For my Forest Schools portfolio, I've been working on some tree flash cards with photos, description, folklore etc To give them a little something extra, I've also written a little haiku about each of the trees which I thought I'd share with you.
Ash
Large black buds burst open
To reveal pink coral blooms
Which make seeds like keys
Beech
Sharply pointed buds
Trunk like an elephant's leg
Bears edible nuts
Elder
Small scented flowers
Turn to rich purple berries
Hang from gnarled branches
Hawthorn
Delicate flowers
Berries and leaves bread and cheese
Knotted wood bears thorns
Rowan
Altitude lover
Leaves pinnate and serrated
Bears bright red berries
Sycamore
Flowers dangling
Five fingered leaves with red stems
Helicopters spin
Oak
From acorns they grow
Can live for a thousand years
House many species
Horse Chestnut
Big brown sticky buds
Conkers come from spiky shells
Pretty pink flowers
Field Maple
Lone English Maple
Helicopters tumble down
Soft edged green leaves grow
Birch
Peeling Silver skin
Delicate leaves tumbling
With winter catkins
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