(1) Leaves Broad and Flat
- (4) Leaves Simple
- (5) Leaf Margins Lobed
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Leaf bilaterally symmetrical; broad notch at tip
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Fan-shaped leaves borne in clusters on short peg-like structures on branches
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Variety of leaf shapes from entire to various "mitten shapes"
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Star-shaped leaves
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Leaves maple-like but with wavy-toothed margins, shallow sinuses; petiole base encloses new bud
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Leaf lobes bristle tipped, dull green above, pointed lobes; large flat-capped acorn
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Leaf lobes bristle tipped, dull green above, yellow-green, scurfy-pubescent beneath
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Oak-type leaf but lobes are rounded
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Note light gray, shingly bark on older limbs
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Leaves not lobed, coarse marginal serrations are sharply pointed
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Similar to white oak, but terminal portion of leaf of bur oak is broader
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Margins serrated; deep, acute sinuses; silvery undersides
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Margins serrated; sinuses acute but not as deep
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Petioles exude milky sap when detached; dark green leaf
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Lighter green leaves than Norway Maple; five lobes with rounded sinuses
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