HARDWOOD
WINTER ID KEY
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You selected:  An alternately-branched
tree with single or absent terminal buds.
The bark is rough.  Twigs are stout.
Note:  There are 3 choices on this page!

  9.  Twigs are chambered with a dark pith.  wpe15.jpg (1050 bytes)
        Buds are large and a little "leafy."
        If so, try butternut.

          or

  9.  Twigs are chambered with a tan pith.  wpe15.jpg (1050 bytes)
        Buds large but less "leafy" than butternut.
        If so, try black walnut.

          or

  9.  Twigs NOT chambered.
        Terminal bud is yellow.
        If so, try bitternut hickory.

If you're not sure what the words mean,
click on the wpe15.jpg (1050 bytes) icon to see a picture.

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.

To see the entire hardwood winter key on one page, click HERE.
Click HERE to return to the home page.

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

This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   Editing and modification is ongoing.  Submit suggestions, questions, and corrections to cookwi@msu.edu or call 906-786-1575.