Tree Discovered

Seed Collection

Sichuan Province

Hubei Province

Where the tree can be found in the US

North Carolina

New England

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

Physical Characteristics :

Height

6ft tall person

Tree Height

Pollination

Predation(Japanese Beetle)

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

Germination Time: One month

Growth Milestones: Grows 24" per year, and lives over 100 years.

Gender Parity: Both male and female distribute the cones

Reproduction

Ecology :

History at the Arboretum

Student Sketches / Models

Sketches

Blender

Final Facts + Notes

The Dawn Redwood is considered endangered and there are only about 200 in the us

Region of Origin

The silver maple (or Acer saccharinum) is found mostly on the east coast of the US. It grows in temperate climates.

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

The silver maple has a vase-like shape, simular to most maples.

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

The bark is flaky and rough, and develops scaly plates, that later become brittle and shaggy. The leaves are flat with 5 points, and can grow up to 8 inches long and 5 inches wide.

Physical Characteristics :

Height

My Height (5'3)

Tree Height (avg. 65 feet)

Pollination

Predation

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

The germination period is about 1-2 months.

Seed Dispersal Method

Growth Milestones

The silver maple passes through a few milestones, notably reaching maturity at

Gender Parity

the trees can be either dioecious or monoecious, with a lot more of the latter

Reproduction

Ecology :

Fruits + Flowers

Ecology :

Fruits [Scents, Taste, Quality)

Flowers [Scent, Color, Quality)

History at the Arboretum

The Arboretum recieved their first silver maple in 1881. It was brought to the Arboretum by Beatrix Farrend, who was an influential landscape architect who began her career with the Arboretum.

The silver was the tallest tree in the Arboretum for many decades until a storm broke the branches.

Student Sketches / Models

Sketches

Models

Final Facts + Notes

• The silver maple grows at a fast rate of more than 24" a year

• Beavers apparently love this tree

• Early settlers in Ohio Valley used silver maples as a building material because of how fast the tree grew.

Region of Origin

The Tulip Tree or the Liriodendron populates two areas on opposite sides of the earth. The brown triangles represent fossils remains of the tree. The three different colors represent accessions which are different branches of the tree.

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

Physical Characteristics :

Height

Avg. Human 5ft 7in

Tree Height

70-90ft

Pollination

Predation

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

Germination Time:

60-90 Days

Growth Speed:

24 inches a year

Gender Parity:

The Tulip Tree has no gender parity and a clear male and female.

Reproduction

Ecology :

Fruits + Flowers

Ecology :

The Fruit is dry, weirdly shaped, several winged seeds, FIRE RISK!

Flowers Take 15 years to blossom, look like Tulips, Smells sweet.

Species

Ecology :

Liriodendron Chinense:

larger lobe leaves, shorter in height

Liriodendron Tulipifera:

smaller lobe leaves, taller in height

History at the Arboretum

Date of admittance: Unknown

Hybrid was gifted by North Carolina in 1981

Student Sketches / Models

Sketches

Models

MAP

Region of Origin

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

Physical Characteristics :

Height

9 meters to 35 meters

Pollination

Predation

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

Us!

Germinate in spring, in moist environments

Growth Milestones

male/female

Reproduction

Ecology :

Fruits + Flowers

Ecology :

berries

Flowers [Scent, Color, Quality)

History at the Arboretum

Native - No expaditions

Student Sketches / Models

Sketches

Sketch

Models

Final Facts + Notes

root beer!

MAP

Region of Origin

Geographic/Climatic

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

Rounded tree. Mushroom-like shape.

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

Physical Characteristics :

Height

Your Height

60 feet

Tree Height

Pollination

Flowers have both male and female gonads

Predation

Gypsy Moths

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

Germination Time, 2 days

Seed Dispersal Method

Growth Milestones, 25 years to mature

Gender Parity, has both male and female gonads

Reproduction

Ecology :

Fruits + Flowers

Ecology :

Fruits [Wood, Wet Cardboard, Good)

Flowers [Sweet smell of dawn, White, Good)

History at the Arboretum

The cork tree and its neighbors grew from a seed planted by John Jack. The first arboretum public educator.

Student Sketches / Models

Tree Sketch

Bark Sketch

Models

South-eastern Europe

Physical Characteristics :

Color

Physical Characteristics :

Form

The European Smoke Tree has a big, cloud-like exterior. It does have leaves, but they are overshadowed by the smokey fibers that the tree produces its seeds in.

Physical Characteristics :

Texture

The texture of the smoke tree is fluffy and soft

Physical Characteristics :

Height

Your Height

Tree Height

10-15 feet

6 feet

Pollination

Predation

Predation + Pollination

Ecology :

Germination Time

Up to 2 springs

Seed Dispersal Method

Growth Milestones

Maturity

Gender Parity

Monoecious. (male and female)

Reproduction

Ecology :

Fruits + Flowers

Ecology :

No scent, no taste

No scent, can be red grey or green

History at the Arboretum

First tree came from Alabama, in 1882. Charles Mohr donated it.

Student Sketches / Models

Sketches

Models

Final Facts + Notes

Smoke trees don't actually produce smoke unless they are set on fire.

Smoke trees can be used for a dye. They were used in the civil war for orange dye, and most of the big trees were cut down.