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  Small teeth along leaf margins.    Quaking Aspen

          or

  Coarse, larger teeth.                    Bigtooth Aspen

          or

  Triangular-shaped leaves with blunt teeth. 
                                                                     Cottonwood

You have selected a broad-leafed tree
with simple, unlobed leaves
that are oval or round shaped,
often with flattened stems
and usually over 2 inches long
.
 

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. 

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from Michigan State University Extension