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Winter Twig ID Flashcards

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Acer
Maples

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Fraxinus
Ashes

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Quercus
Oaks

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Tilia
Basswood

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Betula
Birch

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Ostrya
Ironwood

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Populus
Aspen, Popple, etc.

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Salix

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Ulmus

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Larix

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Only deciduous Conifer

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Larix

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Alternate leave scars
3 vein scars
Buds with many scales, more or less plump

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Ulmus

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Alternate leave scars
3 vein scars
Buds pointed, pressed against twig, Single Scale

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Salix

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Alternate leave scars
3 vein scars
Pointed buds, axial buds with 5-7 scales, one scale
centered right over leaf scar

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Populus

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15
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Alternate leave scars
3 vein scars
Twigs shiny, dark reddish brown with
lenticels. Spur shoots are common but only on older twigs

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Betula
Birch

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Alternate leaves
3 vein scars
More light orange-ish color to twigs, but
this is variable, bud scales more evenly greenish brown

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Ostrya
Ironwood

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Alternate leaves
5-10 vein scars
Buds plump, often reddish, 2-3 scales, angle away from
stem

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Tilia

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Alternate leaves
Many vein scars
Many bud scales, to the point that buds almost resemble
little pine cones

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Quercus
Oaks

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Opposite leaves
Many vein scars
Buds with a granular surface, terminal bud pyramid-shaped,
1-3 pairs of scales

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Fraxinus
Ashes

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Opposite leaves
3 vein scars
Leaf scar shape: narrow crescent. Number of bud scales
variable depending on the species

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Acer
Maples

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