We took the morning to work on local tree identification and hike a trail through the woods. We're using the book Trees of North America (National Audubon Society) to identify trees.
On this walk, we found lichen, moss, looked at tree rings... We identified Eastern red cedar, mesquite, Bradford pear, Shumard oak, and Osage-Orange.
We talked about how Osage-orange wood was nicknamed "bow wood" by the French, because Native Americans would use its wood to make bows. The seeds are also called horse apples or monkey balls.
We talked about how the stoma work (on the leaves) and why leaves fall off the trees before it gets too cold.
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