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Trees Word Search

Trees keep their own record. Most add one growth ring a year, so counting the rings on a cut stump gives a rough age, and some bristlecone pines have been growing for more than 4,000 years. A good match for school nature units and families.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • apple
  • ash
  • beech
  • birch
  • cedar
  • cherry
  • elm
  • fir
  • maple
  • oak
  • palm
  • pine
  • spruce
  • walnut
  • willow

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Words in the Trees word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

oak
Strong broad tree that grows acorns for squirrels and jays.
pine
Evergreen with needles in bundles and hard woody cones.
maple
Tree with winged seeds, and the source of maple syrup.
birch
Slim tree with papery white bark that peels in strips.
willow
Water loving tree with long drooping branches and narrow leaves.
palm
Tropical tree with a bare trunk and a crown of fronds.
apple
Small orchard tree with spring blossom and autumn fruit.
cedar
Fragrant evergreen whose wood naturally resists insects and rot.
elm
Tall shade tree with limbs that spread like a vase.
fir
Cone bearing evergreen with flat soft needles on the twig.
spruce
Evergreen with stiff sharp needles and cones that hang down.
ash
Tough springy wood used for tool handles and baseball bats.
beech
Smooth grey bark, with small nuts that feed birds and squirrels.
walnut
Spreading tree that drops hard shelled edible nuts.
cherry
Grown for pink spring blossom and small stone fruit.
redwood
Coast redwood is the tallest kind of tree on Earth.
sequoia
Giant sequoia is the largest tree by total wood volume.
aspen
Leaves tremble and rattle in the lightest breeze.
poplar
Fast growing tree often planted in rows as a windbreak.
magnolia
Ancient flowering tree with large waxy cream or pink blooms.

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