Myricaceae: Answers to key questions in Conifers & Catkin-Bearing Trees and Shrubs of Saskatchewan by George Argus, Vernon Harms, Anna Leighton, and Mary Vetter leading to this family.

	plants usually aromatic
	leaves commonly with peltate, multicellular, glandular trichomes; NOT [leaf glands if present, resinous and not as above]
	plants usually dioecious; NOT [plants monoecious]
	fruit a nut, enclosed by persistent, accrescent bracts and bracteoles; NOT [fruits samaras or nuts lacking persistent bracts and bracteoles], NOT [fruits many-seeded capsules]