Unit 3: Gymnosperms and Ferns

Question 1

Twisting, green, needley gymnosperm

Answer 1

Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’

Hollywood twisted juniper, Hollywood juniper, Twisted juniper

Question 2

Red fuzzy bark, flat compound needley leaf, carved and twisted cones

Answer 2

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn redwood

Question 3

Tall narrow bushy tree

Answer 3

Cupressus sempervirens ‘Stricta’

Italian cypress, ‘stricta’ is columnar form

Question 4

Irregular mottled birch resembling bark, typical pine cone, young cones are tighter and green - look like jalapeños

Answer 4

Pinus halepensis

Aleppo pine/Jerusalem pine (City of Aleppo, Syria, is one place of origin)

Question 5

Low frequently branching, conical shape, round smooth cone, long branches

Answer 5

Hesperocyparis macrocarpa

Monterey cypress

Question 6

Mushroom shaped, big, scraping, small cones, long bineedle, end of branch is bottle brushy

Answer 6

Pinus pinea

Italian stone pine/Umbrella pine/Stone pine

Question 7

Long needled flowy fluffy tall pine

Answer 7

Pinus canariensis

Canary Island pine

Question 8

Bluegray shrubby frondy, sticky 45 degree branching growth, nice smell

Answer 8

Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana Glauca’

Blue pfitzer juniper

Question 9

Gray strong trunk with white spots, fluffy branching, lime (new) to dark green simple leaves, tiny cones

Answer 9

Afrocarpus gracilior

Fern-pine or African fern-pine

Question 10

Thick long needles, 5 needles, blue gray, scaley branches

Answer 10

Pinus torreyana

Torrey pine/Soledad pine

Question 11

Tall fountain like fern like hearty green oldass plant

Answer 11

Cycas revoluta

Sago-palm/Japanese fern-palm (Not a Palm!)

Question 12

Green female cones sticking straight up, distinctive conical form, branches reach and dangle at tips

Answer 12

Cedrus deodara

Deodar-cedar/California Christmas tree

Question 13

Almost upright fronds

Answer 13

Encephalartos altensteinii

Bread Palm or Bread Tree

Question 14

Fan like leaves

Answer 14

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo tree/Maidenhair tree

Question 15

Weeping Mexican giant

Answer 15

Taxodium mucronatum

Montezuma-cypress

Question 16

Radial pine cones, 2 needles, whorls of cones

Answer 16

Pinus radiata

Monterey pine

Question 17

Needley pokey branches, nice structure

Answer 17

Araucaria bidwillii
Bunya-Bunya

Question 18

Distinctive upward reaching flat needles, conical shape

Answer 18

Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine

Question 19

Fern looking fern

Answer 19

Blechnum occidentale
Hammock Fern

Question 20

Blue Charlie Brown looking cedar w clusters of scaley needles, lil green gold cones

Answer 20

Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’
Blue Atlas Cedar

Question 21

Not quite tree not quite fern

Answer 21

Cyathea cooperi
Australian Tree Fern

Question 22

Fluffy round fern sometimes treeish, tiny serrated leaflets

Answer 22

Dicksonia antarctica
Tasmanian Tree Fern

Question 23

Ground juni, berries

Answer 23

Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’
Shore Juniper

Question 24

Ground shrub tree

Answer 24

Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana’
Pfitzer Juniper

Question 25

Classic fern

Answer 25

Nephrolepis cordifolia
Southern Sword Fern

Question 26

Flat leaf, little cartoon fruit and tiny golden cone, shiny!

Answer 26

Podocarpus elatus
Brown Pine

Question 27

Blue gray shrubby tree, simple leaves

Answer 27

Podocarpus elongatus ‘Monmal’
Icee Blue Yew Pine

Question 28

Droopy limey long simple leaves, sputniky blossom

Answer 28

Podocarpus henkelii
Long- Leafed Yellowwood

Question 29

Chonky leaves, little cones

Answer 29

Podocarpus totara
Totara

Question 30

Big beautiful redwood

Answer 30

Sequoia sempervirens
Coast Redwood