Ferns + Conifers Flashcards
Flat Scale like leaves with globose dry cone, thats scales are thickest on the outer edge.
Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis
Simple leaflets, clustered, serrated margins.
Polystichum munitum
Flat scale leaves.
Calocedrus decurrens
Clustered, compound leaflets, fronds widest in middle.
Anthyrium filix femina
Clustered, fertile and non-fertile fronds, smooth margins, not epiphytic.
Blechnum Spicant
Compound leaflets, smooth black stipes, hand shape
Adiantum aleuticum
3 needle bundle, large symmetrical come, with hooked ends.
Pinus Ponderosa
Fronds occurring singly, orange velvet, not ternately compound, huge.
Pteridium aquilinum
Ternately compound, small and delicate.
Gymnocarpium Disjunctum
2 needles per bundle, small lopsided cone.
Pinus Contorta
Compound leaves, clustered, fronds widest at base. Looks suspiciously like lady fern.
Dryopteris Expansa
5 needles per cluster, large elongated cone.
Pinus monticola
blue flashy cone, cone does not open.
Juniperus Scopularum
Deciduous, loses leaves in winter. Needles are soft and young in spring. Cones have bracts.
Larix occidentalis
Flat scale leaves, dry elongated cone, 7-9 scales
Thuja Plicata
single needles, sharp pointed, leaves behind woody peg. Large soft cone.
Picea Sitchensis
Different size needles (some long / short). Green on top, white on bottom. Needles arranged on two sides of stem, making it look flat.
Tsuga heterophylla
Needles same length, same color on both sides, needles splay out in all directions.
Tsuga mertensiana
Thin flexible needles, sharp pointed buds in spring. Distinct cones, that have 3 pointed bracts between scales.
PsedoTsuga Meniesii
Dark green needles, notched on top, white on bottom, arranged on two sides of branch.
Abies grandis
Needles arranged on three sides of branch, dark green on top and white on bottom.
Abies amabilis
stomates on both sides of needles, blueish green, hockey stick curves where connected to branch.
Abies procera
Stomates on both sides of needles, blueish green, straight on branch.
Abies Lasiocarpa
No cones, single seeds - red berry, shrub/small tree, Tazol, Leaves flat, pointed tip, arranged on two sides of branch. stem between leaves looks green
Taxus Brevifolia
