Leaf Shapes

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Leaf Shapes

• Denham Springs Freshman
• Ag I

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LANCEOLATE

• lanceolatelength greater than width, broadest at
  the base, narrowing to the apex, lance-shaped

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OVATE

• more or less rounded at both ends and broadest
  below the middle, egg-shaped

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ELLIPTICAL

• ellipse-shaped, narrow at each end, widest at the
  middle

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CORDATE

• more or less rounded the bottom and pointed at
  the tip

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OBLONG

• longer than wide, sides parallel, rectangular
  with rounded corners

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LINEAR

• parallel sides, long and very narrow

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AURICULATE

• having auricles -- ear-shaped lobes at the base
  of leaves

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OBOVATE

• inversely ovate, broader above the middle than
  below

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OBLANCEOLATE

• inversely lanceolate,
• broader above the middle
• and tapering to the base

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SPATULATE

• oblong with the basal end narrowed and the apical
  end rounded, spoon-shaped

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NEEDLE

• slender leaf of many conifers

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PALMATE

• three or more lobes radiating fan-like from a
  common base

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PINNATE

• segments or lobes along each side of a common
  axis

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SCALE

• small appressed leaf or bract

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AWL

• tapering from the base to a sharp point