This document summarizes information about 6 tree species: cottonwood, red pine, shagbark hickory, yellow birch, white spruce. It provides details about each tree's lifespan, size, bark, wood properties, habitat range, and distinguishing characteristics. The trees included are native to North America and information covers their botany, ecology, and uses by humans.

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2. Cottonwood
Lifespan: Variable, up to 100 years.
60 to 100 feet tall, 60-100 foot canopy
spread, trunk diameter up to 5 or 6 feet.
male cottonwood trees produces pollen
Female cottonwood trees Produce the
cottony covered seed
Cottonwoods are typically found growing
along streams irrigation ditches and around
lakes

3. Red Pine
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Red Pine is an evergreen tree characterized
by tall, straight growth in a variety of
habitats
older trees have longer lengths of
branchless.
The leaves are needle-like dark green, in
fascicles of two, 12- cm long, and brittle.
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Each year a pine tree produces a new whorl

4. Shagbark Hickory
Genus Carya
Shagbark Hickory tree have ashy gray bark
similar to birch trees
tall and straight and can grow to about 100
feet tall
branches can spread to 25 feet

5. Yellow Birch
The wood of yellow birch is heavy,
strong, close-grained, even-textured,
and shows a wide color variation, from
reddish brown to creamy white.
The sap of yellow birch can be tapped
for use as edible syrup.
It takes about 1-4 years for the yellow
birch to grow
This tree is about 20 m tall with a trunk
up to 80 cm in diameter.
The Yellow Birch grows to about 60-75
feet or 100 feet tall

6. White Spruce
growing to 15–30 m tall,
Known as Interior Spruce in the central
Interior where it interbreeds with
Engelmann Spruce
The White Spruce grows from seal level
to mid-elevations
The White Spruce is found through the
interior of British Columbia
Only pure species grows north of
Dawson Creek