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Key to the Trees of Wisconsin

12. Two short (< 2 cm) unbranched thorns at a node, one at either side of each leaf scar, and best developed on young, fast-growing twigs, not present on mature trunks; well-developed leaflets more than 1 cm broad.

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12. Thorns single , located above the leaf scar; often much longer than 2 cm and sometimes branched, also present on trunk and older branches; leaflets less than 1 cm wide. Gleditisia triacanthos
 

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