HARDWOOD
WINTER ID KEY

You selected:  An oppositely-branched
tree or shrub.

  2.  Twigs are stout, never reddish. 
        Terminal buds dark, sometimes large.
        Leaf scars are large.    

          or

  2.  Twigs normal thickness or slender. 
        Usually reddish or brownish.   

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to your sample or describes
what you remember from
where you saw the tree.
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U.P. TREE  IDENTIFICATION  KEY
from Michigan State University Extension