GLOSSARY

axil: the angle where a leaf stem joins a twig.

deciduous: losing its leaves in winter, not evergreen.

dioecious: bearing staminate, or male, flowers on separate plants from the pistillate, or fruit-bearing flowers; hence some plants of certain species never bear fruits or seeds.

fruit: that part of any plant which contains the seeds.

lenticel: air pore in the bark.

monoecious: bearing the two kinds of flowers on the same plant.

opaque: not admitting or transmitting light.

perfect: having both stamens and pistils in one flower, as most showy flowers have.

pistillate: possessing a pistil or pistils and lacking stamens; female, or fruit-bearing.

staminate: possessing stamens and lacking a pistil; male, or pollen-bearing.

translucent: admitting some light but not clear or transparent.

FLOWERS and TWIGS

TYPES OF SIMPLE LEAVES

COMPOUND LEAVES

KEY TO NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF DALLAS COUNTY
Based Principally On Leaves

Numbers below 200 refer to the key,
above 200 to the guide (p. 20).

1. Leaves evergreen 1. Leaves deciduous 2. Leaves pinnately compound 2. Leaves not pinnately compound 3. Plants with very thick, fleshy, flattened, leaf-like stems, usually covered with many prickles 3. Leaves not very thick and fleshy and not prickly except at tips 4. Leaves in large rosette close to ground 4. Leaves needle-like, not in rosettes 5. Leaves sword-shaped 5. Leaves fan-shaped 6. Inner bark yellowish brown, berries light blue 6. Inner bark darker brown, berries larger and darker, purplish 7. Leaves simple 7. Leaves compound 8. Leaves and twigs alternate 8. Leaves and twigs opposite