The next thing to observe are the actual leaf characteristics. First, is it a simple leaf (one leaf blade), or a compound leaf (many leaflets that comprise the overall leaf). Examples of trees with ...

Leaves come in many sizes and shapes, and the relationships between leaf traits and the environments they occur in are better understood every day. However we still know very little about the ...

Some groups with compound leaves include hickories, walnuts, ash, buckeyes and sumac. Some tree groups have examples of each – most maples have simple leaves, but box-elder has compound leaves. We ...

In this phase, the complexity of simple and compound leaves increased gradually, in tune with an increase in species richness, an elaboration of plant body’s architecture, and the appearance of ...