Identification of Coastal Conifers
Leaf: Needle - Bundle 5 = White Pine / Pinus strobus
- Bundle 2 = Jack / Pinus banksiana (1", V bundle), Scots / Pinus sylvestris (1-2",
twisted bundle, bluish), Austrian / Pinus nigra (3-6", needle bends), Red / Pinus
resinosa (4-6", needle breaks)
- Single - 4 sides = Sitka Spruce / Picea sitchensis
- Single - Flat - tail cone = Douglas Fir / Pseudotsuga menziesii
- lines (2) under leaf = Western Hemlock / Tsuga heterophylla
- red berries = Western Yew / Taxus brevifolia
- pair of flat leaves = Grand Fir / Abies grandis
- white on bark = Amabilis Fir / Abies amabilis
: Scaly - no cone = Juniper
- sharp leaf - cone (2") = Giant Sequoia / Sequoiadendron giganteum
- cone (1") = Yellow Cedar / Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
- soft leaf - cone (1") = Red Cedar / Thuja plicata
(photo - western red cedar, jan de fuca trail by r.griffin)
