leaf

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silver maple.

simple opposite

5 lobes. serrated. middle lobe is biggest. deep sinuses. back of leaf = silver/pale.

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sassafras.

simple alternate

3 shapes: dino, oval, mitten

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flowering dogwood

simple opposite

oval shape

curved veins

red fruit

small tree

alligator skin bark

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red buckeye

palmately compound

5 leaflets

dark green on top, red flowers

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tulip poplar

simple alternate

u/v shape in middle

4 lobes

v straight trunk

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white oak. quercus alba

simple alternate

7-10 rounded lobes. no bristles (points)

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water birch (betula nigra)

exfoliated bark (peeling skin)

simple alternate

arrowhead shape, doubly serrated

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red cedar (juniperus virginiana cupresssaceae)

scale like leaf with bluish fleshy cones

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southern red oak (quercus falcata)

little points on each lobe

5 lobes

long and narrow terminal lobe (flipping u off)

simple alternate

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eastern redbud

simple alternate

❤ shaped leaves

has BEAN PODS! petioles swollen at both ends

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american holly

simple alternate

very sharp points and spine

oval shape, not soft, females have red fruits

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american bech

trunk has smooth bark

sim alt

edged are pointed (sawtooth)

WAVVYYY EDGES

VENATION PERFECT LIKE NOTEBOOK

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loblolly pine

3 needles per fascicle. very long

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virginia pine

2 needles per fascicle twisted and stiff

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american sweetgum

simple ALTERNATE

star shaped leaf

5 lobes, deep sinuses, glossy deep green leaf.

no serrations

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pinnately compound

alt?????

SEVEN leaflets per leaf

hairy rachis and underside

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bald cyprus

feather like leaves and green cones

deciduous not evergreen

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Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis, Platanaceae)

broad, shallow sinuses and lobes. not very serrated

GIANT maple lookalike

simp alt

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Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra, Juglandaceae)

pinnately compound, 5 leaflets and terminal is biggest. NOT hairy.

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Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana, Fagaceae)

rounded scalloped edges, furrowed trunk