Species Identification

Question 1

Name the scaling code for Alder

Answer 1

AL

Question 2

Name the scaling code for arbutus

Answer 2

AR

Question 3

Name the scaling code for Aspen

Answer 3

AS

Question 4

Name the scaling code for Aspen

Answer 4

As

Question 5

Name the scaling code for balsam

Answer 5

Ba

Question 6

Name the scaling code for birch

Answer 6

Bi

Question 7

Name the scaling code for cedar

Answer 7

CE

Question 8

Name the scaling code for cottonwood

Answer 8

CO

Question 9

Name the scaling code for cypress

Answer 9

Cy

Question 10

Name the scaling code for Douglas fir

Answer 10

FI

Question 11

Name the scaling code for hemlock

Answer 11

HE

Question 12

Name the scaling code for larch

Answer 12

LA

Question 13

Name the scaling code for Lodgepole

Answer 13

LO

Question 14

Name the scaling code for maple

Answer 14

Ma

Question 15

Name the scaling code for ponderosa pine (yellow pine)

Answer 15

Ye

Question 16

Name the scaling code for Spruce

Answer 16

Sp

Question 17

Name the scaling code for white pine

Answer 17

Wh

Question 18

Name the scaling code for whitebark pine

Answer 18

Wb

Question 19

Name the scaling code for willow

Answer 19

Wi

Question 20

Name the scaling code for yew

Answer 20

UU

Question 21

Describe Alder

Answer 21

Knots are prone to oxidization butts and knots turn red/orange

Young trees green, with age fades to a whitish-grey

Question 22

Describe balsam

Answer 22

Wood is creamy white in colour.

Grows in whorls

Outer bark is silver grey with pitch blisters all over. Greyish white flecks on mature trees, bark can have longitudinal cracks and flat ridges in older trees

Question 23

Describe birch

Answer 23

Wood is hard and close grained, stems are cylindrical with a lot of crook and sweep.

Outer bark is thin and peels, inner bark is thin and reddish orange which darkens with age

Question 24

Describe red cedar

Answer 24

Butts usually have significant flare, reddish brown stringy bark

Pungent odour

Softer wood

Question 25

Describe Cottonwood

Answer 25

Irregular knots very large in older trees

Bark is green/grey in young trees and then runs grey with age as it forms flat v shaped ridges.

Inner bark white

Question 26

Describe yellow cedar/Cypress

Answer 26

Smells like potatoes
Irregular knots
Bark is grey and comes off in thin strips
Often has stain

Question 27

Describe Douglas fir

Answer 27

Hard with a distinctive heart wood. Heartwood is a reddish brown and the sapwood is yellow white

Knots grow in whorls

Bark is thick brown and corky in mature trees, bark smooth grey with pitch blisters in young trees

Question 28

Describe hemlock

Answer 28

Wood is hard strong and close grained
Wood is yelllow/pale white
Irregular knots
Kick with caulks to show purple inner bark

Question 29

Describe larch

Answer 29

Strong hard wood, heartwood is dark brown compared to sap wood
Irregular knots
Bark similar to YE, scales come off in narrow strips

Question 30

Lodgepole pine

Answer 30

Yellowish white heartwood, white sapwood.
Close grained
Cut ends are pitchy 
grows in whorls
 Bark has thin fine scales

Question 31

Describe spruce

Answer 31

A soft close grained light coloured wood, stems are very cylindrical and prone to Butt flare
Grows in whorls
Sitka- scales are round loose and rusty brown
Black - bark is grey scaly and similar to LO
Englemann - scales are large loose and circular, light brown bark with silver overtones

Question 32

Describe white pine

Answer 32

Light and soft, sapwood oozes pitch when cut.

Knots often grows in whorls, and are a deep purple.

Thin smooth dark grey bark on younger trees
Narrow scaly brown plates developing on the butts of mature trees

Question 33

Describe ponderosa pine/ yellow pine

Answer 33

Dark pith in the centre of the heart, wide sap ring.

Knots grow in whorls

Thick bark, deep fissures with elongated flat plates

Pitchy