Tree ID Vocabulary

Where two leaves or buds are directly across from each other.

• Alternate
• Opposite
• Palmate
• Pinnate

Where the leaf or bud is not directly across from each other

• Alternate
• Opposite
• Palmate
• Pinnate

Where more than two leaves or buds attach to the stem at the same point.

• Fascicle
• Broadleaf
• Deciduous
• Whorled

A stem that attaches the leaf to the twig

• Lobe
• Serrate
• Petiole
• Simple Leaf

A growing point at the end of a twig

• Petiole
• Terminal  Bud
• Lobed
• Simple Leaf

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Leaf margin divided into segments, larger than teeth

• Lobed
• Serrated
• Broadleaf
• Compound

Sharp teeth on leaf margin

• Lobed
• Serrated
• Broadleaf
• Compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Veins or leaflets arranged feather like

• Palmate
• Pinnate
• Deciduous
• Evergreen

Veins or leaflets radiating out fan like

• Palmate
• Pinnate
• Deciduous
• Evergreen

A tree that bears cones and needle like leaves

• Conifer
• Deciduous
• Simple
• Compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2