This page is archived. It is kept for historical reference, so it is no longer being updated and may not meet accessibility standards.
Key to the Trees of Wisconsin
23. Branches of the
current year brown and covered with dense,
spreading hairs; lateral bud covered by the petiole base,
therefore not visible when the leaf is attached; sap milky;
wood yellow.
23. Branches of the
current year gray and glabrous or if a little hairy when young
the hairs not conspicuously spreading; lateral buds not covered
by the petioles, therefore easily visible; sap clear; wood
not yellow.
