Gymnosperms Flashcards by Jamie Smith

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Pinus

young seed cone and pollen cone

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Family: Cupressaceae

Genus: Juniperus

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Pinus “life cycle”

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Pinus

Winged pine seed

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Family: Taxodiaceae

Genus: Cryptomeria

Japanese cedar

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Picea

spruce

Note: Tiny “bumps” on branches

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Picea

spruce

Note: Tiny “bumps” on branches

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Various cones from Pinus

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Pinus

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Family: Taxodiaceae

Genus: Taxodium

(check with herb. specimens)

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Family: Cupressaceae

Genus: Thuja

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Picea

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Family: Taxodiaceae

Genus: Sequoia

Note: scales suished and dried up at the ends

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Tsuga

Eastern Hemlock

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Family: Cupressaceae

Genus: Cupressus

(double check with Herb. Specimen)

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Psudotsuga

Note: Bracts longer than ovuliferous scales

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Family: Taxodiaceae

Genus: Metasequoia

Note: scales longer, thinner and more flat than sequoia

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Family: Taxodiaceae

Genus: Cunninghamia

China fir

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Larix

Note: dicidious

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Genus: Cedrus

Family:?

atlas cedar

(not in notes)

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Family: Cupressaceae

Genus: Chamaecyparis

Note: looks like tiny sequoia cones

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Deodar cedar

(not in notes)?

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Ginkgophyta

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Genus: Ginkgo

Note: with fruit, leaf, microsporangiate strobilus, and long and spur shoots

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Ginkgo ovules

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Family: Cycadaceae

Genus: Cycas

Note: no female cones, seeds at the base of leaf

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Zamia

Cone (male?)

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Family: Zamiaceae

Genus: Zamia

seedlings

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Zamia seeds

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Zamia pollen cone

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Cycad pollen cone

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Coniferophyta

Taxodiaceae (or Cupressaceae)

Taxodium

Note: fine delicate needles and soccer ball cones

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Taxodiaceae (or Cupressaceae)

Taxodium

Note: fine, delicate needles

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Coniferophyta

Cupressaceae

Thuja

Note: Flat leaves. Specimen with young and old cones.

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Coniferophyta

Cupressaceae

Juniperus

Note: scale and awl leaves, fleshy seed cone

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Coniferophyta

Cupressaceae

Chamaecyparis

(don’t confuse with Juniperus. Tiny Sequoia like cones, not pictured)

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Coniferophyta

Taxaceae

Taxus

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Abies (Fir)

Note: flat needles

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Tsuga

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Pseudotsuga (douglas fir)

Note: flat needles and cones with long bracts

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Picea

Note: bumps & square needles in singles

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Larix

Note: needles in large bunches, papery cones

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Pinus

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Coniferophyta

Pinaceae

Pinus