lunetta Explorer Bags – Explore trees
Mr. Lunetta Explorer Bag patch.
Photo: SMRA.
Over 125 species of trees are found in New York and most of these are also found in Westchester County.
You can use the Tree ID cards in the Explorer Bags to learn the names of trees as you explore. Once you know that name of the tree, you can discover where it grows, how wildlife depends on it and how it looks in different seasons.
Use the links below to explore more about trees. Enjoy exploring local nature!
explore more about trees
- Top Ten Westchester Trees
Discover the most common trees - Learn more about tree ID
Download a guide to dig deeper into tree ID
- Explore more about local trees
The above guide to Central Park trees adds to the info on the Tree ID cards in the Explorer Bags - Discover the Forest!
Find out new ways to explore the woods
- Explore Fall Colors
Find out which colors show on which trees
top ten westchester trees
Here are ten of the most common trees in our area. Can you find all ten of these trees in your exploring? Use the Tree ID cards in the Explorer Bag or the Central Park tree link to learn more about them.
- Sugar Maple
- Red Maple
- American Beech
- Northern Red Oak
- White Oak
- Sassafras
- American Sycamore
- Tulip Tree
- Shagbark Hickory
- White Pine
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Top 20 Westchester herps and more - seasonal explorations
ideas for spring, summer, fall, winter - trees<-- this page
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