EEK! - Dichotomous Tree Key. Idintro. Welcome to the Friesner Herbarium, Butler University Tree Identification Site. These pages were developed as a resource for the Tree Identification Workshop for K-12 Teachers sponsored by the Friesner Herbarium, The Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry - Urban Forest Conservation Grant Program, and the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District. For further information about the workshop contact rdolan@butler.edu. These pages are not intended to be a comprehensive guide to tree identification, but will provide a starting point and basic information on how to identify trees common to Indiana.
Listed to the right are links to pages supplying further information about how to identify trees common to Indiana. There are also links to pages about other tree topics and a page that lists links to other sites that provide additional information that may be especially helpful to educators. Please direct questions or comments to mmoore@butler.edu. Tree Identification. The first step in tree identification is knowing that there are always distinguishing characteristics that separate one tree species from another.
By examining different tree parts you will be able to confidently identify the different trees around your school. This will require some careful detective work on your part, but it should be fun and easy. Here are some clues that you will need to examine: TREE TYPE --Deciduous or Conifer? Some of the text and photos provided in this section courtesy Rodney Nice, Student Presenter, Fall 2000 (Check out Rodney's Recipe for sassafras tea!) Leaf Key. Treelinks. What Tree Is That?™ Mobile. Dendrology at Virginia Tech. Review the Basics of tree ID - View a slideshow to learn about ID tools (or pdf) Dichotomous Keys Figure out your unknown by clicking on the button that best describes it.
A table will list the possible matches, with links to our tree fact sheets. If a picture exactly matches your leaf, clicking on the picture will take you directly to a fact sheet for that species. Multichotomous Key An interview - Think of this as a process of elimination, narrowing the possibilities with each selection.