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3 leaflets: terminal=med. petiolule, lateral=no petiolule and asymmetric blades;low shrub or climbing vine⚠︎✋︎ DO NOT TOUCH ✋︎⚠︎ poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans or
not poison ivy :
with leaf margins (edges) that are/have ▲▲ toothed[?] or ⍋ spines[?]hickory/​mountain ash/​pecan/​sumac/​butternut/​walnut or
__∩ 0–1–2–4 bumps near leaflet base or
___ smooth (not ▲▲ toothed, no spines nor bumps) :
bark=smooth tan or light gray, many lenticels; crushed leaflets[?] 👃︎ smell like 🥜︎ peanut butter or rotting cashewstree of heaven Ailanthus altissima
leaves with blade division 🌿︎ singly-pinnately-compound or some singly- and some doubly-pinnately-compound or doubly-pinnately-compound :
leaflet shape=⬮ oval, tip=∩ rounded;wild-type trees have twigs with ⍋⍋ pairs of short smooth thorns◼︎ black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
leaflet shape=⬮ oval, tip and base=♦ angular; (5–)7–11(–13) leaflets; small tree in wet area⚠︎✋︎ DO NOT TOUCH ✋︎⚠︎ poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix leaflet shape=⬮ oval, tip=∧ angular◼︎ Kentucky yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea
leaflets=short (<4 cm) (<1½ in), symmetrical[?];wild-type trees have branches and trunk have ___ ⍋ large smooth thorns[?]🍯︎ honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
leaflets=short (<4 cm) (<1½ in), asymmetrical[?], hundreds of leaflets; no thorns[?]mimosa silk tree Albizia julibrissin leaflets=short (<4 cm) (<1½ in), symmetrical[?];wild-type trees have branches and trunk have ___ ⍋ large smooth thorns[?]🍯︎ honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
leaflets=long (5–6 cm) (2–2½ in)☕︎ Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus
plant terminology
🏠︎ 🌳︎🍁︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate