tree ID

Question 1

evergreen, black flat needles, shade tolerant, threatened by white eggs

Answer 1

eastern hemlock

Question 2

evergreen, 5 needles for every cluster (not flat), lone cones and needles

Answer 2

white pine

Question 3

5 lobed leaves, forms U shape, opposite branching pattern

Answer 3

sugar maple, sugar has U

Question 4

opposite branching patterns, 3 lobed leaves, bottom vain is red

Answer 4

red maple

Question 5

leaflets, 5-9 per compound, invasive species (emerald ash borer)

Answer 5

white ash

Question 6

pointy lobing

Answer 6

red oak

Question 7

alternate branching, round lobing

Answer 7

white oak

Question 8

alternate branching patterns, tough leaves, deep veins, reproduced by tiny sprouts in the ground

Answer 8

american beech