FRUITS | Types

Twig Morphology: Bud Scales

modified leaves or stipules that cover and protect the bud

Imbricate Scales	numerous scales overlappping one another in shinglelike fashion
Valvate Scales	two or three scales that do not overlap
Caplike Scale	a single scale covering a bud that sloughs off in the spring, leaving a terminal bud-scale scar
Naked (No Scales)	a bud with no scales

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Imbricate Scales

numerous scales overlappping one another in shinglelike fashion

Valvate Scales

two or three scales that do not overlap

Caplike Scale

a single scale covering a bud that sloughs off in the spring, leaving a terminal bud-scale scar

Naked (No Scales)

a bud with no scales

All definitions are from J. W. Hardin, D. J. Leopold, and F. M. White. (2001). Harlow & Harrar's Textbook of Dendrology. Ninth edition. McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 534 pp. ISBN: 0073661716.