2 Street Trees Keying

The first tree I decided to observe and key is a Silver Maple tree that I found while walking my dog through the neighborhood park. There's a bunch of these located in my neighborhood and I was curious to as of what they were, especially because they have puzzle-like shaped leaves. The keying for this is:

1. Key to groups: 1', 2', 3', 5', 8.
   Group- 7: 1', 2', 5', 7., 8'
   Kind of Maple- 1', 2., 3', 6.
   Species and book page: Acer spp., pages 25, Silver Maple

The next tree that I decided to observe and key is a Chinese Pistache. This tree is located in the front of my house and the leaves are pinnately compound which looks really cool. The keying for this is:

1. Key to groups: 1', 2', 3', 6', 7'
   Group- 6: 1', 3', 11', 18', 24', 29', 30', 31', 32', 33'
   Kind of Maple- 1', 2., 3', 6.
   Species and book page: Pistacia chinensis, page 91

I have found keying to be not too difficult. I usually key the tree using the book before I upload to iNatualist and see how I do with that and then check myself using iNaturalist and work backwards through the book. I have found that with practice it has become more familiar and easier.

Publicado el mayo 10, 2020 03:20 MAÑANA por atorkels