Northern Ontario Plant Database

Leaf Margins

• Palmatifid - (palmately divided) with lobes cut palmately ¾ to almost completely to the midrib.
• Pinnatifid - (pinnately divided) with lobes cut pinnately ¾ to almost completely to the midrib.
• Incised - jagged margins cut sharply and deeply.
• Lacerate - margins irregularly cut, appearing torn.
• Pectinate - pinnately divided into fine, parallel segments, comb- or feather-like.
• Dissected - with narrow divisions finely subdivided into many smaller segments.