HRT 212 Plant Walk 2: Spruce, Taxus et al Preview

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Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii Note needles single, cones with bracts hang down from branchesstrong tangerine scented needles

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Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca ‘Conica’ Note reversions

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White Spruce

Picea glauca Note needles single, shorter than Norway or blue spruce. May be green or bluish.cones 2", dark brownbranches acending

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Yucca

Yucca filamentosa

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Norway Spruce

Picea abies Note needles single, dark green. Less sharp than blue.Cones 4-8" long, medium brownBranches like ski-jumps with fringe

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Japanese Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus harringtonia Look like taxus but with longer, darker needles

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Dense Yew

Taxus x media ‘Densiformis’

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Blue Spruce

Picea pungens var. glauca Note needles single, very square and sharp, blueCones 3-4 inches, light tan colorbranching stiffly horizontal

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Bald cypress

Taxodium distichum deciduousNote very horizontal branchingbuds tiny, almost invisible, alternate

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Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides deciduousNote branches acendingbuds clearly visible, opposite

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Japanese Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria japonica Needles awl-like, softround cones

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Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata v. capitata

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Oriental spruce

Picea orientalisNote needles single, VERY short, dark greencones brownish=purple

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Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensisNote needles 2-ranked, brances flattenedbright stomate linestiny cones

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Serbian spruce

Picea omorikaNote needles single, with PROMINENT WHITE LINEShabit usually skinny but variesski jump branches, branchlets NOT drooping

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Frasier Fir

Abies fraseri Note needles single, flat no peg at baseneedles point up forming rounded brush shape on top side of branchstomate lines on undersides of needles

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English Yew

Taxus baccata Note the deer love this species

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Weeping Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis ‘Sargentii’

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Hick's Yew

Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’ Note upright habit