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tree

A tree generally has a single upright stem and reaches a height of 20 feet.

Some species are shrubs in harsh climates and trees in moderate climates.

shrub Shrubs are low branching, suckering, or have multiple stems and do not reach 20 feet in height.
bramble Most people recognize brambles, which include roses and blackberries.
vine Vines require some extra help for support. They hold on to the support by twining, growing tendrils, or aerial roots.
My leaf is from a tree
My leaf is from a shrub
My leaf is from a bramble, rose, or soft-wooded shrub with arching canes
My leaf is from a climbing or scrambling vine
cactus

Cacti do have leaves - they are reduced to spines.
palm Palms are common in warm regions.
yucca Yuccas can be found in many loacations but are more common is deserts.
slender or scaly vine Slender or Scaly leaves can be found on pines, junipers, and other genera.
broadleaf Broadleaf includes genera with narrow leaves, such as the willows.
Broad leaves
Slender or scaly leaves
My leaf is palm-like
My leaf is slender and strap-like (the yuccas)
I have a cactus, with leaves that are reduced to spines

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print this native? Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple

print this native? Acer spicatum - mountain maple

print this native? Aesculus pavia - red buckeye

print this native? Aesculus sylvatica - painted buckeye

print this native? Alnus serrulata - hazel alder

print this native? Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry

print this native? Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow serviceberry

print this native? Amelanchier laevis - Alleghany serviceberry

print this native? Amelanchier sanguinea - roundleaf serviceberry

print this native? Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo

print this native? Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick

print this native? Aronia arbutifolia - chokeberry

print this native? Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry

print this native? Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw

print this native? Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis

print this native? Berberis canadensis - American barberry

print this native? Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry

print this native? Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry

print this native? Buckleya distichophylla - piratebush

print this native? Buddleja davidii - butterfly-bush

print this native? Callicarpa americana - American beautyberry

print this native? Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub

print this native? Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin

print this native? Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea

print this native? Celtis pumila - dwarf hackberry

print this native? Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush

print this native? Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud

print this native? Chaenomeles speciosa - common floweringquince

print this native? Chamaedaphne calyculata - leatherleaf

print this native? Chimaphila maculata - striped pipsissewa

print this native? Chimaphila umbellata - prince's pine

print this native? Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree

print this native? Cinnamomum camphora - camphortree

print this native? Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra

print this native? Comptonia peregrina - sweetfern

print this native? Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood

print this native? Cornus amomum - silky dogwood

print this native? Cornus racemosa - gray dogwood

print this native? Corylus americana - American hazel

print this native? Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel

print this native? Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla

print this native? Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom

print this native? Dasiphora fruticosa - shrubby cinquefoil

print this native? Deutzia scabra - fuzzy deutzia

print this native? Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle

print this native? Diervilla rivularis - mountain bush-honeysuckle

print this native? Diervilla sessilifolia - southern bush-honeysuckle

print this native? Dirca palustris - eastern leatherwood

print this native? Ditrysinia fruticosa - Gulf Sebastian-bush

print this native? Elaeagnus pungens - thorny-olive

print this native? Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive

print this native? Epigaea repens - trailing arbutus

print this native? Erythrina herbacea - coralbean

print this native? Eubotrys racemosus - swamp doghobble

print this native? Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus

print this native? Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush

print this native? Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo

print this native? Euonymus fortunei - wintercreeper

print this native? Ficus carica - common fig

print this native? Forsythia spp. - forsythia

print this native? Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf fothergilla

print this native? Fothergilla major - large fothergilla

print this native? Frangula alnus - glossy buckthorn

print this native? Frangula caroliniana - Carolina buckthorn

print this native? Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry

print this native? Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry

print this native? Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel

print this native? Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon

print this native? Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea

print this native? Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea

print this native? Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea

print this native? Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort

print this native? Ilex amelanchier - sarvis holly

print this native? Ilex cassine - dahoon

print this native? Ilex coriacea - large gallberry

print this native? Ilex decidua - deciduous holly

print this native? Ilex glabra - inkberry

print this native? Ilex montana - mountain holly

print this native? Ilex myrtifolia - myrtle holly

print this native? Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly

print this native? Ilex vomitoria - yaupon

print this native? Itea virginica - sweetspire

print this native? Iva frutescens - marsh-elder

print this native? Juniperus communis - common juniper

print this native? Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel

print this native? Lagerstroemia indica - crapemyrtle

print this native? Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe

print this native? Ligustrum amurense - Amur privet

print this native? Ligustrum japonicum - Japanese privet

print this native? Ligustrum obtusifolium - border privet

print this native? Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet

print this native? Ligustrum vulgare - common privet

print this native? Lindera benzoin - spicebush

print this native? Lonicera canadensis - American fly honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle

print this native? Lonicera xbella - Belle's honeysuckle

print this native? Lycium barbarum - goji berry

print this native? Lyonia ligustrina - maleberry

print this native? Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia

print this native? Malus angustifolia - southern crab apple

print this native? Menziesia pilosa - minniebush

print this native? Mitchella repens - partridgeberry

print this native? Morella cerifera - waxmyrtle

print this native? Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry

print this native? Morus alba - white mulberry

print this native? Myrica gale - sweetgale

print this native? Nandina domestica - heavenly bamboo

print this native? Nerium oleander - oleander

print this native? Osmanthus americanus - devilwood

print this native? Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra

print this native? Persea borbonia - redbay

print this native? Persea palustris - swampbay

print this native? Philadelphus coronarius - European mockorange

print this native? Philadelphus inodorus - scentless mockorange

print this native? Physocarpus opulifolius - common ninebark

print this native? Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris

print this native? Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange

print this native? Prunus alleghaniensis - Allegheny plum

print this native? Prunus americana - American plum

print this native? Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum

print this native? Prunus caroliniana - Carolina laurelcherry

print this native? Prunus mexicana - Mexican plum

print this native? Prunus virginiana - choke cherry

print this native? Ptelea trifoliata - hoptree

print this native? Punica granatum - pomegranate

print this native? Pyracantha coccinea - scarlet firethorn

print this native? Pyrularia pubera - buffalo nut

print this native? Quercus georgiana - Georgia oak

print this native? Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak

print this native? Quercus incana - bluejack oak

print this native? Quercus minima - running oak

print this native? Quercus prinoides - dwarf chinquapin oak

print this native? Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn

print this native? Rhododendron atlanticum - dwarf azalea

print this native? Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea

print this native? Rhododendron canescens - swamp azalea

print this native? Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba rhododendron

print this native? Rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron

print this native? Rhododendron periclymenoides - pink azalea

print this native? Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac

print this native? Rhus copallinum - shining sumac

print this native? Rhus glabra - smooth sumac

print this native? Rhus michauxii - Michaux's sumac

print this native? Rhus typhina - staghorn sumac

print this native? Ribes cynosbati - prickly gooseberry

print this native? Ribes rotundifolium - Appalachian gooseberry

print this native? Robinia hispida - bristly locust

print this native? Rubus odoratus - purple flowering raspberry

print this native? Sabal minor - bush palmetto

print this native? Salix alba - white willow

print this native? Salix caprea - goat willow

print this native? Salix discolor - pussy willow

print this native? Salix purpurea - purpleosier willow

print this native? Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry

print this native? Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry

print this native? Sesbania punicea - rattlebox

print this native? Sibbaldiopsis tridentata - three-toothed-cinquefoil

print this native? Sideroxylon lycioides - buckthorn bumelia

print this native? Spiraea alba var. alba - narrowleaf spiraea

print this native? Spiraea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet

print this native? Spiraea japonica - Japanese spiraea

print this native? Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut

print this native? Stewartia ovata - mountain-camellia

print this native? Styrax americanus - American snowbell

print this native? Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry

print this native? Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry

print this native? Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf

print this native? Syringa vulgaris - common lilac

print this native? Tamarix gallica - tamarisk

print this native? Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk

print this native? Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak

print this native? Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy

print this native? Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry

print this native? Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium fuscatum - black highbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry

print this native? Vaccinium myrtilloides - velvet-leaf blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry

print this native? Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry

print this native? Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum

print this native? Viburnum dentatum - arrowwood

print this native? Viburnum lantanoides - hobblebush

print this native? Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum

print this native? Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw

print this native? Viburnum recognitum - smooth arrowwood

print this native? Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw

print this native? Vitex agnus-castus - lilac chastetree

print this native? Vitex rotundifolia - beach vitex

print this native? Xanthorhiza simplicissima - yellowroot

print this native? Yucca filamentosa - yucca

print this native? Zanthoxylum americanum - common pricklyash