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Tree Leaf Key
A Quick and Easy Way to Identify 50 Common North American Trees
You most probably have a broadleaf or deciduous tree that is in the hickory, ash, pecan or locust family. Let's continue...


Bipinnate Leaf with Leaflets

Does your tree have a leaf that at least some of the leaves are doubly compound (leaflets within a leaflet or bipinnate) and the leaflets have smooth margins? If yes, you most probably have a Black Locust

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Pinnate Leaf

Does your tree have a leaf that is pinnately compound (the leaflets grow from several places along the stalk) and at least some of the leaflet margins are toothed at the base? If YES, click here.

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