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Provides comparative descriptions of changing seasons, leaf shapes, margins, and venation, then introduces species profiles including American sycamore, black walnut, Eastern redbud, and Eastern red cedar with practical identification details and habitat/value notes.",{"@graph":14,"@context":58},[15,34,49],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/","Template",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/paper-templates/","Paper Templates",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/show-me-trees-leaf-identification-guide/565535/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"author":36,"headline":10,"publisher":39,"fileFormat":42,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":43,"datePublished":43,"encodingFormat":42,"isAccessibleForFree":44,"interactionStatistic":45},"DigitalDocument",{"name":37,"@type":38},"Liam","Person",{"url":19,"name":40,"@type":41},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-13",true,{"@type":46,"interactionType":47,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":48},"ViewAction",{"@type":50,"mainEntity":51},"FAQPage",[52],{"name":53,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":55},"Which Missouri trees are included in the species profiles?","Question",{"text":56,"@type":57},"Profiles shown include American sycamore, Black walnut, Eastern redbud, and Eastern red cedar, each with key measurements and habitat/value notes.","Answer","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":60,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":40,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":62,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":64,"site_id":7},565535,1791855923,{"code":4,"msg":67,"data":68},"success",[69,74,79,84,89,94,99,104,108],{"id":70,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":71,"show_sort_weight":72,"slug":73},11,"Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":75,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":76,"show_sort_weight":77,"slug":78},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":80,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":81,"show_sort_weight":82,"slug":83},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":85,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":86,"show_sort_weight":87,"slug":88},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":90,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":91,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":95,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":100,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":105,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},21,5,"papers-templates",{"id":109,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":111},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":67,"data":113},{"doc_id":64,"user_id":114,"nickname":37,"user_avatar":115,"doc_module":22,"category_id":105,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":116,"file_id":117,"file_url":118,"file_type":119,"file_size":120,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":121,"language":122,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":123,"faqs":124,"seo_title":125,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":65,"read_time":126},8796095461564,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","L E A F I D E N T I F I C A T I O N G U I D E  \nLeaf  \nFruit, nut or berry  \nFall color  \nLeaf Structure  \nAlternate arrangement  \nAlternate leaf scars  \nLenticels  \nLateral bud  \nTerminal bud  \nBud scales  \nOpposite arrangement  \nLast year’s growth   \nPresent year’s  \n growth Lenticels  \n Lateral bud  \nTerminal bud Collateral buds Opposite leaf scars  \nTerminal bud  \nBud scales  \nscale scars  \nLeaf Composition  \nSimple Trifoliate Palmately Pinnately Bipinnately  \ncompound compound compound  \nChanging Seasons  \nWinter Spring  \nSummer Fall  \nLeaf Shapes  \nLinear Elliptical Ovate Obovate Oblong Oval Lanceolate Cordate Reniform Orbicular  \nLeaf Margins Leaf Venation  \nEntire Sinuate Crenate Dentate Serrate Doubly Lobed  \nserrate  \nParallel Palmate Pinnate Arcuate  \nContents  \n1. American sycamore 4  \n2. Black walnut 6  \n3. Eastern redbud 8  \n4. Eastern red cedar 10  \n5. Flowering dogwood 12  \n6. Northern red oak 14  \n7. Pin oak 16  \n8. Shagbark hickory 18  \n9. Silver maple 20  \n10. White oak 22  \nRange maps: Shading indicates native range in Missouri.  \n© 2011 by the Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri.  \nMissouri Department of Conservation  \nP.O. Box 180  \nJefferson City, MO 65102-0180  \n[Visit us at:](Visit us at: mdc.mo.gov)[ mdc.mo.gov](Visit us at: mdc.mo.gov)  \nEqual opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Missouri Department of Conservation is available to all individuals without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability. Questions should be directed to the Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-4115 (voice) or 800-735-2966 (TTY), or to Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.  \nAmerican sycamore  \nPlatanus occidentalis  \nSycamore is one of the largest eastern hardwoods. Sycamore can be used to stabilize streambanks along with other bottomland species, where it provides nest sites for large birds such as bald eagle and great blue heron.  \nHeight: 90 ft, spread 90 ft  \nLeaves: alternate, simple, 4\"–8\" in diameter with 3–5 main lobes, edges coarsely toothed, yellow-green above, paler below  \nFlowers: tiny; greenish, in 1–2 ball-like drooping clusters Fruit: many seeded ball 1\"– 1½\" in diameter on a stem 3\"– 6\"  \nlong; each seed attached to a hairy plume  \nBark: distinctive smooth whitish and mottled bark on upper  \ntrunk and branches; lower bark thin, dark brown, scaly Ideal site: wet soil, intermediate sun  \nValue to man: erosion control, landscaping, wood products  \nValue to wildlife: cover, dens  \nGrowth rate: fast  \nAmerican  \nsycamore  \nPlatanus occidentalis  \nAmerican sycamore  \nTrace your leaf here. 5  \nBlack walnut  \nJuglans nigra  \nBlack walnut is one of the most scarce and valuable native hardwoods. It is prized for its nuts and lumber. A chemical in the leaves and nuts will kill some plants such as tomatoes and apples.  \nHeight: 85 ft, spread 85 ft  \nLeaves: alternate, compound, 12\"–24\" long with 13–23 leaflets; each leaflet 2\"–4\" long, lance-shaped, edges finely toothed, yellow-green  \nFlowers: yellow-green catkins  \nFruit: nut, 1\"–1½\" in diameter, covered with a thick yellowgreen fibrous husk  \nBark: young bark smooth and gray; older bark dark brown and furrowed  \nIdeal site: moist soil, full sun  \nValue to man: wood products, food  \nValue to wildlife: food, cover, dens  \nGrowth rate: medium  \nBlack walnut Juglans nigra  \nBlack walnut  \nTrace your leaf here. 7  \nEastern redbud  \nCercis canadensis  \nRedbud is a small to medium understory tree found in nearly every county in Missouri. It is very showy in the spring when the leafless twigs are covered with masses of pink flowers. Height: 30 ft, spread 30 ft  \nLeaves: alternate, simple, heart-shaped, 3\"–5\" long, dark green Flowers: purplish-pink, pea-like, appear before the leaves in  \nspring  \nFruit: flat pod, 3\" long containin","cbCaierlsGJks9se","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaierlsGJks9se","pdf",1778258,24,"English","# Leaf identification features\n## Leaf arrangement, buds, and lenticels\n## Leaf composition and seasonal changes\n## Leaf shapes, margins, and venation\n# Missouri tree species profiles\n## American sycamore\n## Black walnut\n## Eastern redbud\n## Eastern red cedar","[{\"question\":\"Which Missouri trees are included in the species profiles?\",\"answer\":\"Profiles shown include American sycamore, Black walnut, Eastern redbud, and Eastern red cedar, each with key measurements and habitat/value notes.\"}]","Show Me Trees - Leaf Identification Guide | PDF",8]