State Contest - Trees

Contest Format

At the Tree Identification station on the State Contest, participants will be asked to identify trees based on a sample that usually includes a fresh branch with leaves.

• If you are 8-10 years old, you are a Junior.  You will only be asked to identify 15 trees from the Junior tree list. You will select from a word bank of tree names.

• If you are 11-13 years old, you are an Intermediate.  You will be asked to identify 20 trees that come from both the  Junior and Intermediate tree list. You will select from a word bank of tree names.

• If you are 14-18 years old, you are a Senior.  You will be asked to identify 30 trees from all levels of trees from the state contest.  Note, this contest has more Senior trees than in the NFF contest.  You will NOT be given a word bank, so you have to recall the trees from memory and learn to spell them and properly capitalize them.

Learning Slides

Here are slides to help you learn to identify trees from the state contest. They are broken into three slide decks based on age divisions.

Flashcards

These flashcards can be used to study for the trees found on the state contest. 

Select the level(s) of trees you want to study based on your age division.

Then choose whether to study all characteristics of a tree, or just the leaves.  Learning all of the characteristics is helpful for identifying trees in the forest.  At the state contest, you will generally identify trees based on live leaves.  You will NOT likely be provided with additional information such as nuts, fruits, cones, flowers or bark.