Common North American trees identified by leaf shape and edge pattern, distinct from the general tree ID basics deck.
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- Which North American tree has palmate leaves with 5-7 lobes and serrated edges in opposite arrangement?
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Sugar maple- Red oak leaves are lobed with what distinctive feature at the tip of each lobe?
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Bristle tips- How do white oak leaf lobes differ from red oak?
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White oak lobes are rounded, not pointed- Pin oak leaves are deeply lobed and arranged what way on the stem?
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Alternately (alternate arrangement)- Which tree has small, triangular leaves with doubly serrated edges?
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Birch- Quaking aspen leaves tremble in the breeze due to a unique feature. What is it?
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Flat petioles (flattened leaf stalks)- Eastern cottonwood leaves are triangular with what distinctive feature?
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Flattened petioles- Willow tree leaves are characteristically long and narrow with what edge pattern?
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Finely serrated (finely toothed)- American elm leaves have an asymmetrical what, making them distinctive?
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Leaf base- Red maple leaves are often 3-lobed or unlobed and arranged what way?
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Opposite- Flowering dogwood leaves have entire margins and distinctive what feature?
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Veins that curve to follow the leaf margin- Sweetgum leaves have a distinctive star-shape with how many lobes?
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5-7 lobes- Crabapple leaves are small, simple, oval-shaped with what edge pattern?
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Serrated (toothed edges)- Wild cherry tree leaves are lanceolate with fine serrations and arranged what way?
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Alternately (alternate)- Spicebush leaves are simple with entire margins and become what when crushed?
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Aromatic
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