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What is the difference between a Red Oak and a White Oak?
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Red Oaks have points at the end of the leaves, where White Oaks are round at the tips.
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What is the difference between alternate and opposite?
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Alternate leaves occur alternately on the right and then left, where opposite leaves are exactly opposite each other on a branch.
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What does it mean if a leaf is compound?
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Compound leaves have many parts, or look like a cluster of leaves.
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What does it mean if a leaf is simple?
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Simple leaves do not appear in clusters or in big groups that look like may parts, there is only one leaf.
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What is the difference between a broad leaf and a needled leaf?
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Needles are thin and long and you cannot see veins. Broad leaves have veins and are flat and wider than needles.
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Beech Tree
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White Pine
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Black Locust
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Black Walnut
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Sycamore
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Sassafras
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Hemlock
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Sugar Maple
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White Maple
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Dogwood
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