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Leaf Arrangement
Venation
Leaf Shape
Leaf Margin
Leaf Apex
Leaf Base
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Leaf Bases: Grouped by similarities

Acute
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Apple Serviceberry
(Amelanchier x grandiflora)

Attenuate
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Winged Euonymus
(Euonymus alatus)
 
Rounded
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Hardy Rubber Tree
(Eucommia ulmoides)
Oblique
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Common Hackberry
(Celtis occidentals)

 

 

Leaf Bases: Grouped
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The leaf base consists of the bottom of the leaf where the leaf attaches to the petiole.

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