Canadian
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Sources
https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-spruce
https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-spruce
https://www.ontario.ca/page/balsam-fir
https://www.ontario.ca/page/red-pine
https://www.ontario.ca/page/jack-pine
https://www.ontario.ca/page/eastern-hemlock
http://nativeplantspnw.com/beaked-hazelnut-corylus-cornuta/
https://www.ontario.ca/page/sugar-maple
https://www.ontario.ca/page/american-beech
https://www.ontario.ca/page/red-oak
https://www.ontario.ca/page/basswood
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ironwood
https://www.ontario.ca/page/yellow-birch
https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-yellow-birch-betula-alleghaniensis.html
https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-ash
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/fraxinus/americana/
https://knowingtheland.com/2010/02/02/winter-wonderings-feb-2010/ash-bark/
https://www.ontario.ca/page/alternate-leaf-dogwood
https://www.ontario.ca/page/eastern-white-cedar
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Sources
https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-northern-white-cedar-thuja-occidentalis.html
https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-ash
https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-cherry
https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-oak
https://arboretum.uoguelph.ca/thingstosee/trees/whiteoak
https://www.ontario.ca/page/silver-maple
https://www.ontario.ca/page/tamarack
https://www.ontario.ca/page/butternut
https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-walnut
https://www.ontario.ca/page/trembling-aspen
https://arboretum.uoguelph.ca/thingstosee/trees/whiteelm
https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-birch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_babylonica
https://www.ontario.ca/page/manitoba-maple
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