Question
My daughter is doing a biology report and has to identify Native New-Jersey trees within a near-by forest.  She has taken leaf samples. Can you give us some Web Sites that show the leafs and identify the trees they come from?

Answer
Here are a couple of sites that are good

http://www.oplin.org/tree/

http://forestry.about.com/od/thecompletetree/u/tree_anatomy.htm

You could also contact the local office of the NJ State Forestry agency and ask for assistance. They usually have offices in each County. Here is their web link to the contact page. Their number may be in the local phone book. I am sure they will be willing to help ID the ones she is having problems with.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/forest/njfs_regional_offices.html