Individual parts of a compound leaf.

Smaller leaf units or leaflets which together form a compound leaf.

when there are several succeeding leaves on each side of a midrib; a little leaf.

blades of a compound leaf

leaf-like structures within a compound leaf.

Each individual pair of compound leaves

blade segments of a compound leaf

Compound leaves are composed of several "leaflets". These leaflets look like individual leaves but are not. The leaf starts where the woody twig tissue ends. This is not always easy to see. Ashes and boxelder are common U.P. trees that have compound leaves with leaflets. [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location