QueSPER Research Projects
Identifying Trees by Their Leaves
Leaves to Compare (5)
Compare the leaf patterns from two different species. What is the same and what is different about them?
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Photo by David Fenwick |
Photo by C. Fox |
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SILVER MAPLE |
SYCAMORE |
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| Opposite, simple leaves, palmate lobes, deeply lobed, coarsely, irregularly toothed. Silver on the underside. | Alternate, simple leaves with 3-5 palmate lobes , very large leaf, 6"-10" wide and long; toothed margin. | |
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