Leaf Identification Quiz

43...but that says more about eliminating the wrong options than knowing the trees

Scott Ellis, post: 436409, member: 7154 wrote: I am not a tree guy, and most of those Trees are not in Texas, however I didnt use any of the hints and got a 38. It had more to do with the choices, only 3 of them and I could tell it was an Oak leaf and they only had one Oak as an answer, same with the Maple leaves. Also they list choices that have already been used as answers. Also it was easy to eliminate one or two of the choices. Would be much more difficult if they had more than 3 choices and were in the same Genus

exactly. Another is they would have some kind of cedar tree, and two of the trees would be deciduous. Like [USER=315]@Sergeant Schultz[/USER] says, one of those "I'm a genius" facebook type quizzes.

When I was a kid leaf identification was paramount:

paden cash, post: 436466, member: 20 wrote: When I was a kid leaf identification was paramount:

Is that a posion ivy leaf?

Scott Ellis, post: 436469, member: 7154 wrote: Is that a posion ivy leaf?

kinda...

paden cash, post: 436466, member: 20 wrote: When I was a kid leaf identification was paramount:

Leaves of three, let it be
Leaves of seven...uh...what was I saying...whatever....who want's to go to taco bell?

40 out of 44, seems about in par with other people that work in the woods.

Love multiple choice - process of elimination is the only way I scored as well as I did.
Missed:
Soft Elm
Grey Dogwood
Ash-Leaved Maple
Kentucky Coffee Tree

paden cash, post: 436466, member: 20 wrote: When I was a kid leaf identification was paramount:

Sadly, that is now the State Leaf for Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington

40 but many by the process of eliminating what I was certain they could not be.

41 but I also protest the sycamore!

41
Can't say as I've ever seen a basswood with as small of a leaf as what appeared to be in the photo.

got a 37 but how many would anyone get correct if presented with the photo and an entire list of trees to pick from ? what if you were shown a leaf and you had to write in the tree type?

Not even going to attempt it. I am very aware that I am not proficient in tree identification. If I'm standing under a tree and an apple falls on my head, I assume it's an apple tree. If a walnut falls on my head, I assume it's a walnut tree. I'm just thankful that watermelons do not grow on trees.

Holy Cow, post: 437212, member: 50 wrote: I'm just thankful that watermelons do not grow on trees.

Coconuts do though, and I'd never thought much about it, until earlier this year while setting up the sounder for a bathymetric survey at the wharf under the shade of a tree, one crashed into the floor of the boat, just missing my unprotected bonce by inches. (By the way I got a lowly score of 29).

50

As THE COUNT on Sesame Street would say................Three. That's three new words today. Three.

Pillock, gorse and bonce.

Many more available. On a related note, in a different lifetime when I was overlanding in Africa I met a lovely French girl at a cafe in Harare and we got chatting. She was overlanding with a bunch of Kiwis and Aussies and although her English was very good, she did confide that she had terrible trouble understanding the sayings that they used. The example she gave was "I'm just going to take a sh.t". I could see the issue there and being the cosmopolitan that I was, I thought about translating it for her and possibly miming the act, but instead reverted to "crickets".

J. Penry, post: 436330, member: 321 wrote: I scored 39 out of 44.

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40. Some guesses.

Sergeant Schultz, post: 436429, member: 315 wrote: Yep - that's why I said it was kinda lame. Like any one of dozens of little quizzes that appear on Facebooger - where anyone can feel like they're "...as smart as Einstein".

I'm not sure it's just facebooger.

OK guys...does anybody recognize what type of leaf this might be?