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Each page in this key offers you two or more choices, with descriptions and depictions, select the choice that best represents your specimen, by clicking on the graphic or the underlined text to lead you to the next set of choices until you reach your answer. Please note that the images used within the key are examples to illustrate the terms and may not exactly match your specimen. This is important to keep in mind that you should always look at several branches, whenever possible, of the plant in question as some plants may display different variations of growth.
Coniferous or broadleaf woody plant?
Leaves or scales remain on the plant all year
Coniferous Woody Plants
OR
Foliage falls off every autumn (deciduous)
Broadleaf Woody Plants
Summer Key
(identifying primarily with leaves and some other features)
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