MUDES Angiosperm Tree Character Tutorials 
What is a Character?
What is a Character State or Attribute?

The Links in the Table Below are to Interactive Frames that will allow you to view the different Characters and Character States that are used in the hierarchal cascading menu structures of the various components of the MUDES.  These Tutorials were designed to help first time users gain familiarity with these characters and their associated states and to serve as useful review material for more experienced users.

Look at the Trunk and Crown Form

Are You Looking at a Tree, a Shrub, or some Intermediate Form?

Look at the Trunk Bark

Often that's all you have at ground level.

Look at the Leaves 

If you're in a Forest, Binoculars can Help Your Observations.

Look at the Twigs

These are Especially Useful When There is No Foliage

Do You See Fruits? 

If They're Not on the Tree - Look Around on the Ground!

Do You See Flowers?

These are Typically Present for Only a Few Weeks in Spring
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