T r e e s  o f  N o r t h  C a r o l i n a

A n g i o s p e r m s  ( f l o w e r i n g  p l a n t s )

L e a v e s  w h o r l e d

Visual ID | Dichotomous key

1. Leaves toothed, most also lobed (at least some asymmetrically so)…Broussonetia

1. Leaves entire, not lobed…2.

2. Leaves cuneate to rounded at base; leaves > 1.5× as long as wide; shrub to small tree…Kalmia

2. Leaves cordate at base; leaves about as long as wide; medium to large tree…3.

3. Flowers white to yellow; capsules linear, >10× as long as wide; leaf undersurface with curly simple hairs; nectar glands present in the main vein axils on the undersurface of the leaf (visible from the underside or the upperside in fresh leaves and herbarium specimens as a triangle 1-4 mm on a side)…Catalpa

3. Flowers lavender; capsules ellipsoid, < 2× as long as wide; leaf undersurface with branched (dendritic or stellate) hairs; nectar glands absent…Paulownia