Compound leaf

Compound leaf is two inches long.


Branch showing typical zig-zag growth.

A compound leaf has a fully subdivided blade, each leaflet of the blade separated along a main or secondary vein. Because each leaflet can appear to be a simple leaf, it is important to recognize where the petiole occurs to identify a compound leaf.

Compound leaf - A leaf composed of two or more separate but similar parts, called leaflets.
Conifer - A tree that bears cones containing seeds.(most conifers are evergreens).

Illustrated are a 'simple leaf' from a beech and a 'compound leaf' from a rowan.

Notes :Opposite, deciduous, linear, one inch long, flat, generally appearing two-ranked in a flattened display; when growing on deciduous branchlets the leaf/deciduous branchlet structure resembles a feathery pinnately (or bi-pinnately) compound leaf, ...

See also: Tree, Seed, Light, Pruning, Plant