buds of
apple
are brown, pointed and massed
buds of
ash
are conspicuous black and roundish
buds of
balsam poplar are brown, pointed with a leaf scars at the branch.
buds of
beech
are long and lathy and acuminate
buds of
birch
are green to brown
buds of
boxelder
are very small and oppositely arranged
buds of
ginkgo are very characteristic.
buds of
grey poplarr are green in summer and brown in winter.
buds of
honey locust are very small. The branches are very barky.