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Woody Plant Identification (Tree (Needles (Number of needles (3 needles…
Woody Plant Identification
Tree
Leaves
Alternate
5 lobes
Lobes cut too deep to be Canada flag leaf
Acer saccharinum
Looks like the Canada Flag Leaf
Sharp lobe ends
Acer plantanoides
Round lobe ends
Acer saccharum
Not Canada flag like, but no other defining characteristics
Unclear, see Bark
Bark
Striped vertically
Acer pensylvanicum
More than 5 lobes
Rounded lobe ends
Even, round serration
Quercus montana
Lobes more prominent near the top of the leaf
Stiff stalks
Quercus alba
Even, sharp serration
Unclear, see Bark
Bark
Smooth
Sharp, slender leaf buds
Fagus grandifolia
Has furrows
Blunt, short leaf buds
Castanea dentata
Sharp, pointed lobe ends
Long, drooping leaf stalks
Quercus rubra
Less than 5 lobes
Opposite
Needles
Number of needles
3 needles
Pinus rigida
2 needles
Pinus resinosa
5 needles
Fan out like strobe lights?
Pinus strobus
Color
Shrub
Tree/Shrub
Leaves
Serrated?
Rounded
More serration near top of leaves than at the bottom?
Amelanchier spp.
Pennant-shaped
Alternate?
Terminal Leaf?
Rhus typhina
Rounded serration?
Oblique?
Hamamelis virginiana
Double-serrated?
Alnus incana
Bark
Patchy?
Small white speckles?
Young Tree
On o/w shiny brown bark?
Alnus incana
Mature Tree
On o/w gray bark?
Alnus incana
Age undetermined
Unclear, see Leaves
Large, ovular patches?
Green and/or gray?
Hamamelis virginiana
Fuzzy branches?
Rhus typhina
Thorny branches?
Packed with dense leaf coverage?
Crataegus spp.
Vine
Growth
Upward?
Tendrils?
Vitis spp.
Along ground
not Vitis spp.
Unclear, see Leaves
Upward + Along ground
Unclear, see Leaves
Leaves
Three
Three lobes on middle leaf or all leaves rounded?
Toxicodendron radicans
Five
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Other
Tendrils?
Vitis spp.