Firs, Spruce, Pines, and Junipers Flashcards
Single Needles 2-3” long, Silver Blue To Green Color, Cone 3-5” long Cone has rounded Scales.
White Fir Tree
How to tell if it is a Fir Tree?
The Needles are rounded at the tip and they stick right out of the branch. and they point upwards.
Single Blue Green Needles 1-1.5” long, Grows in high altitudes
Christmas Trees, Cone 2-4” long, Cone has Pointes Scales
Subalpine Fir
Needles are bunched more towards end, grows in high elevations, needles are about 1”, Smaller cones than blue spruce trees
Engelmann Spruce
Needles about 1” Blue/ green tint/ Former State Tree/ Papery Cone, Fragrant when needles are crushed
Colorado Blue Spruce
Cones have 3 pointed tails, Needles don’t follow fir rules, about 1” long needles, More identifiable part is the cone
Douglas Fir
Smells like Vanilla or Butterscotch, Used for structural Limber, Needles in groups of 3, needles 3-5” long, Fire and drought resistant
Ponderosa Pine
Needles in groups of 2, grows in higher elevations, cone may remain closed for years, Used in railroad ties and fences, needles 1-3” long, very tall trunk with no foliage
Lodgepole Pine
Needles in groups of 5, 1.5-3” ling, Grows in dry conditions, High elevations
Limber Pine
Needles in groups of 5, 1-5” long, lives for a long time, scientific name is Pinus Longeva
Bristlecone Pine
Groups of 2 needles, 1-2” long, Edible Pinenuts
Pinyon Pine
Needles in groups of 5, 1-2 long, Woody Cone with pointed edges
Singleleaf Pinyon
Crown Scraggly in Appearance, needles are long and thin, considered invasive in some areas, may have berries.
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Needles are short and thick, needles have scales, miscalled cedar or red cedar.
Utah Juniper
Looks almost like a juniper, 3-5 lobed, .25-5” long, dark green color, white flowers
Cliffrose or Quininebush
