Michigan trees

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  1. 3. palmately compound leaves, pretty flowers, bristly large fruits
  2. 5. prickly evergreen, blue fruit that’s made into gin, sometimes called cedar
  3. 7. small understory tree with large edible fruit that tastes like banana
  4. 10. mitten shaped leaves, dark blue fruit, aromatic, tea plant
  5. 12. bees use flowers to make honey, leaves pale underneath
  6. 15. tiny nuts important for wildlife, smooth gray bark, oval, alternate leaves
  7. 17. rapid growing tree that spreads by cloning, smooth gray bark deer love
  8. 18. small tree, good fall color, blue black fruit, likes wet, acidic soil
  9. 19. several species, 4 sided needles in a spiral around branch, cones hang down
  10. 21. type of oak, ridged bark, acorns have fringes on cap, often an urban tree
  11. 24. edible dark purple fruit, leaves blue-green, silver gray bark with ridges
  12. 25. short flat needles in two rows, silver line on bottom of needle
  13. 29. this type of pine has long soft needles in a cluster of 5
  14. 30. large white flowers, small tree, bark used as quinine substitute
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  1. 1. there are several species, the fruit is called an acorn
  2. 2. leaves similar to maple, bark peels off in sheets, fruit is a bristly ball, often called plane tree
  3. 4. large showy flowers on a large tree that prefers moist areas
  4. 6. type of fir that’s fragrant and often used for Christmas trees
  5. 8. large messy tree, with nuts in a green husk, Luna moth caterpillar food source
  6. 9. northern white is a species, evergreen, twisted trunks, exposed roots
  7. 11. member of the poplar family that sends fluffy white seeds floating around in spring
  8. 13. the type of maple that syrup is most often made from
  9. 14. this type of cherry has pretty white flower spikes, purple fruit, glossy leaves that are poisonous to livestock
  10. 16. 3 species in Michigan, wood used for smoking meat, large and slow growing, edible nuts
  11. 20. small tree grown in gardens for rosy pink flowers, heart shaped leaves.
  12. 21. bark can be white, gray or reddish according to species, it’s papery and splits into shreds, used for canoes
  13. 22. this pine has needles in bundles of 2 and short round cones, reddish bark
  14. 23. has clusters of tiny needles it sheds in fall, also called tamarack
  15. 26. AKA hornbeam, ridged, ropey gray bark, yellow or orange fall color, small nuts
  16. 27. cockspur is a species of it, zig-zag twigs, large thorns, bright red fruit
  17. 28. these once common trees have almost been wiped out by a beetle