HRT 212 Plant Walk 1: Pines and Fir Preview

Pinus ponderosa

Note LONGEST needles of our pines, in bunches of 3, sometimes 2

cones prickly

Pinus nigra

Note large white terminal buds, needles in bunches of 2, long and dark green

Platey bark

Pinus bungeana

Note exfoliating bark, 3 needles per bundle

Pinus strobus

Note needles in bunches of 5, very soft texture prominent white lines

hortizontal branching

Pinus sylvestris

Note orange bark, 2 needles per bundle, slight twist

note cones have diamond shaped scales

Larix decidua

Note spur shoots and lots of small cones

Pinus mugo

Note "shrub-like" habit, needles in bunches of 2

Abies concolor

Note blue color, needles single, flat, point up from branch like a hairbush

Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' aka Tanyosho Pine

Note orange bark, leaves in bunches of 2

Abies fraseri

Note needles single, green, strong balsam scent

V-grove in center of branch as if branches were pressed in a book

Pinus parviflora

Note branches stiffly horizontal, needles groups in tuft-like bunches, needles in 5's

cones hortizontal