Trees · question 2
How is the leaf made up?
Look for the bud in the leaf axil: it always sits at the base of a whole leaf, never at the base of a leaflet.
- Fan-shaped, without a midrib: Fine, forked veins; often a notch in the middle.
- Compound: several leaflets on one stalk: Palmate (from one point) or pinnate (along an axis).
- Simple: a single leaf blade: The margin may be toothed or even deeply lobed.
- A palm: huge fans of narrow segments: On a straight trunk covered in brown fibres.
Still possible
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
- Box elder (Acer negundo)
- Elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- False acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Walnut (Juglans regia)
- Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- Field maple (Acer campestre)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignonioides)
- Foxglove tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
- Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
- Olive tree (Olea europaea)
- Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
- Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
- Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- London plane (Platanus × hispanica)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- White poplar (Populus alba)
- Fig (Ficus carica)
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
- Swedish whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia)
- English oak (Quercus robur)
- Sessile oak (Quercus petraea)
- Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Large-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos)
- Small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata)
- Elm (Ulmus)
- Black mulberry (Morus nigra)
- Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
- Weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis)
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Peach (Prunus persica)
- Hybrid black poplar (Populus × canadensis)
- Aspen (Populus tremula)
- Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
- Magnolia (Magnolia)
- Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
- Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Medlar (Mespilus germanica)
- Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- Silver birch (Betula pendula)
- Downy birch (Betula pubescens)
- Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Hazel (Corylus avellana)
- Goat willow (Salix caprea)
- Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)
- Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
- Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Bird cherry (Prunus padus)
- Sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
- Apple (Malus)
- Pear (Pyrus communis)
- Plum (Prunus domestica)
- Chusan palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)