SHRUBS 
Native and naturalized, found in the Northeastern 
United States (Maine to Virginia, and west to the 
Mississippi), classified by their BLOSSOMS. 
ANALYTICAL KEY 
Shrubs not ‘‘evergreen’’ nor cone-bearing (those 
are 194-197; see below). 
Shrubs whose blossoms are not in the form of catkins, 
or catkin-like spikes, as in the chestnut, oak, etc. (those 
are 167-193; see below). 
GROUP I.—Buossoms WHITE OR CREAM-WHITE 
SECTION I.—Blossoms polypetalous, i.e., with petals entirely 
distinct from each other. 
Shrubs not thorny nor prickly (those are 39-48 ; see below) ; 
widely distributed in territory (at least not limited to the 
frontier States of our prescribed area) : 
blossoms defore or with the leaves: 1-3 
(‘‘ Trees,” 42) | 
blossoms after the leaves: 
LEAVES SIMPLE: 
ALTERNATE: 
Entire: 4,5, 26, 94 (‘‘ Trees,” 1, 10) 
Serrate (but not lobed): 5-17, 105 (‘‘ Trees,”’ 39, 49) 
Serrateand Lobed: 18-21 
OPPOSITE : 
Entire : 22-26 (‘‘ Trees,” 92, 93) 
Serrate : 27, 28 
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