How to identify a tree

To accurately determine the species of trees by their leaves. This will of course need some basic knowledge of the science of trees – dendrology and minimal experience. The fact that the sheet of each type of tree has a unique shape and structure.

Maple leaf is very difficult to confuse with the leaves of other trees. It is quite large and consists of five acute kind of "blades". Take a look at the Canada flag and you will see what it looks like maple leaf. You'll remember it for life.

The ash leaves are more complex, they are more like a separate branch, which housed several smooth leaf with narrow ends. Sheet ash usually has a yellow-green tint.

Oval, with serrated, the leaves Rowan in a special way located on the branch, it is very difficult to confuse with something else. In autumn, when the mountain ash appear bright juicy berries hanging in clusters, there is no need to identify this tree by its leaves.

Aspen have small, whitish, rounded, with wavy contour of the aspen leaves, but they can also determine other features. They are able to tremble, emitting a noise, something resembling a whisper. No wonder they say: "Shaking like a leaf". The problem here is the flattened shape of the base of the petiole, making it reminiscent of a thin plate. Wrong side of the aspen leaf has a whitish silver coloring.

Birch leaves practically everyone knows, they are round and have sharp gear edges. However, to understand that before you birch, and the leaves do not look. Beautiful birch in her white dress visible from afar.

Willow leaves are pointed, long and narrow shape. The lower part is grayish-white. The upper part of the leaf of the willow is covered with a kind of "fuzz", bottom sheet smooth.

These are some of the most common us trees. To determine the exact type of wood, you may need specific determinants.