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.

Rhus hirta
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.

24
 

Glossary of terms

Return to start of tree key

Return to list of tree species

Contact the author