Autumn Plants- Woody Landscape Plants (2) (Condensed)

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Norway Spruce

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Picea abies

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Norway Spruce

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A medium to large tree with conical form capable of reaching over 120 feet tall, with horizontal to upward sweeping branches that often droop branchlets.

Picea abies

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Norway Spruce

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(Picea abies) Notice the non-flat pointed needles coming out of the branch in all directions. 2-3 stomatic lines on each side

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Norway Spruce

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Picea abies Cones are very large, cylindrical, 4 to 6 inches long, with stiff, thin scales that are irregularly toothed, chestnut brown, maturing in fall.

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Norway Spruce

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Picea abies

Buds-reddish or light brown, NOT resinous, scales often with spreading tips, 1/4" long, rosette shaped.

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Dwarf White Pine

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Pinus strobus 'Nana'

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White Pine

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PInus strobus

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Mugo Pine

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Pinus mugo *2 needle pine, under 2 inches

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How do the leaves grow on a Pinus mugo?

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In pairs

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How do the leaves on a Pinus strobus grow?

(Eastern White Pine)

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In five's!

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Common Witchhazel

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Hamamelis virginiana

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Canadian Hemlock

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Tsuga canadensis

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Serbian Spruce

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Picia omorika

-needles look frosty!!

-Upper surface glossy green in contrast to the lower with its 2 prominent stomatic lines

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Serbian Spruce

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Picia omorika -Male flowers look like strawberrys -2 prominent whits stomatic lines -slender trunk, graceful, drooping braches -cones are purple when young -Serbian is one of the few spruces with flat needles like a hemlock, not the four-sided needles of most spruces.

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Serbian Spruce

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Picia omorika

-Cones purple when young, cinnamon brown when mature

-scales are 1/2 moon shape, rounded

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Douglas Fir

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Pseudotsuga menziesii

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Douglas Fir

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Pseudotsuga menziesii

Thecones are 3 to 4 inches long and are easily identifiedby the three pointed bracts (modified leaves) whichare longer than the cone scales.

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Austrian Pine

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Pinus nigra

*Big, whitish terminal bud.

*Needles radiate around bud.

*2 long needles in fascicle

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Austrian Pine

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Pinus nigra

2" brown cones

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Austrian Pine

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Pinus nigra - bold, upright, broadly pyramidal growth habit in youth is highlighted by long, stiff, dark green, dense needles on stout ascending branches, with prominent light green vertical candles in Spring. the flat-topped crown of extreme age (over 50 years) is composed of many spreading but ultimately ascending upper branches, with sparse branching from the mid- and lower trunk, whose exposed bark takes on the composition of chalky white platy ridges contrasting with deep dark furrows

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Scotch Pine

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Pinus sylvestris

branches arespreading, and stems are often crooked in early years.The plant’s bark is orange, thin and smooth on uppertrunk, dark and fissured below

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Scotch Pine

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Pinus sylvestris

buds oblong-ovate, fringed scales, reddish-brown, reninous

*resembles a wasp thorax*

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Scotch Pine

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Pinus sylvestris

Smaller cones, roundish, gray or dull brown,

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Scotch Pine

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Pinus sylvestris Evergreen needles,

1 1/2 to 3 inches long, with two stout, twisted needles per fascicle, blue-green with distinct stomatal bands.

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Littleleaf Boxwood

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Buxus microphylla

Opposite leaf arrangement, margins entire, white midrib on leaf underside

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Eastern Redcedar

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Juniperus virginiana

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Eastern Redcedar

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Juniperus virginiana

Bark: Red-brown in color, exfoliating in long, fibrous strips, often ashy gray where exposed.

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Eastern Redcedar

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Juniperus virginiana -Branchlets and mature seed cones.

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Tanyosho Pine

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Pinus densiflora 'umbraculifera'

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Tanyosho Pine

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Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'

Bark: Upper crown bark is bright orangish and peeling, very similar to Pinus sylvestris, older bark develops plates and becomes gray.

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Tanyosho Pine

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Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'

Fruit: Cones, singly or clustered, about 2 inches long, dull brown with a short spine.

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White Spruce

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Picea glauca Blue-green needles with whitish lines are four-sided, sharp and stiff, and are arranged spirally onthe twigs. The foliage exudes a foul smelling odor, which sets it apart from other species. The inner bark of the twigs is silvery and glistens. Light color twig.

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White Spruce

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Picea glauca-

Spruce stays more rigid, does not weep.

TIGHT-lots of branching

ID- Cream colored twigs

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White Fir

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Abies concolor -Flat and blunt to pointed at the tips, the needles are 2-3 inches long, in ranks of 2, extend at a right angle out from the twig and have silvery bands called stomata running the length of both the top and under surfaces.

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White Fir

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Abies concolor- Oblong and upright, the cones are yellowish green to purplish brown, 3-5 inches long, and each scale is tipped with a prickle

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Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'

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Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'

*cone looks like soccer ball

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Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'

The shiny foliage grows in tight overlapping fans which creates layered vase-like cups of scaly leaves. Plants can reach 4 to 5 feet tall over many years.

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Sawara Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis pisifera

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Sawara Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis pisifera

Leaf: Scale-like, appressed, dark green above, with a white broken pattern beneath, somewhat flattened.

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Sawara Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis pisifera

Fruit: Round, 1/4 inch in diameter, numerous wrinkled looking scales.

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Blue Rug Creeping Juniper

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Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'

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Blue Rug Creeping Juniper

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Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'

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Drooping Leucothoe

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Leucothoe fontanesiana

-Evergreen

-Thick & leathery leaf

-New growth and petiole is pink

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Drooping Leucothoe

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Leucothoe fontanesiana

-Very graceful evergreen shrub

-Long acuminate leaves

-Almost fountain shaped

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Winterberry

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Ilex verticillata

-Same fruit & flower as Holly

-Leaf has spurs, serrated

-Rounded to vase shaped

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Everlow Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Everlow'

-Longer, dark green needle

-New growth is lime green

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Everlow Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Everlow'

-Low growing

-Horizontal branching

-Loose, less formal (not tight like Taxus x media)

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Brownii Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Brownii'

-Short, fat needles

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Brownii Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Brownii'

-Short, fat needles

-Dull color in winter

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Blue Pacific Shore Juniper

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Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific'

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Blue Pacific Shore Juniper

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Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific'

ID-SOFT!

-almost all awls. soft not prickly

-denser foliage along branches

-Low, 1' high, trailing habit

-Better blue foliage color

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Indiancurrant Coralberry

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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

-Fruit persists well into winter

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Indiancurrant Coralberry

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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

-Thick cascading look

-leaves opposite to sub-opposite, almost whorled

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Western Arborvitae

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Thuja plicata

-No Stomata lines like Falsecypress

-tips of spray swollen

-Aromatic when crushed

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Western Arborvitae

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Thuja plicata

- Small, upright, light brown seed cones (to 1/2” long).

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Western Arborvitae

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Thuja plicata - horizontal branching with sprays of scale-like dark green foliage that is aromatic when crushed.

-Fibrous, aromatic, reddish-brown bark.

-Usually maintains lower branches

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Fastigiate Eastern White pine

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Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'

-Noted for its columnar shape in which the branches all ascend upwards (fastigiate meaning erect branching). Shape broadens somewhat with age. Bluish-green needles are in bundles of 5.

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Weeping Canadian Hemlock

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Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

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Dwarf Japgarden Juniper

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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'

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Dwarf Japgarden Juniper

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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'

spiny-pointed blue-green needles (to 1/3” long). It typically grows 8-12” tall and spreads to 6’ wide over time. Foliage may turn purplish in winter.

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Compact Oregon Grapeholly

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Mahonia aquifolium 'Compactum'

-Evergreen shrub

-pinnately compound, Alternate leaf

- Low growing

-Sends up shoots, colonizes

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Compact Oregon Grapeholly

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Mahonia aquifolium 'compactum'

-New leaves emerge red-tinted in spring, maturing to glossy dark green by summer. Foliage acquires purplish hues in fall and burgundy-bronze tones by winter.

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Compact Oregon Grapeholly

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Mahonia aquifolium 'Compactum'

-Berries in clusters look like small grapes, the foliage is holly-like in appearance and the flower is the State Flower of Oregon, hence the common name.

-Bright yellow flowers (to 2.5” long) bloom in terminal inflorescences

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Broadmoor Savin Juniper

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Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'

-Gray-green foliage color with no purpling in winter

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Broadmoor Savin Juniper

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Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'

-spreading plants, showing a "mounding" toward center of plant

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Broadmoor Savin Juniper

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Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'

-Main lateral branches spread horizontally, from these there are many short branchlets that reach up, and center of plant tends to "mound up" with age

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Gold Thread Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Fiifera Aurea'

-‘Filifera Aurea’ is noted for its drooping yellow foliage.

-Features golden, weeping, thread-like foliage that provides excellent texture and color to foundation plantings. Foliage is usually quite attractive in winter.

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Gold Thread Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'

This cultivar, as well as other Filifera cultivars, is also often commonly called threadleaf false cypress in recognition of the thread-like foliage.

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Tolleson's Weeping Juniper

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Juniperus scopulorum 'Tollesons'

-excurrant,

-upright,

-weeps,

-"works of art"

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Tolleson's Weeping Juniper

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Juniperus scopulorum 'Tollesons'

Foliage is scale-like, bluish color covering the stems. Distinct white bands of stomates seen where the leaves overlap.

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Hollywood Juniper

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Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka'

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Russian Arborvitae

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Microbiota decussate

-Is a dwarf, evergreen conifer that forms a shrubby ground cover to 8-12” tall with indefinitely spreading stems that nod at the tips.

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Russian Arborvitae

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Microbiota decussate

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Lawson Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

-Weeping habit

-Sprays matted together

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Lawson Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

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Lawson Falsecypress

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

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Grey Owl Eastern Red Cedar

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Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

broad, slow-growing cultivar with a compact, wide-spreading habit which typically grows up to 3' tall (infrequently larger) and to 6' wide. Features scale-like, silver gray foliage. A female form which produces profuse, glaucous, berry-like cones

-Smells like cedar when bruised

-Stems are brownish cinnamon color

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Weeping Alaska Cedar

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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'

-The Ghost Plant

-Primary branching rigid

-Excurrent

-Lots of scales

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Weeping Alaska Cedar

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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'

features a nodding central leader with widely-spaced ascending to arching to horizontal branches from which droop branchlets clad with flattened sprays of scale-like blue-green to gray-green leaves. Leaves will emit an unpleasant odor when rubbed or crushed.

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Bosnian Pine

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Pinus heldreichii

-Egg-shaped

-Primary branches ascend

-Big Buds

-2 needle pine 2-4" long

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Bosnian Pine

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Pinus heldreichii

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Black Spruce

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Picea mariana Evergreen, four-sided needles, stiff, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, light blue-green in color, somewhat blunt pointed tips, light blue-green to gray.

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Black Spruce

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Picea mariana

Small to medium sized trees up to 70 feet tall with a very narrow conical or spire-like crown and a poorly pruned trunk.

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Black Spruce

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Picea mariana-

-Ovoid cones are the smallest of the spruces, 1 inch long, scale margins are rounded and finely erose; maturing in late summer with seeds disseminating in early fall.

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Hick's Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Hicksii'

1. Columnar in habit, grows more upright
2. Needles are dark green above, lighter green beneath

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Hick's Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Hicksii'

-dense, narrowly columnar, evergreen shrub with ascending branching.

-matures to a height of 18-20' with a spread of 6-10' wide after 20 years. More often seen as a 9-12' tall plant,

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Catawba Rhododendron

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Rhododendron catawbiense

-Flower bud dramatically larger than vegetative buds

-Broadleaf evergreen

-Large showy flowers

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Greek Fir

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Abies cephalonica

-The leaves are needle-like, flattened, thick, glossy dark green above, and with two blue-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is pointed, usually fairly sharply but sometimes with a blunt tip, "Hairbrush Needles"

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Yaupon Holly

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Ilex vomitoria

-This is a thicket-forming, broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that typically grows in an upright, irregularly branched form to 10-20’ tall and to 10’ wide, but may grow taller in optimum conditions.

BARK- White to gray, QUITE STRIKING!!

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Yaupon Holly

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Ilex vomitoria

ID- Spurs on top portion of leaf, smooth at base

1/2 to1(1/2)" long

*NO blackish glands on underside

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Nikko Fir

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Abies homolepis - It typically grows 30-50’ tall with a pyramidal habit. Needles (to 1.25” long) are glossy dark green above and have two white stomatal bands beneath. Needles are slightly notched at the tip. Purplish cones (to 4” long).

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Nikko Fir

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Abies homolepis-

-Needles form almost a solid cushion

-Softer

-"Fat pyramid"

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South Western White Pine

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Pinus strobiformis

-Leaf 3-6" long, finely serrated

-Needles not as long or as rigid as Pinus stroba

-5 needle per fascicle

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South Western White Pine

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Pinus strobiformis - Form: Medium sized straight tree with a conical crown when young, later broader with up-turned branches and a flat top.

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South Western White Pine

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Pinus strobiformis Woody cone, 5 to 9 inches long, yellow-brown, thick scales bend backwards and have a narrow tip, matures in late summer.

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Moerheim Blue Spruce

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Picea pungens var. glauca 'Moerheim'

-Compact, dense growing form

-Retains blue color thru winter

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Colorado Spruce

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Picea pungens -evergreen tree with horizontal, stiff branches.

-branches tend to go to the ground

-narrow, dense, conical shape

-conical shape opens with age

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Tigertail Spruce

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Picea polita

-slow growing spruce stinging needles

-cones, perfect oval, smooth scales

"beehive"

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Tigertail Spruce

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Picea polita

-Contorted with age

-Needles are sharp

-Glossy needles, shimmers n the sun

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Oriental Spruce

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Picea orientalis-

SHORT NEEDLES!!

-Looks like plastic

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Birds Nest Spruce

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Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

-Spreading, dense, broad

-usually a depression in the center that gives it the name "Bird's Nest"

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Contorted White Pine

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Pinus strobus 'Torulosa'

-Open, irregular, pyramidal form

-Twisted needles and branchlets

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Chadwick Anglojap Yew

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Taxus x media 'Chadwickii' evergreen shrub with a wide-spreading habit, bright green emerging foliage against dark evergreen needles that hold their color over winter. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub that can be pruned at anytime and does well in shade.

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Red Maple

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Acer rubrum

-3 lobed leaf

-buds & petiole often red

-Opposite, serrated

-Buds in opposite clusters

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Japanese Holly

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Ilex crenata- Black, round drupe, 1/4 to 1/3 inch in diameter, ripen in early fall, persistent into spring.

-LOOKS LIKE BOXWOOD, but has alternate leaf arrangement

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Three-Flowered Maple

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Acer triflorum -

-Exfoliating bark

-Dark pointy buds

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Paper Bark Maple

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Acer griseum - Exfoliating bark, rich brown to reddish brown

BUDS- Dark brown, sharply pointed, DISTINCTLY PUBESCENT AT BASE OF BUD! "Collar of hair"

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Amur Maple

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Acer ginnala

- Slender, glabrous, reddish brown, lighter lenticels, raised leaf scars and short broad buds.

-samara wings nearly parallel

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Amur Maple

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Acer ginnala-

Samara, 3/4 to 1" long, hanging at very tight angles or nearly parallel, ripen in early fall and persist.

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Nordmann Fir

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Abies nordmanniana

*Longer flat (2-sides) needle.

-Very dark (blackish green) Stomata very noticable on underside of needle.

-DENSE & PYRAMIDAL

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Lacebark Pine

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Pinus bungeana

-picturesque multi-trunked and upright, oval tree

- beautiful grey/green, mottled, exfoliating bark becomes chalky white on mature trees and is one of the best Pines for this character.

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Turkish Filbert

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corylus colurna

*Look for large "Jester" fringed fruits

*Male catkins are long and hang on thru winter

-Keeps leaves late into season.