Can you identify these leaves?

Plants

Can you identify these leaves?

Maple birch rowan holly pine-tree

Fir-tree oak willow ash

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Silver birch is a medium-sized tree with elegant, drooping branches. Its bark is white year-round. Catkinsappear from April to May.

English elm is a tree which leaves are round to oval, toothed, rough to the touch. They have an asymmetrical base and come to a sudden point at the top.

Can you guess the trees?

1) This tree was sacred to many gods, including Zeus, Jupiter and the Celtic Dagda. Each of these gods ruled over thunder and lightning, and these trees are often hit by lightning because they are the tallest in the landscape. It is also connected with druids’ rituals.

These trees produce one of the hardest timbers on the planet. It is still used for flooring, wine barrels and firewood.

2) This tree is known for its hardy timber. It may be used for a variety of situations, including furniture. Trees are planted widely in towns and cities, thanks to their ornamental value and tolerance of shade and pollution. They are also used to make syrup. The tree is associated with Canada.

3) This tree was thought to have medicinal and mystical value. In Norse mythology, it was the 'Tree of Life', and the first man on Earth has come from this tree. It is one of the toughest hardwoods. In the 19th century, it was commonly used to construct carriages, and Britain’s Morgan Motor Company still grows these trees to make the frames for its cars.

It can live to a grand old age of 400.

4) In folklore and mythology, this tree symbolizes good fortune and well-being. As evergreens, they were seen as a sign of vitality (life energy). Traditionally, people thought that they ward off bad spirits and protect buildings and cattle from misfortune, disease and even lightning.

In ancient Roman mythology, these trees were sacred to Attis, the god of vegetation, who transformed into such tree when he died.

The wood is used in paper manufacture as well as for general construction.