TREES WITH ORNAMENTAL 

 BLOSSOMS 



Native and naturalized in the Northeastern United States. 



ANALYTICAL KEY 



BLOSSOMS BEFORE OR WITH THE LEAVES: 



flowers white : 42, 44, 72, 92, 143 

 " red: 9, 98 

 " yellow : 12 

 " purple: 8 



BLOSSOMS AFTER THE LEAVES: 



FLOWERS LARGE AND SINGLE (never clustered) : 



Leaves entire : 



crowded at end of branch, flower 6-9-petaled : 7, 



16 

 scattered along branch : 



flower entirely or chiefly white, 6-9-petaled : I, 



15 

 flower greenish-yellow, 6-9-petaled, 6 



Leaves lobed and squarish : 76 



" serrate, leathery, glossy: 69 (Va.) 



FLOWERS CLUSTERED : 



TREES THORNY OR PRICKLY : 

 leaves simple : 135-145 



" pinnate: 104, 105, 148 

 184 



