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    This document discusses creating a dichotomous key to identify five species of maple trees from their leaf illustrations. It explains that dichotomous keys are an important tool for identifying organisms to the species level by keying out distinguishing characteristics. The task is to create a dichotomous key using the leaf diagrams that will allow someone else to correctly identify each of the five maple species: Acer palmatum, Acer saccharum, Acer saccharinum, Acer nigrum, and Acer rubrum.

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    This document discusses creating a dichotomous key to identify five species of maple trees from their leaf illustrations. It explains that dichotomous keys are an important tool for identifying organisms to the species level by keying out distinguishing characteristics. The task is to create a dichotomous key using the leaf diagrams that will allow someone else to correctly identify each of the five maple species: Acer palmatum, Acer saccharum, Acer saccharinum, Acer nigrum, and Acer rubrum.

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    Keying Out Plant Species

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    Leander Krowinkel
    This document discusses creating a dichotomous key to identify five species of maple trees from their leaf illustrations. It explains that dichotomous keys are an important tool for identifying organisms to the species level by keying out distinguishing characteristics. The task is to create a dichotomous key using the leaf diagrams that will allow someone else to correctly identify each of the five maple species: Acer palmatum, Acer saccharum, Acer saccharinum, Acer nigrum, and Acer rubrum.

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    a group of organisms. the five species of the genus Acer by the illustrations
    Dichotomous keys are a useful tool in biology and can enable of the leaves. lt provides valuable practice in identifying
    identification to species level provided the characteristics characteristic features to identify plants to species level.

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    Silver maple,
    Acer saccharinum

    Black maple,
    Acer nigrum

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    Use the diagrams of the leaves of the common species of Acer to create a dichotomous key in the space below that will
    identify all five species shown. Your key should be able to be used by someone else to correctly identify all species. You
    could create a branched key (e.9. page 215) or a written key (e.9. page 216).

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