48 KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS 



30. Leaf set in 2 rows on 

 the stem: 2-ranked. 



Genus Fagus 31 



31. Leaf with sharp 

 teeth. 

 American Beech 

 Fagus grandt folia Ehrh. 

 31. Leaf with short, 



blunt teeth or margin 

 merely wavy. 

 European Beech 

 Fagus syl vat I ca L. 

 32. Lobes rounded, not bristle- 

 tipped 33 



32. Lobes pointed, bristle- 

 tipped ^ 



33. Lobes cut halfway 

 or more to the mid- 

 rib, petiole i-1 

 inch long. 

 White Oak 

 Quercus al ba L. 

 33. Lobes cut less than 

 half way to the mid- 

 rib, petiole not more 

 than i inch long, ear- 

 like projections at 

 the base of the blade. 

 English Oak 

 Quercus robur var. 

 pedunculata Ehrh. 

 33. Lobes 3-5, the sub- 

 terminal ones square- 

 cut, forming a broad- 

 shouldered leaf, per- 

 sistent yellow hairs 

 on under leaf surface . 

 Post Oak 



Quercus stell at a Wang. 

 34. Lobes 5-7, sharply 

 toothed, irregular, 

 triangular, See #95* 

 Scrub Oak 

 Quercus 11 let fol la Wang. 



