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Vascular Plants of the Gorge at
Buttermilk Falls State Park (Ithaca, NY)

** Plant Finder **
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.Tree leaves are egg- or elliptic-shaped
Leaf edges are double-toothed*
(Click one of the pictures below that corresponds to your choice.)
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Yellow birch  (Betula alleghaniensis )

Black birch  (Betula lenta )

Paper (white) birch  (Betula papyrifera )

Ironwood*  (Carpinus caroliniana)

Hop hornbeam  (Ostrya virginiana )

* Double-toothed means there are multiple teeth between each pair of veins.

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