Twig Key

So far you have made the following choices...

• deciduous leaves
• alternate arrangement
• tree
• lacking spines
• three or fewer end buds
• not scaly end buds
• buds are fuzzy

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

Possible Matches:

Family	Genus	Species	common name
Anacardiaceae	Rhus	copallina	shining sumac
Anacardiaceae	Rhus	glabra	smooth sumac
Anacardiaceae	Rhus	typhina	staghorn sumac
Fabaceae	Cladrastis	kentukea	yellowwood
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	acuminata	cucumbertree
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	kobus var. stellata	star magnolia
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	macrophylla	bigleaf magnolia
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	virginiana	sweetbay magnolia
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	x soulangiana	saucer magnolia
Meliaceae	Melia	azedarach	Chinaberry
Moraceae	Broussonetia	papyrifera	paper mulberry
Salicaceae	Salix	discolor	pussy willow
Simaroubaceae	Ailanthus	altissima	tree-of-Heaven
Theaceae	Gordonia	lasianthus	loblolly bay

 

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