Conifers Flashcards
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Outline Taxaceae
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- Spiral leaf arrangement
- Fleshy red cone
- Soft pointed leaves
- Green twig
- reddish bark
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Outline Larix genus
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- leaves needle like/ triangular or 4 sided
- single needle on short or long shoots
- erect cones
- needles on raised stubs
- medium rich/fresh soils
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Outline cupressaceae
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- scaly leaves
- thin stringy bark
- cones take 1-2 years to mature
- generally small cones
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Outline Picea
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- 4 sided leaves
- needle bundles on raised sterigma
- persistant, pendulous cones
- do well on wetter sites
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Outline abies
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- upright cones
- bark has resin blisters
- single needle
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outline Tsuga
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- pendulous cones
- evergreen
- thinner bark
- single needle
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outline pseudotsuga
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single needle
pendulous cones with 3 forked bract
small red buds at tip of twigs
thick, furrowed bark
