Identification keys (PDF)
Please find below some links to vegetative identification keys for selected woody plants in cultivation in Western Europe, composed by Jan De Langhe, dendrologist at Ghent University Botanical Garden in collaboration with Arboretum Wespelaar. Any comments or remarks are greatly appreciated and can be sent to Jan at: jan.de.langhe 'at' telenet.be.
- Cannabaceae - 22 Sep 2016
- Carpinus-Ostrya-Ostryopsis (Betulaceae) - 12 June 2013
- Castanea (Fagaceae) - 26 November 2012
- Clethra (Clethraceae) - 9 June 2018
- Cornus (Cornaceae) - 8 March 2015
- Corylus (Betulaceae) - 26 January 2017
- Garryaceae - 24 February 2017
- Griselinia (Griseliniaceae) - 7 November 2022
- Hamamelidaceae (incl. Altingiaceae) - 9 May 2014
- Hedera (Araliaceae) - 19 May 2018
- Hydrangea s.l. (Hydrangeaceae) - 9 January 2017
- Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) - 22 November 2016
- Juglandaceae - 12 January 2012
- Lardizabalaceae - 05 July 2021
- Lindera (Lauraceae) - 20 November 2017
- Magnoliaceae - 28 May 2015
- Mahonia (Berberidaceae) - 21 November 2017
- Meliosma (Sabiaceae) - 3 November 2022
- Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae) - 7 April 2016
- Oleaceae - 25 November 2020
- Picea (Pinaceae) - 4 September 2014
- Pinaceae - 29 January 2016
- Pinus (Pinaceae) - 29 October 2014
- Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) - 27 February 2019
- Podocarpus (Podocarpaceae) - 16 November 2023
- Populus (Salicaceae) - 22 February 2018
- Quercus (Fagaceae) - 6 July 2012
- Rubus (Rosaceae) - 17 November 2021
- Sorbus s.s. incl. S.domestica (Rosaceae) - 22 November 2018
- Stewartia (Theaceae) - 12 January 2012
- Styracaceae - 27 February 2019
- Tilia (Malvaceae) - 06 July 2021
- Ulmaceae - 7 April 2016
- Viburnum (Adoxaceae) - 21 October 2012