Leaves Please Note: All photographs are copyright by the photographers and none can be reproduced in any form without the expressed consent of the photographers. For permission to use photographs, email Al. Simple leaves
Pinnately (feather-like) Compound
Bipinnately compound
Palmately compound
Ternately compound
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How does one know where the leaf begins? In the photo immediately above, how do we know
that there are just three leaves, not nine or twenty-seven leaves?