Leaning objective: To demonstrate the diversity of fruits found in trees.

Background information: Seeds are developed inside the fruit (or cone) in tree species. The fruit types covered in this website include:

Procedure:

1. Make a fruit type collection by trying to collect a fruit in each category.

2. Dissect the fruit to find the actual seed.

3. Draw a picture of your fruit and compare it to the image available in the website.

Fruit type	Plant name
Nut	Pecan, bur oak, pin oak, red oak, white oak.
Pod	Eastern redbud, honeylocust, Kentucky coffeetree, yellowwood.
Capsule	Northern catalpa, Ohio buckeye, sweetgum.
Samara	Green ash, American ash, red maple, sugar maple, tulip poplar.
Berry	Paw paw, persimmon.
Drupe	Black cherry, black walnut, flowering dogwood.
Pome	Cockspur hawthorn.
Cone	Bald cypress, eastern hemlock, eastern white pine.