Trees · question 5
Which description fits best?
- Many small leaflets (1.5–3 cm) without a terminal leaflet: Airy, sometimes bipinnate leaves; wild trees have large, branched thorns.
- Oval leaflets with entire margins; two spines at the leaf base: 9–19 leaflets with a terminal leaflet; hanging clusters of white flowers in June.
- Narrow, serrated leaflets: 9–19 leaflets; flat white flower heads and orange-red berries.
- 5–9 large leaflets with entire margins; the terminal leaflet is the largest: Spicy scent when crushed; walnuts.
- Very large leaf with 13–41 leaflets: A few coarse teeth at the base of each leaflet; smells foul when crushed.
Still possible
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- False acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Walnut (Juglans regia)
- Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)