Across
- 2. Rubbing the fruit in water will produce soap
- 4. Chinese use branches at New Year's
- 7. Foliage is reported to be poisonous to livestock
- 10. Also known as gum bumelia
- 11. The U.S. produces 80% of the world's crop of fruit produced by this tree
- 12. Used by some Native Americans to make archery bows
- 14. In ancient times by both the Greeks and Romans the fruit of this tree was associated with fertility
- 15. Evergreen; planted for shelterbelts; fruit is berry-like
Down
- 1. Has distinctive "knees"
- 3. American poet Robert Frost wrote a poem about this tree
- 5. Fallen leaves can be toxic to horses
- 6. Named for Henry Muhlenberg a minister and botanist
- 8. As a young sapling often confused with poison ivy
- 9. Wood made into charcoal and used to make gunpowder during American Revolution
- 13. Fruit is paired keys aka "helicopters"