wpe5.jpg (2127 bytes)U.P. TREE  IDENTIFICATION  KEY
from Michigan State University Extension

HARDWOOD
SUMMER ID KEY
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You selected:  Simple leaves with fine-toothed margins
and even leaf bases.  These leaves look a lot alike.
Note:  There are 4 choices on this page!

  9.  Flimsy leaf, 2 to 3 inches long.
        Shreddy bark.  Small understory tree.
        If so, try ironwood.

          or

  9.  Flimsy leaf, 2 to 3 inches long.
        Smooth gray bark.  Small understory tree.
        If so, try musclewood.

          or

  9.  Upland shrub.  Flimsy leaves 2 to 4 inches long.
        Brownish to light gray bark.
        If so, try hazelnut.

          or

  9.  Wetland shrub.  Thicker leaves 2 to 4 inches long.
        Purplish to brown bark with large white spots.
        If so, try tag alder.

CAREFULLY read each option
on the right.  Pick the one
that is closest to your sample
or describes what you
remember from where you
saw the tree.  Click on the
"key" icon wpeF.jpg (1022 bytes) to go to the
next set of choices.

To see the entire summer hardwood key on one page, click HERE.
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This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, now retired.  He continues to respond to suggestions, questions, and corrections. Contact him at cookwi@msu.edu.