Fleming College - Trees & Shrubs - Tree ID (Leaves)

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Black Ash
25-40 cm long
Odd-pinnately compound
7-11 leaflets
Elongated oval shape
Fine & sharply toothed
Sessile - rusty tufts of hair where leaflets join rachis
25-40 cm long
Odd-pinnately compound
7-11 leaflets
Elongated oval shape
Fine & sharply toothed
Sessile - rusty tufts of hair where leaflets join rachis
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White Ash
20-30 cm long
Odd-pinnately compound
5-9 leaflets (usually 7)
Leaflets stalked
Oval in shape
Weakly toothed to wavy
20-30 cm long
Odd-pinnately compound
5-9 leaflets (usually 7)
Leaflets stalked
Oval in shape
Weakly toothed to wavy
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Basswood
12-15 cm long, 7-10 cm wide
Margin glandular
Base lopsided, heart shaped
12-15 cm long, 7-10 cm wide
Margin glandular
Base lopsided, heart shaped
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Bur Oak
15-30 cm long, 7-15 cm wide
Broadest above the middle
5-9 lobes
Rounded lobes, terminal lobes largest
Variable shape
15-30 cm long, 7-15 cm wide
Broadest above the middle
5-9 lobes
Rounded lobes, terminal lobes largest
Variable shape
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Balsam Poplar
Simple
Broadly ovate, tapers to a sharp tip
Underside creamy white with rusty patches
Simple
Broadly ovate, tapers to a sharp tip
Underside creamy white with rusty patches
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Largetooth Aspen
Simple
Ovate to orbicular
Large blunt widely spaced teeth on the margin
Petiole flat
Simple
Ovate to orbicular
Large blunt widely spaced teeth on the margin
Petiole flat
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Northern Red Oak
Alternate or whorled arrangement
6-8 mm long
Clustered terminal buds
Sharp pointed
Overlapping reddish-brown scales
Alternate or whorled arrangement
6-8 mm long
Clustered terminal buds
Sharp pointed
Overlapping reddish-brown scales
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Yellow Birch
7-11 cm long, 3-5 cm wide
Margin sharply double serrate
Base narrowly round to cordate
Apex acute to acuminate
Usually 12 or more pairs of lateral veins
7-11 cm long, 3-5 cm wide
Margin sharply double serrate
Base narrowly round to cordate
Apex acute to acuminate
Usually 12 or more pairs of lateral veins
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Red Maple
5-15 cm long, 3-10 cm wide
3-5 lobes
Shallow v-shaped notch between lobes
Petiole 5-10 cm long
5-15 cm long, 3-10 cm wide
3-5 lobes
Shallow v-shaped notch between lobes
Petiole 5-10 cm long
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White Birch
5-13 cm long, 2-5 cm wide
Deltoid to ovate
Margin double serrate
Lacking teeth on blade adjacent to petiole
5-13 cm long, 2-5 cm wide
Deltoid to ovate
Margin double serrate
Lacking teeth on blade adjacent to petiole
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Trembling Aspen
Simple
Orbicular
Margin finely serrate
Petiole flat
Simple
Orbicular
Margin finely serrate
Petiole flat
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Sugar Maple
Opposite arrangement
Simple leaf, palmately lobed
3-5 lobes with long blunt pointed tips
Sinuses rounded
Opposite arrangement
Simple leaf, palmately lobed
3-5 lobes with long blunt pointed tips
Sinuses rounded
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Hawthorn
Leaf base often tapered
Variable in shape
Leaf base often tapered
Variable in shape
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Bitternut Hickory
7-11 leaflets (usually 7)
Leaflets oblong to lanceolate
7-11 leaflets (usually 7)
Leaflets oblong to lanceolate
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Butternut
11-17 leaflets
Rachis & underside of leaflets densely hairy
Terminal leaflet well developed
11-17 leaflets
Rachis & underside of leaflets densely hairy
Terminal leaflet well developed
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American / White Elm
7-15 cm long, 3-8 cm wide
Margin coarse, double serrate
Some lateral veins fork
Base oblique
7-15 cm long, 3-8 cm wide
Margin coarse, double serrate
Some lateral veins fork
Base oblique
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Ironwood
7-12 cm long, 4-9 cm wide
Sharp tapering tip
Base narrowly rounded
Margin serrate
Lateral veins (12 or less)
Numerous forked veins
Thin texture
7-12 cm long, 4-9 cm wide
Sharp tapering tip
Base narrowly rounded
Margin serrate
Lateral veins (12 or less)
Numerous forked veins
Thin texture
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Rock Elm
5-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide
Margin coarse, double serrate
Veins rarely fork
Base even
5-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide
Margin coarse, double serrate
Veins rarely fork
Base even
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American Beech
6-14 cm long, 3-7 cm wide
Elliptical shape
Prominent straight veins, each end with a tooth
6-14 cm long, 3-7 cm wide
Elliptical shape
Prominent straight veins, each end with a tooth
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Black Cherry
5-15 cm long, 2-4 cm wide
Shape narrowly oval to lanceolate
Margin finely serrate
Rusty hair along mid-rib or underside
Glands present on petiole
5-15 cm long, 2-4 cm wide
Shape narrowly oval to lanceolate
Margin finely serrate
Rusty hair along mid-rib or underside
Glands present on petiole
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