How to Identify Trees of Oklahoma
- 1). Obtain lists and photos of the trees found in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Forestry Service provides on its website the online tree guide, Trees of Oklahoma. The tree guide is a series of fact sheets that include drawings and information about the trees. Great Trees of Oklahoma, also located on the Oklahoma Forestry Service website, is a registry service that maintains records of the largest trees in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service provides on its website the brochure, Deciduous Trees of Oklahoma. The brochure includes names, descriptions and photos of deciduous trees that grow throughout Oklahoma.
- 2). Learn the names of the most common Oklahoma's trees. Oklahoma's 4-H program teaches participants to recognize 20 trees common to Oklahoma. Some of the trees listed by 4-H are elms, maples, oaks and willows. Trees native to Oklahoma include the buckeye, the Oklahoma evergreens and the holly.
- 3). Study material on how to identify the leaves of trees. Oklahoma 4-H, which notes that there are only five types of leaves in Oklahoma, states that leaf identification is the best method for identifying trees and that most books and guides use this method of identification. Leaf identification involves recognizing the color, shape and veining.
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