Plant Tax Test 1 Characteristics

Front 1

Decidous fascicle.

5 needles.

Apophysis about same thickness as rest.

Umbo terminal.

Cones largest.

Back 1

Pinus lambertiana

Front 2

Decidous fascicle.

5 needles.

Apophysis about same thickness as rest.

Umbo terminal.

Cones large but not largest.

Back 2

Pinus monticola

Front 3

Decidous fascicle.

1 needle.

Back 3

Pinus monophylla

Front 4

Persistent fascicle.

3 needles, shorter than 6in.

Apophysis thicker than rest.

Umbo center. Armed.

Serotinous cone.

Back 4

Pinus attenuata

Front 5

Persistent fascicle.

3 needles, longer than 8in.

Apophysis thicker than rest and angled straight down.

Umbo center. Armed.

Back 5

Pinus sabiniana

Front 6

Persistent fascicle.

3 needles, shorter than 6in.

Apophysis thicker than rest.

Umbo center. Armed.

Prickles bent downward.

Back 6

Pinus jeffreyi

Front 7

Persistent fascicle.

3 needles, shorter than 6in.

Apophysis thicker than rest.

Umbo center. Armed.

Prickles pointed outwards.

Back 7

Pinus ponderosa

Front 8

Persistent Fascicle.

2 needles.

Back 8

Pinus contorta

Front 9

Scale-like leaves.

Internodes longer than wide.

Flat branching.

Seed cone 3 parted

Monoecious.

Back 9

Calocedrus decurrens

Front 10

Scale-like leaves.

Internodes about same length as width.

Flat branching.

Butterfly stomata.

Seed cone longer than wide.
Seed cones resemble rose buds.

Monoecious.

Back 10

Thuja plicata

Front 11

Scale-like leaves.

Internodes about same length as width.

Flat branching.

X stomata.

Seed cones small and spherical.

Peltate scales.

Monoecious.

Back 11

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Front 12

Scale-like leaves.

Multidimensional branching.

Soccer ball seed cones.

Peltate scales.

Monoecious.

Back 12

Hesperocyparis

Front 13

Dimorphic leaves: Scale and awl-shaped.

Multidimensional branching.

Small, blue "ecological berry/fruit"

Dioecious.

Back 13

Juniperus

Front 14

Awl-shaped leaves.

Bottlebrush branching.

Back 14

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Front 15

Needle shaped leaves, deciduous.

Opposite and 2-ranked.

Back 15

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Front 16

Dimorphic leaves: Needle and awl-shaped.

Decurrent.

2-ranked.

Needles fall attached to branchlet.

Back 16

Sequoia sempervirens

Front 17

Needle shaped leaves.

Decurrent.

2-ranked.

Needles fall individually.

Red ecological berry.

Dioecious.

Back 17

Taxus brevifolia

Front 18

Long leaves with sharp points.

Decurrent. Opposite.

Large green ecological berry.

Back 18

Torreya californica

Front 19

Planar LI but seems bottlebrush.

Double stomata.

Upright, shattering cones.

Leaves all about the same length.

Back 19

Abies concolor

Front 20

Planar LI but seems bottlebrush.

Double stomata.

Upright, shattering cones.

Alternating leaf lengths.

Back 20

Abies grandis

Front 21

Leaves extend from shoots, not fascicles.

Upright, shattering cones.

Glaucous, short leaves.

Branches grow upright.

Back 21

Cedrus atlantica

Front 22

Leaves extend from shoots not fascicles.

Upright, shattering cones.

Glaucous, long, drooping leaves.

Branches droop down.

Back 22

Cedrus deodara

Front 23

Deciduous shoots.

Pendent, persistent cones.

Back 23

Larix

Front 24

Bottlebrush.

Acute leaves attached via woody pegs.

Distinct cones with jagged scale edges.

Back 24

Picea sitchensis

Front 25

Bottlebrush and leaf base flush to stem.

Double stomata.

Mouse butt cone bracts

Back 25

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Front 26

Planar LI.

Single stomata.

Messy appearance.

Little bell cones.

Direct leaf bast.

Back 26

Tsuga heterophylla

Front 27

Subgenus with little resin

Back 27

Strobus

Front 28

Subgenus with lots of resin

Back 28

Pinus

Front 29

Cat-tailed branches

Back 29

Araucariaceae

Front 30

Ecological berry with epamatium

Back 30

Podocarpaceae

Front 31

Green stem, brown leaves.

Dioecious.

Back 31

Ephedra

Front 32

Deciduous.

Fan-shaped leaves.

Back 32

Ginkgo biloba