- (5) Leaf Margins Entire or Serrate
- (6) Blades with Asymmetrical Base
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Heart-shaped leaves with asymmetrical leaf base and serrated margins
Leaves doubly serrate; bark cross-sections have alternating white-dark layering
Leaves doubly serrate; bark cross-sections have solid red color
Leaves small, glabrous; dark green, lustrous above, almost singly serrate
Leaf blade is asymmetrical at base; unlike elms, note single serrations
- (6) Blades with Symmetrical Base
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Leaves deltoid; slender flattened petiole
Leaves large, obovate, entire
Blades long and narrow with incurved teeth; often a rusty pubescence along midvein on underside
Heart-shaped leaf; look for legumes (pods) in summer
Leaves ovate, entire; tip tapers to point; axillary spines; large fruit
Ovate to elliptical shaped blade with veins paralllel to margin
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- (6) Blades with Asymmetrical Base
