Ferns + Conifers

Question 1

Flat Scale like leaves with globose dry cone, thats scales are thickest on the outer edge.

Answer 1

Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis

Question 2

Simple leaflets, clustered, serrated margins.

Answer 2

Polystichum munitum

Question 3

Flat scale leaves.

Answer 3

Calocedrus decurrens

Question 4

Clustered, compound leaflets, fronds widest in middle.

Answer 4

Anthyrium filix femina

Question 5

Clustered, fertile and non-fertile fronds, smooth margins, not epiphytic.

Answer 5

Blechnum Spicant

Question 6

Compound leaflets, smooth black stipes, hand shape

Answer 6

Adiantum aleuticum

Question 7

3 needle bundle, large symmetrical come, with hooked ends.

Answer 7

Pinus Ponderosa

Question 8

Fronds occurring singly, orange velvet, not ternately compound, huge.

Answer 8

Pteridium aquilinum

Question 9

Ternately compound, small and delicate.

Answer 9

Gymnocarpium Disjunctum

Question 10

2 needles per bundle, small lopsided cone.

Answer 10

Pinus Contorta

Question 11

Compound leaves, clustered, fronds widest at base. Looks suspiciously like lady fern.

Answer 11

Dryopteris Expansa

Question 12

5 needles per cluster, large elongated cone.

Answer 12

Pinus monticola

Question 13

blue flashy cone, cone does not open.

Answer 13

Juniperus Scopularum

Question 14

Deciduous, loses leaves in winter. Needles are soft and young in spring. Cones have bracts.

Answer 14

Larix occidentalis

Question 15

Flat scale leaves, dry elongated cone, 7-9 scales

Answer 15

Thuja Plicata

Question 16

single needles, sharp pointed, leaves behind woody peg. Large soft cone.

Answer 16

Picea Sitchensis

Question 17

Different size needles (some long / short). Green on top, white on bottom. Needles arranged on two sides of stem, making it look flat.

Answer 17

Tsuga heterophylla

Question 18

Needles same length, same color on both sides, needles splay out in all directions.

Answer 18

Tsuga mertensiana

Question 19

Thin flexible needles, sharp pointed buds in spring. Distinct cones, that have 3 pointed bracts between scales.

Answer 19

PsedoTsuga Meniesii

Question 20

Dark green needles, notched on top, white on bottom, arranged on two sides of branch.

Answer 20

Abies grandis

Question 21

Needles arranged on three sides of branch, dark green on top and white on bottom.

Answer 21

Abies amabilis

Question 22

stomates on both sides of needles, blueish green, hockey stick curves where connected to branch.

Answer 22

Abies procera

Question 23

Stomates on both sides of needles, blueish green, straight on branch.

Answer 23

Abies Lasiocarpa

Question 24

No cones, single seeds - red berry, shrub/small tree, Tazol, Leaves flat, pointed tip, arranged on two sides of branch. stem between leaves looks green

Answer 24

Taxus Brevifolia