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Dichotomous Key Builder

Build numbered couplets, tag examples under each result, print a worksheet and answer key.

Walk a specimen through the key

Think of a specimen — real or made up — and answer the couplets as it would. The route is highlighted in the steps below, and the walk stops on a dead end or a loop, so you find those before a class does.

Steps

Tree view

The same couplets drawn as branches, read left to right. The numbered steps above stay the key itself; this is the picture of it, with the route to every result written on the result.

    Off by default: the numbered key prints exactly as before. The tree goes on its own page after the worksheet.

    Uncheck to print just the reference key — e.g. to demonstrate what a dichotomous key is.