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dense clusters of 5-8 flowered heads 



about 3 mm. broad 



(Artemisia) Sage brush* 



dd. Leaves with small teeth only. 



e. Leaves pahnately 3-veined, 2.5-7.5 cm. 

 long; fruit dry, 3-lobed, separating lon- 

 gitudinally when ripe, into 3 nutlets ; 

 flowers small, white, numerous. Shrubs 



with large red root 



- (Ceanothus) New Jersey tea 



ee. Leaves pinnately veined, 

 f. Fruit with several seeds. 



g. Fruit a berry, with 2-4 separate nut- 

 like stones (Rhamnus) Buckthorn 



gg. Fruit a small 4-10 celled pome (like 



a tiny apple) ; flowers white 



(Amelanchler) Serviceberry 



ff. Fruit with one seed. 



g. Fruit dry, narrow, with long plume- 

 like tips 



. . . (Cercocarpus) Mountain mahogany 



gg. Fruit fleshy, round, edible 



(Prunus) Wild cherry 



f f f. Fruit a small nut surrounded by a leafy 



bract. 



g. Leaves with primary veins terminat- 

 ing in the larger teeth. 



h. Bracts flat, 3-lobed, toothed 



(Carpinus) Hornbeam 



hh. Bracts bladder-like, enclosing nut. 



(Ostrya) Hop hornbeam 



gg. Leaves finely and irregularly tooth- 

 ed ; nut compressed, light brown, 

 surrounded by two leafy, toothed 



bracts (Corylus) Hazelnut 



ff ff. Fruit a long cluster of little pods, filled 

 with "cotton," leaves narrow, finely 

 toothed, branches slender, usually 

 tough (Salix) Willow 



Applies only to A rleinixin fri'-'mtn/'i Xutt. Little sage brush (Arti 

 en nn Pursh.)has very narrow, lancr-linear leaves. 



