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Northern Ontario Plant Database |
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Leaf Margins
| Entire |
a smooth margin with no indentations or incisions. |
| Crenate |
margins with shallow rounded or blunt teeth. |
| Serrate |
margins with pointed teeth directed forward, towards the apex of the leaf. |
| Crenulate |
margins with small rounded or blunt teeth, diminutive of crenate. |
| Dentate |
margins with pointed teeth directed outward, perpendicular to the midrib. |
| Double serrate |
coarsely serrate margin with smaller teeth on the margins of larger teeth. |
| Denticulate |
margins with small pointed teeth directed outward, perpendicular to the midrib, diminutive of dentate. |
| Broad-crenate |
margins with widely spaced, rounded or blunt teeth, e.g., many violets (Viola, Violaceae). |
| Serrulate |
margins with small pointed teeth directed forward, towards the apex of the leaf, diminutive of serrate. |
| Erose |
with margins appearing gnawed, indentations shallow and irregular. |
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