Incense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens (Libocedrus decurrens)
Large, resinous, aromatic tree with tapering, irregularly angled trunk and narrow, columnar crown, becoming open and irregular. Height: 60-150' (18-46 m).diameter 3-5' (0.9-1.5 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite in 4 rows; 1/8-1/2" (3-12 mm) long. ...… read more
Large evergreen tree with enlarged base, narrow, pointed, spirelike crown, and horizontal or drooping branches. Height: 70-200' (21-61 m). Diameter: 2 1/2-4' (0.8-1.2 m). Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; dull green ...… read more
Alaska Cedar
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Tree with narrow crown and horizontal or slightly drooping branches. Height: 50-100' (15-30 m). Diameter: 1-4' (0.3-1.2 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite in 4 rows, 1/8" (3 mm) long. Scalelike, pointed and spreading. Bright yellow-green, ...… read more
Evergreen, aromatic tree with narrow, pointed, spirelike crown and slender, horizontal branches. Height: 50-90' (15-27 m). Diameter: 1 1/2-2' (0.5-0.6 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite; 1/16-1/8" (1.5-3 mm) long. Scalelike; dull blue-green, ...… read more
Introduced, cone-bearing, evergreen tree with straight trunk tapering from enlarged base, conical or pyramid-shaped, narrow crown of horizontal branches, and aromatic resinous foliage.
Height: 50-80' (15-24 m).
Diameter: 2' (0.6 ...… read more
Evergreen tree with conical crown and stout, horizontal branches. Height: 40-70' (12-21 m). Diameter: 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m). Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike, keeled; dull gray-green, mostly with gland-dot that exudes ...… read more
Medium-size to large evergreen tree with narrow, conical, open crown.
Height: 30-100' (9-30 m).
Diameter: 2' (0.6 m).
Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; more than 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; dull gray-green, with gland-dot that exudes whitish ...… read more
Tecate Cypress
Cupressus forbesii (Cupressus guadalupensis ssp. forbesii)
Small evergreen tree with forked trunk and irregular, spreading crown.
Height: 20-30' (6-9 m).
Diameter: 1-1 1/2' (0.3-0.5 m).
Leaves: opposite in 4 rows, forming 4-angled, slender twigs; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; bright green, ...… read more
Typically a small evergreen tree with conical or spreading crown; 3 rare geographic varieties. Height: 15-30' (4.6-9 m). Diameter: 1/2-1 1/2' (0.15-0.5 m). Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; less than 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; mostly bright ...… read more
Small evergreen tree or shrub with stout trunk, several forks, and spreading crown broader than high.
Height: 30' (9 m).
Diameter: 1' (0.3 m).
Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; dull gray-green, with gland-dot that ...… read more
Medium-sized evergreen tree with large cones and with symmetrical crown when young or where protected; often becoming irregular and flat-topped when exposed to high winds. Height: 60-80' (18-24 m). Diameter: 2' (0.6 m); rarely 4' (1.2 ...… read more
Evergreen tree with narrow crown, becoming very broad where exposed.
Height: 30-50' (9-15 m).
Diameter: 3' (0.9 m).
Leaves: opposite in 4 rows; more than 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. Scalelike; dull green, often with gland-dot.
Bark: gray, ...… read more
Evergreen tree with trunk often grooved and twisted or branched from base, and with rounded or irregular, open crown; sometimes forming thickets.
Height: 20-30' (6-9 m).
Diameter: 1' (0.3 m).
Leaves: evergreen; scalelike, 1/16" (1.5 mm) ...… read more
Evergreen shrub or small tree with broad, irregular crown. Height: 40' (12 m). Diameter: 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m). Leaves: usually in 3's; 1/16-1/8" (1.5-3 mm) long. Scalelike, blunt, forming stout, stiff, rounded twigs; yellow-green, with ...… read more
Usually a spreading low shrub, sometimes forming broad or prostrate clumps; rarely a small tree with an open irregular crown. Height: 1-4' (0.3-1.2 m), rarely 15-25' (4.6-7.6 m). Diameter: 8" (20 cm). Leaves: evergreen; 3/8-1/2" (10-12 mm) ...… read more
Evergreen tree with short, stout trunk, and rounded, spreading crown, becoming irregular and with branches partly dead in vertical strips.
Height: 20-50' (6-15 m).
Diameter: 2-4' (0.6-1.2 m).
Leaves: opposite; in 4 rows, forming slender, ...… read more
Small evergreen tree or shrub with rounded crown of weeping branches unlike any other juniper. Height: 30' (9 m). Diameter: 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m). Leaves: opposite; in 4 rows on long, slender, drooping twigs...… read more
A prostrate, creeping, mat-forming evergreen shrub that can form ground-covering mats more than 20' (6 m) across. Height: 6-18" (15-45 cm). Leaves: opposite; needlelike when young; scale-like when mature...… read more
Evergreen shrub or small tree with several branches curving up from ground, sometimes with short trunk, and much-branched, spreading, and often scraggly crown.
Height: 10-25' (3-7.6 m).
Diameter: 1' (0.3 m).
Leaves: opposite; in 4 rows on ...… read more
Evergreen tree with short trunk and broad crown of stout, spreading branches, becoming ragged and gnarled with age; or a shrub. Height: 15-30' (4.6-9 m). Diameter: 1' (0.3 m), sometimes much larger. Leaves: mostly in 3's; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. ...… read more
Utah Juniper
Juniperus osteosperma (Sabina osteosperma)
Tree with short, upright trunk, low, spreading branches, and rounded or conical, open crown. Height: 15-40' (4.6-12 m). Diameter: 1-3' (0.3-0.9 m). Leaves: generally opposite in 4 rows, forming stout, stiff twigs; 1/16" (1.5 mm) long. ...… read more
Evergreen shrub or small tree, usually with several branches from ground, sometimes with single trunk and broad, irregular crown.
Height: 20' (6 m).
Diameter: 1' (0.3 m).
Leaves: evergreen; mostly in 3's on slender twigs; 1/16" (1.5 mm) ...… read more
Evergreen tree with straight trunk, narrow, pointed crown, and slender branches of aromatic, gray-green foliage often drooping at ends. Height: 20-50' (6-15 m). Diameter: 1 1/2' (0.5 m). Leaves: opposite in 4 rows, forming slender, 4-angled ...… read more
Evergreen, aromatic tree with trunk often angled and buttressed at base and narrow, compact, columnar crown; sometimes becoming broad and irregular. Height: 40-60' (12-18 m). Diameter: 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite in 4 rows ...… read more
Evergreen aromatic tree with narrow or spreading crown, lower branches drooping; sometimes forming thickets. Height: 50' (15 m). Diameter: 2' (0.6 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite in 4 rows forming very slender drooping 4-angled twigs; 1/16" ...… read more
Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
The world's tallest tree, with reddish-brown trunk much enlarged and buttressed at base and often with rounded swellings or burls and slightly tapering; crown short, narrow, irregular and open with horizontal or drooping branches. Height: 200-325' ...… read more
One of the world's largest trees with fibrous, reddish-brown trunk much enlarged and buttressed at base, fluted into ridges, and conspicuously narrowed or tapered above; narrow, conical crown of short, stout, horizontal branches reaches nearly to base. ...… read more
Pond Cypress
Taxodium ascendens (Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium, Taxodium distichum var. nutans)
This deciduous conifer is narrowly conical or columnar with spreading branches and upright branchlets. Crown sometimes irregularly flat-topped. Trunk enlarged at base, sometimes with short rounded "knees." Leaves: needles 1/2" ...… read more
Large, needle-leaf, aquatic, deciduous tree often with cone-shaped "knees" projecting from submerged roots, with trunks enlarged at base and spreading into ridges or buttresses, and with a crown of widely spreading branches, flattened at top. Height: ...… read more
Large, needle-leaf, aquatic tree with tall, straight trunk and broad crown of spreading branches and drooping twigs, evergreen or nearly so. Trunk enlarged at base with ridges above; sometimes small "knees" project from submerged roots.
Height: ...… read more
Resinous and aromatic evergreen tree with angled, buttressed, often branched trunk and a narrow, conical crown of short, spreading branches. Height: 40-70' (12-21 m). Diameter: 1-3' (0.3-0.9 m). Leaves: evergreen; opposite in 4 rows; ...… read more
Large to very large tree with tapering trunk, buttressed at base, and with a narrow, conical crown of short, spreading branches drooping at ends; foliage is resinous and aromatic. Height: 100-175' (30-53 m) or more. Diameter: 2-8' (0.6-2.4 m) or ...… read more
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
Planted, deciduous tree with straight trunk and open, pyramid-shaped crown, becoming wide-spreading and irregular with age; without flowers or fruit.… read more
Large fir with beautiful, spirelike, conical crown of short, down-curving branches and flat, fernlike foliage. Height: 80-150' (24-46 m). Diameter: 2-4' (0.6-1.2 m). Needles: evergreen; crowded and spreading forward in 2 rows; curved upward on ...… read more
The only fir native to the Northeast, with narrow, pointed, spirelike crown of spreading branches and aromatic foliage. Height: 40-60' (12-18 m). Diameter: 1-1/2' (0.3-0.5 m). Needles: evergreen; 1/2-1" (1.2-2.5 cm) long. Spreading almost at ...… read more
The rarest of the firs, with narrow, conical, spirelike crown of short, slightly drooping branches.
Height: 40-100' (12-30 m).
Diameter: 1-3' (0.3-0.9 m).
Needles: evergreen; spreading almost at right angles in 2 rows; 1 1/2-2 1/4" (4-6 ...… read more
Very large fir, widespread in western mountains, with narrow, pointed crown of short, symmetrical, horizontal branches; 2 geographic varieties. Height: 70-160' (21-49 m). Diameter: 1 1/2-4' (0.5-1.2 m). Needles: evergreen; spreading almost at ...… read more
The only native Southeastern fir, a handsome tree with pointed crown of silvery white aromatic foliage. Height: 30-50' (9-15 m). Diameter: 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m). Needles: evergreen; 1/2-1" (1.2-2.5 cm) long. Spreading almost at right angles in 2 ...… read more
One of the tallest true firs, with narrow, pointed crown of stout, curved, and slightly drooping branches. Height: 100-200' (30-61 m). Diameter: 1 1/2-3 1/2' (0.5-1 m). Needles: evergreen; spreading almost at right angles in 2 rows; crowded and ...… read more
The most widespread western true fir, with dense, long-pointed, spirelike crown and rows of horizontal branches reaching nearly to base; shrubby at timberline. Height: 50-100' (15-30 m). Diameter: 1-2 1/2' (0.3-0.8 m). Needles: evergreen; ...… read more
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