| DENDROLOGY
RULES
-
Each member club may enter one contestant.
- A total
of twenty (20) designated trees will be shown to the entire group
of contestants.
- The
host club will create a reference list that will be used unless it
is rejected by more than 50% of the participating clubs. Textbook
of Dendrology by W.M. Harlow, E.S. Harrar and F.M. White, 7th edition,
Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas by A.E. Radford, H.E.
Ahles, and C.R. Bell, and Guide to Southern Trees by E.S. Harrar and
J.G. Harrar, are to serve as the primary sources from which the nomenclature
for this competition is to be taken. No books may be used by contestants
in the contest. Equipment permitted for the contest includes optical
aids.
- Correct
answers are those which are submitted to the judges within three minutes
correctly identifying the test trees with common names as well as
Latin family, genus, and species names. Authors' initials need not
be after the names.
- There
will be one (1) point given for the correct family name, three (3)
points for the correct genus name, and five (5) points for the correct
species name. Genus and species must be underlined. One (1) point
will be given for the correct common name. One-half credit will be
given for misspelling or failure to underline. Whether or not a species
name is wrong, or merely misspelled, will be determined by the common
name given by the contestant.
- In
case of a tie for first, second or third place after the first 20
trees, the tied contestants will be given additional trees until places
are determined. The position winner must, however, correctly identify
the tree which eliminates the competitor.
- If
a species name shows up on the dendrology, wildlife or wood identification
lists, they will all have the same common name.
- Tree
identification can be made in any way the contestant desires (breaking
off twigs, crushing leaves, etc.) without killing the tree.
List
of Tree Species
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