with each ⬮ leaf scar having …
a stipule scar line circling the twig  or
no stipule scar line circling the twig :

Stipule scar line circling the twig

bud=completely surrounded by a leaf scar, conical, brown, covered by one scale
American sycamore  Platanus occidentalis

bud=not surrounded by a leaf scar, terminal bud covered like a clam (valvate or duckbill)
🌷︎ American tulip tree  Liriodendron tulipifera
bud=not surrounded by a leaf scar, terminal bud shaped not covered like a clam (valvate or duckbill)
magnolia  genus Magnolia

No stipule scar line circling the twig

tree has pods;  twig end=blunt slanted budless
legume/​pea  family Fabaceae
twig tip has terminal bud or lateral bud

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🏠︎ 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins