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Publications


How to Use a Dichotomous Key: A Tutorial Featuring 10 Common Shade Trees of the Tampa Bay Area

Andrew K. Koeser, Gitta Hasing, Michael G. Andreu, and Melissa H. Friedman

A dichotomous key is a tool used to help identify an unknown organism. This fact sheet features a key of leaf characteristics for ten common broadleaf trees in the Tampa Bay Area. Accurately navigating this series of paired, either-or choices about leaf characteristics will lead the reader to identify the correct tree from the group of ten.

How to Identify a Tree

Michael G. Andreu, Erin M. Givens, and Melissa H. Friedman

Dispelling Misperceptions About Trees

Edward F. Gilman
Other Contacts: Ryan Klein

There are many misperceptions about trees and their care. Many have been passed from one generation to the next without critical evaluation. Each of the statements in this document is true. Each is discussed with regards to the most recent research findings.