DIY Cards
Red Elderberry – Structure – 1
Sambucus racemosaThe structure is thin, with lots of small leaves.
Uses: in the central and northern coast people eat them and make wine and jelly.
Location: behind the school
Red Elderberry – Leaves 3
Sambucus racemosaUses: jelly, bat toxic Location: school back yard
Red Elderberry – Leaves 2
Sambucus racemosaOpposite, deciduous, large, diveded into 5-7 leaflets; the leaflets lance shaped, 5-15 cm long, pointed, sharply toothed, often somewhat hairy beneath.
Red Elderberry – Leaves 1
Sambucus racemosaLeaves: opposite, deciduous, large, divided into 5-7 lance-shaped leaflets, 5-15 cm long, pointed, sharply toothed, often somewhat hairy beneath. Uses: no uses due to the toxic
Found: behind the school, near the portables, Janet’s & grade 1’s class
Big Leaf Maple – Leaves
Acer macrophyllumDescription: green, looks like hand, skin is bumpy and soft
Uses: Food for animals
School location: little playground behind fence
Big Leaf Maple – Bark
Acer macrophyllumDescription: 36 meter, greyish brown
Uses: gives shade, makes paper
School Location: beside little playground in the forest