Covered in several scales

Egg-shaped

Lateral buds are smaller

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Terminal bud slender, tapered, flattened

Lateral buds smaller

Dark yellow, granular, edges meet but do no overlap

Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)

Sharp-pointed, reddish-brown

Overlapping, loose, hairy scales

Covered in resin

Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)

Like all oaks, terminal bud is present and lateral buds are smaller

Leaf scars are semi-oval

Buds are blunt

English Oak (Quercus robur)

No true terminal bud. End bud originates as a lateral bud

Somewhat flattened

reddish-brown

White Elm (Ulmus americana)

No terminal bud

Buds are small and rounded

Leaf scars are rounded and depressed in the center with many vein scars forming a ring

Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)

Egg-shaped

Blunt

Hooked and broad-based stout prickles

Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)