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

Picture Hint
(elderberry & boxelder)

 

  Many sharp teeth on margins.    Elderberry

          or

  Coarse teeth, ragged margins.    Boxelder

         

You have selected a broad-leafed tree
with branched compound leaves,
with four or less pairs of leaflets,
and clearly toothed leaf margins.
 

Click on the "key" icon wpeF.jpg (1022 bytes) next to the description that best fits your sample. 
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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.