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Species Checklists Coniferous Trees

All photographs taken by students and faculty during course fieldtrips.

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Cupressaceae, Cypress Family Incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens Port Orford-cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Alaska-cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Junipers, Juniperus spp. Coast Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens Giant Sequoia, Sequoiadendron gigantea Western Redcedar, Thuja plicata Pinaceae, Pine Family [number of needles in bundles] Pacific Silver Fir, Abies amabilis White Fir, Abies concolor Grand Fir, Abies grandis Subalpine Fir, Abies lasiocarpa Red Fir, Abies magnifica Noble Fir, Abies procera Western Larch [12-14], Larix occidentalis Engelmann Spruce, Picea engelmannii Sitka Spruce, Picea sitchensis Knobcone Pine [3], Pinus attenuata Lodgepole (Shore) Pine [2], Pinus contorta Two-needle (Colorado) Pinyon [2], Pinus edulis Limber Pine [5], Pinus flexilis Jeffrey Pine [3], Pinus jeffreyi Sugar Pine [5], Pinus lambertiana Great Basin Bristlecone Pine [5], Pinus longaeva Singleleaf Pinyon [1], Pinus monophylla Western White Pine [5], Pinus monticola Ponderosa Pine [3], Pinus ponderosa Gray Pine [3], Pinus sabiniana Common Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla Mountain Hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana Taxaceae, Yew Family Western (Pacific) Yew, Taxus brevifolia

Giant Sequoia (Sierra Redwood) Photograph by Mark Eberle, August 2000

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