The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the StateGleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
Plants -- Michigan
21b. Calyx bristly-hispid
=Red Raspberry, Rubus idaeus var. aculeatissimus.=
22a. Pedicels with gland-tipped hairs, but no prickles
=Blackberry, Rubus allegheniensis.=
22b. Pedicels with prickles =Blackberry, Rubus nigricans.=
22c. Pedicels with neither prickles nor gland-tipped hairs --23.
23a. Leaves downy beneath =Blackberry, Rubus frondosus.=
23b. Leaves smooth beneath =Blackberry, Rubus canadensis.=
24a. Ovaries 1 or more, superior (attached to the surface of the
receptacle, but not concealed within it or united to it) --25.
24b. Ovary 1, inferior (permanently enclosed within the receptacle,
with only the styles protruding) --38.
25a. Ovaries more than 1 --26.
25b. Ovary 1 --30.
26a. Leaves serrate --27.
26b. Leaves lobed --28.
27a. Leaves glabrous or very nearly so (8-20 dm. high; flowers white or
pinkish, summer) =Meadow-sweet, Spiraea salicifolia.=
27b. Leaves closely pubescent beneath (5-15 dm. high; flowers pink,
summer) =Hardhack, Spiraea tomentosa.=
28a. Flowers showy, purple or white, 3-4 cm. broad --29.
28b. Flowers white, about 1 cm. wide (1-3 m. high; flowers in early
summer) =Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius.=
29a. Flowers purple =Flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus.=
29b. Flowers white =Salmonberry, Rubus parviflorus.=
30a. Flowers in racemes (trees or tall shrubs; flowers white, in
late spring) --31.
30b. Flowers in small umbels or corymbs (flowers white, in spring)
--32.
31a. Leaves oblong, the points of their teeth incurved
=Black Cherry, Prunus serotina.=
31b. Leaves obovate, the points of their teeth spreading
=Choke Cherry, Prunus virginiana.=
32a. Flowers about 1 cm. wide --33.
32b. Flowers about 1.5-2.5 cm. wide --36.
33a. Low shrubs, with the spatulate or oblong leaves widest above the
middle --34.
33b. Erect tall shrubs or small trees, with the leaves widest below the
middle --35.
34a. An erect shrub (5-10 dm. high)
=Appalachian Cherry, Prunus cuneata.=
34b. A prostrate or ascending shrub (3-15 dm. high)
=Sand Cherry, Prunus pumila.=
35a. Leaves very broadly ovate, almost as wide as long (small tree)
=Perfumed Cherry, Prunus mahaleb.=
35b. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, about 3 times as long as broad (shrub or
small tree, 2-10 m. high) =Pin Cherry, Prunus pennsylvanica.=
36a. Sepals glandular-serrate (tall shrub or small tree)
=Wild Plum, Prunus nigra.=
36b. Sepals entire --37.
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