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- To use this key, click on the image that best fits
the description of the tree you are trying to identify.
Although this is generally a dichotomous key, you will occasionally
have three choices. Throughout the key the most important
diagnostic characteristics are seen in red.
When the key brings you to a species, click on the final
image for a photo and more information about the tree you
have identified.
- Start by clicking on the image that represents the
leaf type of the tree you are keying out.
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Does the tree have leaves that are needle-like, and are usually evergreen?
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Does the tree have leaves
that are small, scale-like or awl-shaped, and hug the twig; and fruit
that is berry-like, often with a whitish, waxy covering?
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Does the tree have leaves that
are broad and thin, and are deciduous (do not stay green
or stay on the tree overwinter) or evergreen?
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