2025 Holiday Hike Challenge Answer Key
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Holiday Hike Challenge! The winners of our prizes have been contacted. Thanks again to all the wonderful businesses who donated prizes for this year’s challenge.
Below are the answers to the tree identification portion of the challenge. How did you do?
Holiday Hike Challenge Tree ID Answer Key
| Anderson Woods | Acer rubrum (red maple) |
| B.D. White | Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) |
| Brower Lake | Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) |
| Dumaw | Thuja occidentalis (Eastern white cedar) |
| Dune Pines | Quercus alba (white oak) |
| Flower Creek | Ostrya virginiana (hop hornbeam) |
| Kuker Van-Til | Prunus serotina (black cherry) |
| Lamberton Lake Fen | Salix nigra (black willow) |
| Maas Family | Pinus banksiana (jack pine) |
| McDuffee Creek | Populus grandidentata (big tooth aspen) |
| Minnie Skwarek | Tsuga canadensis (Eastern hemlock) |
| Palomita | Acer saccharum (sugar maple) |
| Richmond Woods | Pinus strobus (white pine) |
| Saul Lake Bog | Nyssa sylvatica (black gum) |
| The Highlands | Carya ovata (shagbark hickory) |
| Upriver Nature Preserve | Quercus rubra (red oak) |
| Wege Foundation | Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) |