Family: Ginkgoaceae
Scientific: Ginko biloba
Common: Ginkgo
Notes: Fan shaped leafs/ spur shoots/ light gray bark



Family: Taxaceae
Scientific: Taxace brevifolia
Common: Pacific Yew
Notes: Evergreen 2 ranked leafs/ thin scaly bark / round fleshy orange aril fruit



Family: Cupressaceae
Scientific: Juniperus virginiana
Common: Red-cedar
Notes: Needle or scale like leaves/ small berry like cone/ red brown bark long fibrous strips



Family: cupressaceae
Scientific: Thuja occidentalis
Common: Northern White Cedar
Notes: Fan arranged scale-like leaves/ fibrous bark/ arrowhead tree shape



Family: Pinaceae
Scientific: Abies balsamea
Common: Balsam Fir
Notes: Flat blunt needles silver underside/ slivery bark/ narrow spire-like crown



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Larix laricina
Common: Larch, Tamarack
Notes: Flat needle spiraling around spur shoot/ small egg shaped cones



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Picea rubens
Common: Red Spruce
Notes: Sharp individual needles/ 1 1.5 inch cones with smooth scale margins/ Grayish brown bark that finely flakes a reddish



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Picea abies
Common: Norway Spruce
Notes: Stiff sharp individual needles/ large 4-6 inch cylindrical cone/ Vertical pointing branches with branchlets that droop with needles



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Pinus strobus
Common: Eastern White Pine
Notes: Five slender flexible needles/ oblong resinous with-out umbo/ New bark smooth old bark rough narrow plates



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Pinus virginiana
Common: Virginia Pine
Notes: Intertwining needles (VA is for Lovers)/ Open cone with thick scales & umbo/ old bark scaly plates with cinnamon colored patches



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Tsuga canadensis
Common: Eastern Hemlock
Notes: Flat short dull needles/ ¾ inch soft cone/ shaggy shape poor natural pruner



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Pinus rigida
Common: Pitch Pine
Notes: Three long twisted needles to a fascicle/ stout cone with umbo/ bark develops thick flat plates with deep furrows/ rigidia – ridges have slopes (aka pitch)



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Pinus resinosa
Common: Red Pine
Notes: Two long needles to a fascicle/ round open cone/ red flaky bark/ usually needles are clustered near crown/ resinosa rose +sin= R sin OSA



Family: pinaceae
Scientific: Picea glauca
Common: Blue Spruce
Notes: Individual blue-gray needles/light brown cigar shaped cones/ Thin gray bark that develops flakes or scales


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