Trees Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties (4)
  2. 4. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (5)
  3. 6. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers (7)
  4. 9. United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (9)
  5. 12. Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix (6)

Down

  1. 1. A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand (4)
  2. 2. Water falling from clouds (4)
  3. 3. Dried bark of various ___ (8)
  4. 5. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material (3)
  5. 7. A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus (3)
  6. 8. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  7. 10. Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various ___ trees (7)
  8. 11. A coniferous tree (4)