Introduction to Tree Identification

Introduction to a Tree Identification Course

Purpose: This project was developed as an introduction to an introduction to a course on tree identification. I have provided a few slides from the presentation here. The full project can be presented upon request.

Instructional Goal: To develop an introduction to the topic of tree identification, with participants being able to list the four keys to identification by the end and see some examples in the process.

Learning Objective:

  • To be able to list the four keys to identifying a tree species.

Tool: Canva

Title slide with green background and white leaf illustrations, reading 'How to: Tree Identification. The four keys to determining a species.'
A step-by-step guide on examining leaves, titled '1: Examine the leaves,' with bullet points listing Shape, Size, Color, and Texture, on a background with light green leaves illustration.
Infographic titled '2: Examine the Bark' with a background of birch trees, explaining how to analyze bark by looking at texture, pattern, and color.
A green informational slide with the title 'Bark Color' and images displaying various types of bark. The slide explains how bark color varies due to external factors like fire and sun exposure, and across species. It includes example images: the first showing pine bark at different wildfire stages, and the second comparing eucalyptus bark to sycamore bark.