Key to the Trees of Wisconsin

78. Leaf blades with three major veins originating near the base (one conspicuous vein arising on each side of the midrib near the base of the blade); pith chambered; fruit a fleshy, nearly spherical drupe.

Celtis occidentalis
78. Leaf blades with only one major vein (the midrib) arising at the base; pith continuous; fruit a dry, flattened samara with papery wings.

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