Other Fact Sheets Leaf Key

So far you have made the following choices...

It could be one of the species in the table below. Let's narrow our choices based on the leaf edge.
serrated leaf margin
smooth leaf margin

My leaf has a serrated leaf margin - the edge resembles saw teeth
My leaf has a smooth leaf margin (but may have large teeth)

Possible matches:
Acer barbatum - Florida maple
Acer buergerianum - trident maple
Acer campestre - hedge maple
Acer circinatum - vine maple
Acer ginnala - Amur maple
Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain maple
Acer grandidentatum - bigtooth maple
Acer macrophyllum - bigleaf maple
Acer miyabei - Miyabe maple
Acer nigrum - black maple
Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
Acer platanoides - Norway maple
Acer pseudoplatanus - sycamore maple
Acer rubrum - red maple
Acer saccharinum - silver maple
Acer saccharum - sugar maple
Acer spicatum - mountain maple
Acer tataricum - Tatarian maple
Acer truncatum - Shantung maple
Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry
Catalpa bignonioides - southern catalpa
Cornus florida - flowering dogwood
Fremontodendron californicum - California fremontia
Fremontodendron mexicanum - Mexican femontia
Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea
Hyptis emoryi - desert lavender
Larrea tridentata - creosote bush
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
Lyonothamnus floribundus - lyon tree
Paulownia fortunei - dragon tree
Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia
Philadelphus coronarius - mockorange
Philadelphus inodorus - scentless mockorange
Philadelphus lewisii - mockorange
Philadelphus pubescens - hoary mockorange
Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry
Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. opulus - European cranberrybush viburnum
Vinca minor - periwinkle

 

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