HARDWOOD
WINTER ID KEY
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You selected:  An alternately-branched
tree with single or absent terminal buds.
Bark is smooth and light-colored.

  7.  Buds are very sticky when squeezed.
        Bud color is dark brown.
        Bark is light-gray or whitish.  KEYicon.jpg (1022 bytes)

          or

  7.  Buds are not sticky when squeezed.
        Buds are under 1/2 inch long.  KEYicon.jpg (1022 bytes)

CAREFULLY read each option
on the right.  This is the
hardest key to work through.
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.

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

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