APES: Tree Study Lab Data

6 meters

About how tall a tree is

Shrubs, bushes

Shorter than a tree

Grasses, herbs

Non-woody plants

Bristle Cone Pine

Grows to be the oldest tree

2500 years

Oldest tree's age

Redwood Tree

The tallest tree

40 stories

How tall a redwood tree is

Giant Sequoia

Most massive tree on Earth

Oxygen, food, energy

What trees produce

Conifer

Tree classification: needles, polar regions

White pine

Example of a conifer tree

Deciduous

Tree classification: Lose their leaves, temperate regions

Oak Tree

Example of a deciduous tree

Broad Leaf Evergreen

Tree classification: Have their leaves year round, predominantly tropical regions

Palm tree

Example of a broad leaf evergreen tree

Pinnate Leaf

Leaf with veins that go out, like a feather

Palmate Leaf

Leaf with lobes

Toothed Leaf

Leaf with small spikes

Compound Leaf

A leaf composed of smaller "leaflets" on a stalk