Twig Key

So far you have made the following choices...

• deciduous leaves
• alternate arrangement
• tree
• lacking spines
• no obvious buds

It could be one of the species in the table below.

Possible Matches:

Family	Genus	Species	common name
Bignoniaceae	Catalpa	speciosa	northern catalpa
Caesalpiniaceae	Cercis	canadensis	redbud
Caesalpiniaceae	Cercis	occidentalis	western redbud
Caesalpiniaceae	Gleditsia	triacanthos	honeylocust
Caesalpiniaceae	Gleditsia	aquatica	waterlocust
Caesalpiniaceae	Gymnocladus	dioicus	Kentucky coffeetree
Compositae	Chrysothamnus	nauseosus	gray rabbitbrush
Ericaceae	Leucothoe	racemosa	swamp sweetbells
Ericaceae	Oxydendrum	arboreum	sourwood
Fabaceae	Albizia	julibrissin	mimosa
Fabaceae	Cytisus	scoparius	Scotch broom
Fabaceae	Robinia	hispida	bristly locust
Fabaceae	Robinia	neomexicana	New Mexican locust
Fabaceae	Robinia	pseudoacacia	black locust
Loganiaceae	Buddleia	davidii	butterfly-bush
Scrophulariaceae	Paulownia	tomentosa	royal paulownia
Tamaricaceae	Tamarix	gallica	tamarisk

 

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