Narnian Nature
Across
- 2. The wood from this tree is valued for its tough, waterproof, and durable qualities. (Used to build yachts and small boats.)
- 3. This flower has solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leaves.
- 5. This flower is a favorite of hummingbirds because of the shape of its blooms.
- 7. This tree was used as piers in the construction of the original London Bridge.
- 8. The wood from this tree has been used to make musical instruments, such as recorders and flutes.
- 9. Historically, this tree's bark was soaked in water and formed into casts to splint broken bones.
- 10. The wood of this tree was prized for use as tool handles and fence posts in rural North America.
Down
- 1. This flower is cultivated for its attractive, five-petaled flowers, which may be red, purple, pink, blue, white, or yellow.
- 4. The yellow sap from this flower was used by Native Americans as dye for baskets, clothes, and war paint.
- 5. This tree is slow-growing and may live 400 years or more.
- 6. This tree is easy to pick out because its cones face up rather than down.
- 11. The leaves and acorns of this tree are poisonous to cattle, horses, sheep, and goats due to the toxin tannic acid.