Buds

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  • Bud scales: The individual flaps that make up the outermost shell of the bud.
    3-33

  • Cap-like: Bud has one scale that resembles a cap.
    2-13

  • Imbricate: Bud scales overlap, ressemble shingles on a roof.
    3

  • Valvate: The edges of the bud scales do not overlap, instead they meet at their margins.
    3-34

  • Terminal clusters: Notice how the buds are concentrated at the tip of the twig.
    1-30

  • Naked: Lacking bud scales.
    3-18

  • Sessile: A bud that grows directly from the twig without a stalk or a petiole.
    3-33

  • Stalked: A bud grows from a stalk which is attached to the twig (opposite of sessile).
    1-24

  • Spur shoot: Similar to a stalked bud, but it is on a distinct, extended, scarred shoot.
    2-9

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