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A collection tree id terms that aid you in the identification of both deciduous and coniferous tree species...

Achene

Acorn

Alternate

Bark

Berry

Bipinnate

Blade

Bract

Bud (scar)

Bundle (scar)

Capsule

Catkin

Clone

Compound leaf

Cone

Conifer

Deciduous

Drupe

Entire

Evergreen

Flower

Fruit

Key

Leaf

Leaflet

Lobes

Margin

Midrib

Needle

Nutlet

Opposite

Palmate

Petiole

Pinnate

Pod

Pome

Samara

Seed

Serrate

Simple leaf

Sinus

Sterigmata

Toothed

Trunk

Twig

Vein

Whorled

Wing

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