Help us find the tallest and widest trees in
Melrose MA
All Melrose students in grades K-12 can work as a team or solo to be the first to identify what they believe to be the largest tree(s) by species in Melrose. If you’re out and enjoying the weather, why not find more than one!!!! (Tree capture form) Sample trees can be found on the Walking Tour Overview. Many species are not listed in the Walking Tour Overview so feel free to find something new!!!
At the end of the scavenger hunt a set of verifiers will survey the top three trees by species to confirm the species, height, and circumference.
Dates
- May 18th start the hunt
- June 1 end of hunt
- June 8th 10:00AM Awards
- June 9th 10:00AM (Rain date
Awards
Mayor Jennifer Grigoraitis will present awards from under the Dawn Redwood on the Melrose Common park
- Tallest tree Adult
- Widest tree high schooler
- Tallest tree middle schooler
- Widest tree elementary schooler
- Tallet tree found by a team
Tree Data to Collect
Each student or team can log multiple trees using the form below. For each tree you will record:
- Species
- Height
- Circumference
- Reference images
- Total tree
- Bark
- Leaf
- Fruit
Before you leave your house
Load your apps
- PlantNet for tree identification (Apple Store) (Google Play)
- Arboreal app for tree height (Apple Store) (Google Play)
Find a tape measure to measure circumference and (if you want to have fun with geometry a yard stick)
Turn on location tracking (for your camera and the browser you use). We will grab the lat/long from the image you take and via a macro at the end of the survey.
How to
Identify species with these apps
- PlantNet
- VTree
- LeafSnap
- Seek
Take measurements
- Arboreal app. (Apple Store). (Google Play)
- Tape measure and yard stick (YouTube)
- Tape measure and 45 degree angle
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