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ENVIROTHON TREE IDENTIFICATION

Each contestant will have the opportunity to identify 10 trees as found in a natural outdoor environment or from branches or other parts displayed. All trees to be identified will be taken from the "Official Tree List."

Contestants will be judged on the accuracy of identification and the spelling of common names. Scientific names will not be required. Incomplete names, such as maple instead of red maple or shortleaf instead of shortleaf pine, will be considered incorrect. Spelling, including capitalization, must be the same as those on the Official Tree List in order to be counted correct.

OFFICIAL TREE LIST

COMMON NAME                      SCIENTIFIC NAME

shortleaf pine                          Pinus echinata Mill.
slash pine                                 Pinus elliotti Engelm.
loblolly pine                             Pinus taeda L.

eastern redcedar                    Juniperus virginiana L.
baldcypress                             Taxodium distichum Rich.
southern magnolia                 Magnolia grandiflora L.
black tupelo or blackgum    Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.

sweetgum                                 Liquidambar styraciflua L.
red mulberry                            Morus rubra L.
common persimmon             Diospyros virginiana L.

sassafras                                 Sassafras albidum Nees.
yellow-poplar                          Liriodendron tulipifera L.
sycamore                                 Platanus occidentalis L.

white ash                                 Fraxinus americana L.
green ash                                Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.
eastern cottonwood             Populus deltoides Bartr.

black cherry                            Prunus serotina Ehrh.
American elm                         Ulmus americana L.
winged elm                             Ulmus alata Michx.

red maple                                 Acer rubrum L.
silver maple                             Acer saccharinum Marsh.
boxelder                                   Acer negundo L.

american beech                    Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
river birch                               Betula nigra L.
eastern redbud                     Cercis canadensis L.

black walnut                         Juglans nigra L.
pignut hickory                     Carya glabra Sweet
mockernut hickory             Carya tomentosa Nutt.

shagbark hickory                 Carya ovata K. Koch.
pecan or pecan hickory     Carya illinoensis K. Koch.
eastern hophornbeam        Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch

white oak                                Quercus alba L.
cherrybark oak                     Quercus falcata var. pagodifolla
nothern red oak                    Quercus rubra L.

shumark oak                         Quercus shumardii Buckl.
southern red oak                  Quercus falcata Michx.
willow oak                              Quercus phellos

post oak                                 Quercus stellata Wangenh.
water oak                               Quercus nigra L.
flowering dogwood             Cornus forida L.

For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:

Delia Haak, Ed.D Arkansas Envirothon Coordinator
ArkansasEnvirothonCoodinator@gmail.com
479-238-4671

Debbie Moreland, Arkansas Association Conservation District Director
debbiepinreal@aol.com
501-425-2891

The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.