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| awl-shaped: short, stiff, and tapering to a point |
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| scale-like: small and overlapping |
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| needlelike: long, thin, and pointy (pines) |
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| linear (firs and spruces) |
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| lanceolate: much longer than wide and widest at base (willows and cherries) |
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| oblanceolate: much longer than wide and widest near the top |
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| elliptical: widest in the middle (elms) |
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| ovate: egg-shaped with the widest part just below the middle: (birches) |
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| obovate: egg-shaped with the widest part just above the middle |
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| spatulate: shaped like a spatula (barberry) |
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| oval: broadly elliptical with the width being greater than 1/2 the length (dogwoods) |
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| cordate/heart-shaped (basswoods) |
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| orbicular: circular or nearly so |
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| oblong: longer than wide with parallel margins-for deciduous leaves |
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| deltoid: triangular shaped (aspens and cottonwoods) |
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