with each ⬮ leaf scar having … a stipule scar line circling the twig or no stipule scar line circling the twig :
bud=completely surrounded by a leaf scar, conical, brown, covered by one scaleAmerican 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
tree has pods; twig end=blunt slanted budlesslegume/pea family Fabaceae twig tip has terminal bud or lateral bud
🌳︎ broadleaf 🍃︎ branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins