To use a tree ... scar of leaf attachment. When the leaf drops, a scar is left just under the bud and it can be unique. The trees easily identified by its leaf scars are hickory (3-lobed), ash ...

Cypress and hemlocks have needles that are flattened and attached to the twig with leaf stalks ... grows no more than 3 to 4 feet high but can grow into a 30-foot "tree." Its leaves are needle ...