Treehugger/ Alexandra Cristina Nakamura. Besides its branches, roots, and leaves, a mature tree also grows another important structure—the flower (or cone, in the case of evergreens).

Nothing’s wrong — provided you know a little about how to read the tree leaves. Margaret Roach is the creator of the website and podcast A Way to Garden, and a book of the same name.

Compound-leaf trees like the pecan have multiple leaves arrayed around a shared stalk. In both cases, the stalks are attached to twigs. The margins of the leaves are either lobed or toothed.

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee goes over leaf characteristics to look for when attempting to identify broadleaved deciduous trees in Indiana. He shares the ...