Field Guide to Forest Plants of Northern Idaho

Plant parts Leaf types and arrangement
United States
Department of
Agriculture

Forest Service

Rocky Mountain
Research Station
Ft. Collins, CO

General Technical Report
RMRS-GTR-118-CD

February 2004

Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Species description
  format
Trees
Shrubs
Ferns & Friends
Forbs
Graminoids
Descriptive drawings
Collecting and
   pressing methods
Glossary
References



Leaf Shapes


Linear

Lanceolate Acuminate apex

Ovate Obtuse apex

Elliptic Acute apex

Cordate

Oblanceolate

Obovate Rounded apex

Orbicular

Reniform

Leaf Margins


Entire

Crenate

Dentate

Spinose

Serrate

Doubly-Serrate

Ciliate