Transcript Leaves

Leaves
Probably more than you ever wanted
to know, but just enough so you can
start identifying plants.
Leaves
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Anatomy
Physiology
Arrangement
Shapes
Venation
Margins
Tips
Bases
Tree Shapes
Simple Leaves
Types of
Compound
Leaves
Leaf Arrangement
Leaf
Shapes
Types of Leaf Venation
Palmately Netted
Veins
Parallel Netted
Veins
Pinnately Netted
Veins
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Dichotomous Netted
Veins
Leaf Margins
Leaf Tips
Leaf Bases
Tree Shapes #1
Tree Shapes #2
Now, don’t you feel smarter already?