Gymnosperms Flashcards
(44 cards)
Pinus
young seed cone and pollen cone
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Juniperus
Pinus “life cycle”
Pinus
Winged pine seed
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Cryptomeria
Japanese cedar
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
spruce
Note: Tiny “bumps” on branches
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
spruce
Note: Tiny “bumps” on branches
Various cones from Pinus
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Taxodium
(check with herb. specimens)
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Thuja
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Sequoia
Note: scales suished and dried up at the ends
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Eastern Hemlock
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Cupressus
(double check with Herb. Specimen)
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Psudotsuga
Note: Bracts longer than ovuliferous scales
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Metasequoia
Note: scales longer, thinner and more flat than sequoia
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Cunninghamia
China fir
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Larix
Note: dicidious
Genus: Cedrus
Family:?
atlas cedar
(not in notes)
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Chamaecyparis
Note: looks like tiny sequoia cones
Deodar cedar
(not in notes)?
Ginkgophyta
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
Note: with fruit, leaf, microsporangiate strobilus, and long and spur shoots
Ginkgo ovules
