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Opposite or Whorled Simple Leaves

Aceraceae

Acer (Maple)

Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)

Flower Clusters	Close Up	Bud	Bark	Young Fruits
Leaf Stalk	Leaf	Lf Scar	Tree	Fruit

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

Leaf	Fall Foliage		Bark		Flowers	Fruits
Foliage	Lf Scar	Lateral Buds	Twig	Buds	Inflorescence	Fruits

Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)

Leaf	Lateral Buds	Lf Scar	Male Flowers	Female Flowers	Tree	Fruits & Foliage
Under Side	Fruits	Twig	Bud Dissected	Bud Dissected	Bark	Bark

Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)

Bark	Young	Young	Flowers	Twig	Old Roadside Trees
Leaf		Flowers	Fruit	Bud	Fall Foliage

Buddlejaceae

Buddleja (Butterflybush)

Buddleja davidii (Butterflybush)

Flowers	Inflorescence	Plant	Twig w/ Stipules	Up	Low

Caprifoliaceae

Lonicera (Honeysuckle)

Lonicera canadensis (Fly Honeysuckle)

Flowers

Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)

Bark	Bark	Foliage	Flowers	Lf Scar	Buds	Terminal

Lonicera morrowii (Fly Honeysuckle)

Fruiting	Flowers	Foliage		Buds	Fruits (Orange Form)
Fruits	Foliage	Buds	Buds	Lf Scar

Lonicera tatarica (Tartarian Honeysuckle)

Flowers	Flowers	Fruits	Foliage	Leaves

Symphoricarpos

Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)

Flowers	Fruits	Foliage	Buds	Lf Scar

Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-Leaf Viburnum)

Leaf	Foliage	Fruits	Fruits
Inflorescence	Inflorescence	Plant	Twig	Twig

Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum (Arrowwood)

Foliage	Twig	Bud	Lateral Buds	Fruits
Inflorescence	Flowers		Lf Scar

Viburnum lentago (Nanny-Berry)

Inflorescence	Foliage			Lateral Buds
Inflorescence	Flowers	Twig	Terminal	Lf Scar

Viburnum opulus (Cranberry-Bush)

Foliage	Lf Scar	Twig	Plant
Fruits	Buds	Inflorescence

Viburnum plicatum (Doublefile Viburnum)

Inflorescence	Foliage

Celastraceae

Euonymus

Euonymus alatus (Burning Bush)

Fruits	Flowers	Branch	Twig	Twig	Fall Foliage
Foliage	Branch	Sprouts			Plant

Euonymus europaeus (European Spindle Tree)

Flower	Inflorescence	Buds	Branch
Fruit	Foliage	Lf Scar	Buds

Cornaceae

Cornus (Dogwood)

Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood)

Inflorescence	Flowers	Fruits	Leaves	Twig	Pith

Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)

Flower Bud	Inflorescence	Plant	Foliage	Fruits

Cornus racemosa (C. foemina ssp. racemosa) (Gray Dogwood)

Fruits

Cornus kousa (Japanese Dogwood)

Inflorescence	Inflorescences			Lat Buds	Foliage
Fruits	Term Bud	Fl Bud	Fl Bud	Lat Buds	Plant

Cornus sericea (Red Osier Dogwood)

Inflorescence	Leaf	Fall
Fruits	Pith	Twig

Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak-Leaved Hydrangea)

Inflorescence	Flowers	Plant	Leaves

Oleaceae

Forsythia

Forsythia suspensa (Golden Bell Forsythia)

Flowers	Flower	Buds	Lf Scar	Terminal	Leaves	Pith

Ligustrum (Privet)

Ligustrum obtusifolium (Border Privet)

Shoots	Shoots	Foliage	Twig	Buds
Flowers	Fruits	Young Fruits	Stem	Bark

Syringa

Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)

Inflorescence	Flower	Foliage	Twig	Bud	Plant

Rhamnaceae

Rhamnus (Buckthorn)

Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn)

Bark	Foliage & Fruits	Foliage & Fruits		Flowers
Leaf		Foliage	Twig	Buds

Rubiaceae

Cephalanthus

Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)

Inflorescence	Flowers	Young Fruits	Fruiting	Fruit
Opposite Leaves	Whorled Leaves	Fruiting	Fruits	Plant

Salicaceae

Salix (Willow)

Salix purpurea (Basket Willow)

Twig	Leaves	Shoot

Opposite Compound Leaves

Aceraceae

Acer (Maple)

Acer negundo (Box Elder)

Flowers	Leaf (five parted)	Twig	Bud	Bark
Fruits	Leaf (three parted)	Buds		Fruits

Bignoniaceae

Campsis

Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)

Leaf	Flowers	Flower	Flower

Caprifoliaceae

Sambucus (Elderberry)

Sambucus nigra (S. canadensis) (Black Elderberry)

Fruits	Foliage	Leaf	Bark	Pith	Twig	Buds
Flowers	Flowers	Inflorescence	Inflorescences			Bud

Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)

Flowers	Inflorescence		Flower Bud	Pith
Fruits	Twig	Buds	Buds	Leaf

Oleaceae

Forsythia

Forsythia suspensa (Golden Bell, Forsythia)

Flowers	Flower	Buds	Lf Scar	Terminal	Leaves	Pith

Fraxinus (Ash)

Fraxinus americana (White Ash)

Bark	Leaf	Fruits		Twig
Foliage	Twig	Terminal Bud	Terminal Bud	Bud

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green Ash)

Bark	Twig	Fruits	Fruit
Leaf	Bud	Leaflet
Twig with Fruits	Bud	Lateral Bud	Twig