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28 Cards in this Set
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Alternate |
Leaves that are Staggard |
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Blade |
The flat part of a leaf or leaflet |
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BroadLeaf |
A tree with leaves that are flat and thin. They shed Annually |
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Compound Leaf |
A leaf with more than one blade.
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Conifer |
A cone-Bearing Tree |
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Deciduous |
Shedding all leaves annually |
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Entire |
A leaf margin with Smooth,Untoothed Edges |
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Evergreen |
Trees with Needles |
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Leaf scar |
The mark left on the twig where the leaf was attached |
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Lobes |
Projections that shape a leaf |
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Margin |
The edge of a leaf
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Midrib |
The primary rib or central vein of a leaf |
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Opposite |
2 Leaves that are directly across from each other |
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Palmate |
Blade or lobes or veins of the leaf arranged like fingers |
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Petiole |
The leafstalk that connects the blade to the twig |
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Pinnate |
Blades or lobes or veins of the leaf arranged like veins of a feather |
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Samara |
Winged Fruit |
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Simple Leaf |
A single leaf blade with a bud at the base of the leaf steam |
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Sinus |
Indentation between lobes on a leaf |
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Spurs |
Stubby,Often Sharp twigs |
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Teeth |
Notches on the outer edge of a leaf |
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Whorled |
leaves, branches that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem.
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Pinnately Compund |
a row of leaflets forms on either side of an extension of the petiole
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Palmately Compund |
the leaflets radiate from a single point at the distal end of the petiole
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Undulate |
having a wavy surface or edge.
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Parted |
a leaf having margins incised almost to the base
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Serrate |
notched on the edge like a saw
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Axillary Bud |
develops in the axil of a leaf of a plant
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