Goal: To provide an engaging, hands-on experience for students beginning to learn about Missouri River floodplain trees. It is not designed as a foolproof taxonomic tree ID guide.
Audience: Elementary through High School Students
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While the trees included in this guide can be found in many Missouri River floodplain forests, the list is not exhaustive for all locations. Many Missouri River floodplain trees can be very tall with leaves out of reach; as such, we formatted this guide to focus on bark providing the most direct identifier for the student.
Tree bark is at the student level! Because many guides focus on leaves and stems to identify trees, we understand that this is a unique approach to learning tree species.
Thank you to those who made this guide possible.
