Forestry Envirothon B. A. Stump 2010
Leaf Shapes
Scale Like
Broad & Flat
Needles
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Whorled
Leaf Structure
Simple Leaf Petiole (Leaf Stalk) Bud
A Compound Leaf Leaflet Petiole (Leaf Stalk) Bud Pinnately Compound
A Compound Leaf Palmately Compound Leaflet Petiole (Leaf Stalk) Bud
(Alternate)
American Chestnut
(Alternate, rough on upper surface & soft-hairy below)
American Elm
(Alternate, short in-curved teeth)
Black Cherry
Black Cherry
(Alternate, finely toothed)
Black Willow
(Opposite, compound)
Box Elder
(Alternate)
Chestnut Oak
(Flat needles w/ small stalks)
Eastern Hemlock
(5 needles per cluster)
Eastern White Pine
(Alternate, double serrated)
Paper Birch
AL/Summer2003/Dawson_Dara/pawpaw.jpg Paw
(Alternate, compound, finely toothed leaflets)
Shagbark Hickory
(Opposite, has the largest fruit of native species of this tree in the state)
Silver Maple
(Alternate, rough leaves)
Slippery Elm
(Alternate)
Tulip Tree “T-shirt tree”
(Opposite, compound)
White Ash
(Alternate)
White Oak
Chestnut Oak White Oak
American Elm Slippery Elm
American Elm Paper Birch