Tree ID humor

[ATH]

Maybe ya'll already knew about this and I'm late to the party...but I have to share it with somebody who will appreciate it (wife was only mildly amused). I was looking at CalPoly's tree key.

When you get to palmately compound and it is asking opposite or alternate, here are the example pictures:

 

[JD3000]

Perhaps alternatively branched?

 

[TimBr]

Is that what they call an "Easter egg"?

 

[1adkarborist]

LOL, I LIKE THE PIC!
I think they are asking if the branching is alternate or opposite, not the leaf arrangement.
look at where the petiole base is on the twig to see if it is alternate or opposite.