Hi everyone. We live in Massachusetts. I'm helping my daughter with a leaf collection project. Here are two specimens that she collected: 1) in the first photo, the leaves are opposite each other on the stem and appear to have a smooth edge and point at the end. Each leaf is approximately 3-4 inches long. 2) in the 2nd photo, the leaves appear to be in an alternating arrangement along the stem. These leaves are smaller -- each leaf is approximately 2 inches long. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
What would help would be some idea of what they came from - i.e. nursery garden plants, house plants, the weed patch, a tree, etc. and whether the plants had any berries, nuts, or flowers.
Hi. The plant came from a wooded area near our house, amongst other brush, etc. There were no berries, nuts or flowers on it.
The first could be Callicarpa, which does have similar opposite leaves. The stems look familiar too. Callicarpa americana is distributed throughout the eastern USA, except the northern states.
The second could be a Vaccinium. At first, I thought Vaccinium parvifolium, the Red Huckeberries, but the leaves of V parvifolium has rounded tips and it's distributed on the West coast, not the east. And their leaves are smaller, 1-3 cm long.
