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  Short leaflet stems, under 1/8-inch.
                                        Bitternut or Black Ash

          or

  Longer leaflet stems, usually over 1/8-inch.
                                        Green or White Ash

         

You have selected a broad-leafed tree
with branched compound leaves,
with four or less pairs of leaflets,
and indistinct teeth or nearly smooth
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.   Editing and modification is ongoing.  Submit suggestions, questions, and corrections to cookwi@msu.edu or call 906-786-1575. 

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