Tree Identification Key

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organized by Bill Cook from the Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center. It will probably be there!

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I. Trees with needle-like or scale-like leaves; fruit a cone, or cone-like (conifers).

a) Leaves in Bundles

    (1) Leaves or needles in 5s - White Pine (Pinus Strobus)

    (2) Leaves or needles in 2s - Jack Pine (Pinus Banksiana)

b) Leaves in Clusters

    (1) Leaves soft and flexible, shed in fall -Tamarack (Larix laricinia)

II. Trees with broad, flat leaves of many shapes and patterns (broadleaf trees).

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