PLANT ADAPTATIONS

EVERGREEN

• having foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season

DECIDUOUS

• Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage

DECIDUOUS EXAMPLES

• These are deciduous trees
• The leaves have changed colors
• The leaves have fallen

EVERGREEN EXAMPLES

• Remains green for more than one growing season
• Leafs are still there

SCOTCH PINE TREE

• Needle like so I went to 2
• Went to 2b
• Leaves aren't scale like, long and narrow
• Needle like in twos united at the base to form bundles
• So these trees are scotch pine trees!!!!!!

RED CEDAR TREE

• Leaves are needle like or scale like so I went to 2
• Leaves are scale like so I went to 2a
• Leaves are small, scalelike, close together, and overlapping
• This means these trees are a red cedar tree!!!!

GREEN ASH

• Leaves aren't needle like or scale like so I went to 3
• At 3a leaves are opposite so I went to 4
• 4a doesn't match so I went to 4b
• 4b says leaves are compound, once pinnately compound
• This means the tree is a green ash tree