with …
⍋ thorns or thorn-like twigs🍎︎ apple hawthorn 🍐︎ pear plum or no thorns nor thorn-like twigs : ⇦ if unsure
with leaf margins (edges) that are … ♧ lobed or mixed (some leaves are ♧ lobed,other leaves on same tree are non-lobed) wavy or non-lobed :
with lobe tips that are … ∧ pointed or intermediate, some of each, hard to saybur oak Quercus macrocarpa or ∩ rounded, smooth :
and … ▲▲ toothed or ___ smooth :
▲▲ toothedmulberry genus Morus
___ smooth margin [?]; ♧ lobes=left+right+middle;leaves=thin; bark and leaves=aromatic[?]sassafras Sassafras albidum ___ smooth margin; with and without bristles;leaves=thick; almost evergreen♒︎ water oak Quercus nigra ___ smooth margin; with and without bristles;leaf undersurface=⫴ hairy◼︎ blackjack oak Quercus marilandica
undersurface=◼︎ silvery-white (turn it over); stems often with thorns[?]autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata
petiole[?]=short; waves=regular and ∩ roundedchestnut oak Quercus montana petiole[?]=short; waves=irregular, a little ♒︎ undulate[?]; undersurface=soft and hairy; outerbark=dark-brown, innerbark=light♒︎ ◼︎ swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
plant terminology
🏠︎ 🌳︎🍁︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate