1. Education
About.com
Forestry

Discuss in my forum

Lobed Hardwood Leaves - Tree Leaf Key

A Quick and Easy Way to Identify 50 Common North American Trees

By , About.com Guide

See More About:
Now that you have found lobes, let's look at a leaf with balanced lobes versus trees that have a mixture of balanced and unbalanced lobed leaves. Let's continue...

If you need to start over return to the Tree Key Start Page.

1. Unevenly Balanced Lobes

Unbalanced Leaves (sassafras)
Does your tree have at least some leaves that are unevenly balanced but lobed? If so, you probably have either a mulberry or a sassafras.

OR

2. Balanced Lobes

Pinnate Lobed Leaf
Does your tree have a leaf with evenly balanced lobed projections, right and left, (both palmately-veined leaves like maple and pinnately-veined leaves like oak)? If so, continue to palmately and pinnately lobed hardwood leaves...

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.

A part of The New York Times Company.