The Trees of Carrboro Elementary A guidebook to identify and locate trees with drawings, poetry and photographs
Written and Illustrated by Carrboro Elementary First Grade Students May 2010
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Thank You! NC Beautiful Grant Duke Energy Dr. Emily Bivins Kitty Heller's Class Christine Amabile's Class Luz Marie Suarez's Class Stephanie Wilkins' Class Debbie Bolas Mary Heine Elise McLean Stephen Kegg Carrboro PTA Allison Wood Dale Traugott
NC Botanical Garden James L. Ward Dionne Davis Ava Vanhook Jackie Ellison Mabel Gonzales Shon Richmond Eileen Regan Molly Stoffregen Maria Arbiol Moo Soe Talar Hso Caleb Klegg
Thank you to Duke Energy for the NC Beautiful Grant and for supporting our students' study of trees and the natural beauty of our state. The many others named on this page have contributed through their amazing gifts of advice, time, energy, talent and donations. Kitty Heller, Project Director
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Tree Location Map
The trees are divided into four sections: the front of the school, the woods near the 300 wing and the courtyard, the playground and amphitheater, and around the bus circle. The trees are marked and are roughly in order if you begin at the Kiss and Go and proceed clockwise around the school.
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Sycamore American Holly Saucer Magnolia Southern Magnolia Crape Myrtle Japanese Maple
Mugo Pine Red Maple Southern Catalpa Black Gum Green Ash
Dogwood Red Cedar Loblolly Pine American Elm Willow Oak
Pussy Willow Tulip Tree Fig Tree Goldenrain Tree Mimosa
Redbud Weeping Mulberry Persimmon Sweet Gum Red Maple
Shagbark Hickory Mockernut Hickory White Oak Leyland Cypress
Southern Sugar Maple Black Cherry Green Ash Post Oak Sassafras
Winged Elm Winged Elm Shortleaf Pine Red Tip Scarlet Oak
Sycamore Khatmin and Nate Pretty as it Looks. I like it At midnight as I 'Nelt down to watch it. Everyone looks at it as the moon glitters down on it. A sycamore tree feels smooth. A sycamore tree is deciduous. The wind blows the seed pod. A large, deciduous native tree with peeling bark, the sycamore, also called a London planetree, grows to 100 feet. Seed pods are round with pointy seeds.
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American Holly Peter and Duncan Holiday Tree Open in the wild Long stems Leaves and red berries Year long leaves. Standing high and tall, The holly is around you. It is on your Christmas wreath. The holly is a native evergreen tree. It is medium height with smooth and rough bark. Leaves have needle points.
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Saucer Magnolia Emily and Christina Saucer Magnolia Usually they bloom in March Pink and white flowers.
Saucer Magnolia In the Spring, they have flowers, The rain makes them grow.
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This small, deciduous tree near the auditorium has gray bark, dull green leaves, and beautiful tulip-shaped flowers.
Southern Magnolia Matilda and Savannah
Magnificent tree, A lot in the South Grows a lot. Nice shade Overhead Leans a lot It's big, Awesome!
This native evergreen tree has shiny green leaves, large 8-inch flowers and cones with small fruits and red seeds.
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The magnolia tree Beautiful, big, white flowers. My favorite tree.
Crape Myrtle Noah and Addie
My beauty tree. A tree that has smooth light brown bark. It has beautiful flowers. The flowers have four petals.
Crape Myrtle has leaves Rain makes it grow A tree is growing People come to see it grow Every tree has a trunk. Many trees grow tall. You will love them!
A deciduous tree, crape myrtle grows to 25 feet tall, with smooth bark, green leaves, and summer blossoms.
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Japanese Maple Awesome seed pods Pretend you are in Japan Amazing leaves Now plant them Experts are studying Smooth bark Examine the star-like leaves.
This small maple grows to about 12 feet tall, with star-like leaves. It is native to Japan and China.
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Japanese Maple Connor and Lucas Japanese Maple is awesome. It feels like a net you can fold. You can pretend that it is an eagle's wing.
Mugo Pine Griffin
My special tree is for me Under the sky Great Ornamental. Pretty It is fun to watch grow Nobody wants to hurt it. Evergreens.
The mugo is an evergreen native to Japan that grows 3 to 20 feet tall. It has needles and dark brown cones.
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The seed pod is red. The trunk is brown and very tall. It is deciduous.
Red Maple Amanda and Alex
Red leaves in fall Exciting maple Deciduous tree. Maple tree Awesome tree Planted by school Leaves are green in Spring Excellent, red maple
This native maple is a deciduous tree that grows 80 feet tall. It has red fall color, red seed pods and winged fruit.
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Southern Catalpa Grace and Aye Mow Beautiful is a Catalpa Tree It makes me so happy. When I see it, it makes me shine. When I see it, it makes me want to pick it. As beautiful as it is, nobody should cut it down.Nothing is as beautiful as a Catalpa Tree.
Catalpa tree has Bright pink or purple flowers It's a pretty tree.
This native deciduous tree grows to 60 feet tall. It has bean pod-like fruit and white, yellow, and purple flowers.
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Tupeloes are big. They grow in Carolina. Four hundred years old. (Black Gum trees are sometimes called Tupelo Trees. You can buy Tupelo honey.)
Black Gum Phillip and Hein
Brown bark Leaves are big Awesome flowers Colorful tree Kind of big. Great for me to climb Under the ground are roots. My special tree.
The deciduous black gum is a native tree that grows to 80 feet tall and can live to be 450 years old. Its fruit is used to make juice.
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Green Ash Keith and Shine
Green leaves Rot on green ash Excellent ash Enormous for leaves Need Leaves About ash trees Still hard Has dark bark.
This native, deciduous tree with compound leaves grows 60 feet tall. The yellow fall leaves do not stay on the tree very long.
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Dogwood’s trunk is long but not as long as mine because mine stretches all the way around the world and it only stretches to me
This small tree, the North Carolina state flower, usually grows 10 to 20 feet tall and 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
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Dogwood Sam, Meredith, Fernanda, Leif
Red Cedar Naomi, Danny, Melody, Brooke I love the Red Cedar. I love the Red Cedar. I love the Red Cedar. And how about you?
Red cedar is actually part of the juniper family and is not a cedar at all. It provides the wood that is used widely in cedar drawers.
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Loblolly Pine Marley, Bryan, Maria, Jonah, Virginia
My tree is big like a giant My tree has roots My tree has needles My tree has pine cones They are shaped like knives My tree is under the sol
This tree, 98–115 feet tall, is also called the Carolina pine or bull pine. It is native to North Carolina.
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American Elm Max, Fidel, Martin, Jonathan P. Leaves in the trees are very very small But trees become very, very tall.
These trees produce a flat fruit called a samara that ripens in the spring. The American elm can live for several hundred years.
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Willow Oak Chloe, Lincoln, Kyle, Jonathan C. My tree’s roots are like old fingers The tree’s bark feels like a razor The branches hang like an old man
Willow oaks can grow to be 100 feet tall. The trees bloom in mid-spring, produce acorns in the fall, and have leaves shaped like willow leaves.
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Pussy Willow Ella, Griffin, Owen, Will, Juan
Different All the other trees are taller White buds fall no more Fluffy caterpillars in the grass.
This tree produces fuzzy silver gray catkin flowers that appear in late winter or early spring. It is native to North Carolina.
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Tulip Tree Nina, Wendy, Jayla, Carlos
The tulip tree smells of pine The colors are so divine The branches sway in the breeze The lines in the trees Look like a stream In the summer It smells delightful The tulip tree, also called the white or yellow poplar, is actually a type of magnolia. It is native to North Carolina.
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Fig Tree Eleanor, Grant, Ruben, Denise Leaves are like hands Fruits like balloons Branches like fingers White green ice cream
The fig tree produces an edible fruit that is rich in fiber and calcium and is important to humans and wildlife.
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Goldenrain Tree Sam, Meredith, Fernanda, Leif
Ants red and black Crawl up the trunk Go up, up, up Some go down Lines all over the tree
These yellow-flowered trees, native to Asia, bloom in early summer. They produce yellow to brown seed pods.
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Mimosa Leonardo, Jorge, Kate, Cameron
Mimosa is spotted like a leopard The branches are like butterflies flying It is as gray as night And hard as brick
The mimosa tree with its distinctive leaves, spicy fragrance and silky flowers is also called a silk tree.
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Tan grande como un papรก que huele a flores. Tus hojas son verdes y tu tallo es suave. Eres especial porque tienes unas flores preciosas.
Red, pink, or purple flowers bloom all over the redbud tree in April before the leaves appear.
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Redbud Leonardo, Jonathan C.
Weeping Mulberry Denise and Kyle Tan grande como un cielo que huele a pasto. Tus hojas son extra単as pero tu tallo es suave. Me gusta tu tama単o. Eres especial porque eres como un padre.
This tree with its bright green leaves was planted on campus to feed the silkworms that depend on mulberry leaves as their primary food source.
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Persimmon Ella and Carlos Tan grande como un dinosaurio que huele a primavera. Tus hojas son verdes y amarillas. Tu tallo es como el chocolate. Eres especial porque me das sombra.
Persimmon trees, native to North Carolina, produce an edible fruit in the fall. Persimmon is a native American word that means “dry fruit."
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Sweet Gum Meredith, Marley, Jorge
Tan grande como un monstruo que huele a vegetales. Tus hojas tienen muchos colores y tu tallo es aspero. Eres especial porque eres como un hermano.
In fall, the star-shaped leaves turn brilliant orange, red and purple. This tree produces a fruit that drops to the ground as a spiky ball.
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Tan grande como un ... dinosaurio que huele a flores. Tus hojas tienen perfume delicioso y tu tallo es arrugado. Eres especial porque me cuidas como mi primo.
Maple seeds are contained in a flat nutlet shaped like a set of wings that spin like a helicopter when they fall from the tree.
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Red Maple Jayla and Maria
Shagbark Hickory Peyton, Brooke Tan grande como una jirafa que huele a frambuesa. Tus hojas son suaves pero tu tallo es escamoso. Eres bonito porque eres como una madre.
Mature trees are identifiable by shaggy bark growing on the trunk. Squirrels love the nuts of this native tree.
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Mockernut Hickory Kaia, Juan, Ruben
Tan alto como una jirafa que huele a fresa. Tus hojas son lisas, pero tu tallo es aspero. Me gustan tus bellos colores. Eres especial porque eres muy grande
This native tree is a member of the walnut family. The wood is used for building materials and for fuel.
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White Oak Melody, Jonathan P. Tan grande como un dinosaurio que huele a fresas. Tus hojas son verdes y tu tallo es arrugado. Me gustas porque eres bonito. Eres especial porque me das aire.
This native tree produces acorns which reach maturity in 120 days, fall from the tree 25 days later, and are eaten by birds and squirrels.
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Leyland Cypress Max, Will, Fernanda
Tan grande como un dinosurio que huele a helado. Tus hojas son extrañas pero me gusta tu tamaño. Eres especial porque eres el árbol más grande que he visto.
This hearty fast-growing evergreen with its distinctive bluegreen foliage is often used as a hedge or windbreak.
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Southern Sugar Maple Carlos and Olivia Helicopter Wings The seeds have wings, like a helicopter, flying when the wind blows. It sounds like paper.
The southern sugar maple, also called the Florida maple or hammock maple, has bell-shaped flowers. The seeds are one inch long.
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Black Cherry Ava and Jyheim
White Whipped Cream So white So yummy With a flower In my tummy
The black cherry is the tallest of the cherry trees. Black cherry trees often grow near fences and power lines because birds drop the seeds there.
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Flower Petals It is white like snow and it falls to the ground.
Green Ash Isiah, Mads and Toby
The Battleship Leaf
Karate Chop Leaf
It’s a battleship That has been battling The inch worm army. It got shot, But it did not crash.
Sharp like a Chopper Knife Eeee-ya!
In the bark of the ash tree you can see diamond shapes. Its branches are opposing V branches. There are 18 types of ash trees in the United States.
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Post Oak
The Post Oak Leaf A soft glove Holding a bumpy handkerchief With 10 points And 21 inches long.
Ehkhay Ler Moo, Haydan and Margaret
Post oaks can grow to be 74 feet tall with one inch long acorns. These trees are used to make railroad tracks.
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Sassafras Jake, Michael and Emma Mitten Leaf Like a mitten Just lying Around. It’s all smooth Just Not The back.
This native tree has different types of leaves which turn yellow, orange, pink and scarlet in the fall. The leaves smell like root beer and can be used to make tea.
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Winged Elm Henry and Jayshawn Mr. Skinny It is skinny And tall Like me, But it is A tree Moving With The wind. The winged elm got its name because its bark peels off the sides of the branches. The smallest North Carolina elm, its flowers grow in clusters.
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Winged Elm Gordon and Iris Christmas tree leaf, Christmas tree leaf. Green and round, Little and skinny And on a branch on the ground.
Leaf of the Elm, Leaf of the Elm. Looks like seaweed, Feels smooth. Has serrated edges, Has serrated edges.
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Leaves of the elm tree can be single or double serrated. Fully mature elm trees can live for 300 years.
Shortleaf Pine Grissom, Hannah and Ta Eh Ler Tall Tree
Pine Tree
The tree is so tall.
Pine, pine Big and tall Tall and round And a branch on the ground.
This tree can grow to be 100 feet tall. If the tree is cut down, the trunk can still grow. The shortleaf pine is also known as the Rosemary pine.
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Red Tip Tree
Red Tip May Mya Noe and Sam
Stinky flower, Clean leaf. Rusty, rusty, With sharp teeth.
The red tip photinia can be trimmed to look like a bush and can be used as a fence. The leaves are green in spring and summer and turn red in the fall.
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Tiny Acorn
Scarlet Oak
Troval, troval Grows to be 1 inch long, Grows the be 100 feet tall.
Ms. Wilkins Class
Acorn Spinning top, With scales all over. Tiny and brown And a seed inside.
The fruit of the scarlet oak is one inch long acorns. Its leaves turn dark red in fall. The scarlet oak's female flowers are hard to see, but its male flowers are bright green.
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