with …

lenticels[?]=conspicuous, light-colored, raised against dark shiny bark  or
lenticels=inconspicuous against the bark :

Lenticels=conspicuous, light-colored, raised against dark shiny bark

thorn-like twigs[?];  bark=dark red-black, peeling;  keeps low branches
American plum  Prunus americana  or
no thorn-like twigs;  bark and buds taste bitter :

No thorn-like twigs;  bark and buds taste bitter

bark covered in burnt potato chips/​crisps
mature ◼︎🍒︎ black cherry  Prunus serotina

lenticels=orange, ⬬ horizontal on older branches;  buds clustered on twig tips
🍒︎ pin cherry  Prunus pensylvanica
lenticels not wide;  bud ∧ scale edge=gray;  tree=small
🍒︎ chokecherry  Prunus virginiana

Lenticels=inconspicuous against the bark

with …
⬮ leaf scar=compact, with 3 bundle scars  or
⬮ leaf scar =🌙︎ thin crescent :

⬮ Leaf scar=compact, with 3 bundle scars

⬮ leaf scar=brown, bundle scars=light-colored
◼︎ black tupelo or black gum  Nyssa sylvatica
⊚ pith[?]=★ star-shaped;  branches have corky ridge
American sweetgum  Liquidambar styraciflua
centered directly above ⬮ leaf scar is side bud ⨇ scale
aspen/​cottonwood/​poplar  genus Populus

⬮ Leaf scar =🌙︎ thin crescent

buds=smooth and ∧ pointed
common pear  Pyrus communis
buds=smooth and ∩ round
hawthorn  genus Crataegus

buds=⫴ hairy and blunt; tree=wide
🍎︎ common apple  Malus pumila

buds=woolly tips;  twigs=smooth
🍎︎ wild crabapple  Malus coronaria
buds=woolly tips;  twigs=woolly
🍎︎ prairie crabapple  Malus ioensis

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