Brian's
Class Materials- FALL 2009 - SEYS 362
Queens
College/CUNY
Education Unit
Fall 2009
Mystery Leaf Hints
Mystery leaf 1
- page 5
- page 14
- leaves alternate
- page 21 – leaves are simple, no leaflets
- page 28 – leaf has neither teeth or lobes
- page 29 leaf has no bristle at tip
- next page
- page 30 – not heart-shaped
- page 30 - leaf widest toward tip or middle
- page 30 – all leaves unlobed
- next page
- page 31 – 5” to 2'
- page 31 – line or scar encircling twig at each leaf, end buds large
- next page
- p. 32 – leaves deciduous and thin
- page 32 – leaves widest bear tip end, abruptly tapering tip
page 32 – saucer magnolia
Mystery leaf 2
- page 5
- page 14
- page 14 – opposite
- page 14 – simple not composed of leaflets, has buds as base of leaf
- page 18 – single main vein with smaller side veins, without teeth or lobes
- page 21 – leaf tapers to both ends, veins curve to follow margin
Flowering Dogwood – Cornus florida
Mystery leaf 3
- page 5
- page 14
- page 14 – simple not composed of leaflets
- page 18 – 3 to 7 main veins radiating from one point, and is lobed
- page 18 – notches either broad or narrow V
- page 18 – 3-lobed rather than 5 (2 basal lobes are small)
- page 19 – leaf surface rough, network of depressed veins, lobes drawn out to long tapering tips
- page 20 – no milky joice, leaf about as long as wide, base of leaf curving
Sugar Maple – Acer saccharum
Mystery leaf #4
- page 5 – has needles
- page 5 – needles long, ½ inch to 18 inches
- page 5 – leaves in bundles or tufts
- page 5 – needles in bundles of 2 to 5
- page 6 – 5 needles in a bundle