conifers identification
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aquagirlie8924 on December 6, 2011
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methods of Id-ing conifers
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cupressaceae Calocedrus decurrens | seed cones 3 parted, scale like lvs (champagne) |
| Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | seed cones round, scale like lvs (X's underneath) |
| Cupressaceae Cupressus | seed cones round and woody, scale like lvs |
| Cupressaceae Juniperus | seed cones berry-like, scale like lvs, dimorphic lvs |
| Cupressaceae Metasequoia glyptostroboides | branches + branchlets opposite, deciduous needles |
| Cupressaceae Thuja plicata | Thuja plicata w/ the butterfly stomata, scale like lvs, cones rose bud |
| Cupressaceae Sequoia sempervirens | branchlets fall intact, seeds small woody cones, coast S.OR to Big Sur |
| Cupressaceae Sequoiadendron giganteum | lvs awl-like, seed cones egg-shaped, Sierra Nevada |
| Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia | upper surface needles bronze lower surface yellow-green, seeds covered by aril, bird dispersed, dioecious |
| Araucariaceae Araucaria | lvs broad, spirally arranged, branches whorled at nodes, Southern hemisphere, enormous cones held upright, shatter |
| Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo biloba | dioecious and deciduous, fan-shaped lvs, monotypic genera, female propogule fleshy and single seeded w/ butryic acid, China |
| Ephedraceae Ephedra | native CA shrubs, xeric, stem is photosynthetic, lvs brownish and at nodes, dioecious |
| Pinaceae Abies concolor | stomates lower + upper surface, needles one plane, needles same length |
| Pinaceae Abies grandis | stomates lower surface only, needles one plane, needles differing lengths |
| Pinaceae Cedrus atlantica | needles silver green, stiff, clusters w/ >10 needles/cluster |
| Pinaceae Cedrus deodara | needles green, soft, longer, clusters w/ 10 needles/cluster, branches droop at ends |
| Pinaceae Larix | needles >10 per cluster, deciduous, cone scales remain attached |
| Pinaceae Picea sitchensis | cone scales papery and ragged at tips, terminal buds broadly conical, lvs sharp tipped, decurrent leaf base = woody |
| Pinaceae Strobus Pinus monticola | cones small, 5 needles/fascicle |
| Pinaceae Strobus Pinus lambertiana | cones long!!!!! 5 needls/fascicle |
| Pinaceae Strobus Pinus monophylla | 1 needle/fascicle |
| Pinaceae Pinus Pinus ponderosa | 3 needles/fascicle, umbro prickles point out |
| Pinaceae Pinus Pinus jeffreyi | 3 needles/fascicle, umbo prickle points down |
| Pinaceae Pinus Pinus sabiniana | 3 needles/fascicle, needles long + flexible, fatty-ass cones |
| Pinaceae Pinus Pinus contorta | 2 needles/fascicle, smallest cones |
| Pinaceae Pinus Pinus attenuata | 3 needles/fascicle, cones serotinous, clusters remain whorled and unopened around stems |
| Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii | cone bracts longer than cone scales, terminal buds narrowly conical, needles in bottlebrush |
| Pinaceae Tsuga heterophylla | tips of shoots with numerous short hairs, leaves vary in length + orientation |
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