Twig Key

So far you have made the following choices...

• deciduous leaves
• alternate arrangement
• tree
• lacking spines
• three or fewer end buds
• scaly end buds
• three bundle scars per leaf scar
• end buds are tall, pointed or large
• leaf scars are narrow
• twig is zig-zag
• no pubescence present on either the twig or bud

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

Possible Matches:

Family	Genus	Species	common name
Betulaceae	Betula	lenta	sweet birch
Betulaceae	Betula	papyrifera	paper birch
Betulaceae	Betula	pendula	European weeping birch
Betulaceae	Betula	populifolia	gray birch
Betulaceae	Betula	uber	roundleaf birch
Betulaceae	Carpinus	caroliniana	hornbeam
Betulaceae	Ostrya	virginiana	hophornbeam
Fagaceae	Fagus	grandifolia	American beech
Grossulariaceae	Ribes	sanguineum	red-flowering currant
Rosaceae	Prunus	angustifolia	Chickasaw plum
Tiliaceae	Tilia	americana	American basswood
Tiliaceae	Tilia	cordata	littleleaf linden
Ulmaceae	Zelkova	serrata	Japanese zelkova

 

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