HRT 212 Plant Walk 2: Spruce, Taxus et al

Pseudotsuga menziesii    Note needles single, cones with bracts hang down from branches strong tangerine scented needles

Picea glauca ‘Conica’   Note reversions

Picea glauca     Note needles single, shorter than Norway or blue spruce.  May be green or bluish. cones 2", dark brown branches acending

Yucca filamentosa   

Picea abies     Note needles single, dark green.  Less sharp than blue. Cones 4-8" long, medium brown Branches like ski-jumps with fringe

Cephalotaxus harringtonia   Look like taxus but with longer, darker needles

Taxus x media ‘Densiformis’ 

Picea pungens var. glauca     Note needles single, very square and sharp, blue Cones 3-4 inches, light tan color branching stiffly horizontal

Taxodium distichum    deciduous Note very horizontal branching buds tiny, almost invisible, alternate

Metasequoia glyptostroboides     deciduous Note branches acending buds clearly visible, opposite

Cryptomeria japonica    Needles awl-like, soft round cones

Taxus cuspidata v. capitata    

Picea orientalis Note needles single, VERY short, dark green cones brownish=purple

Tsuga canadensis Note needles 2-ranked, brances flattened bright stomate lines tiny cones

Picea omorika Note needles single, with PROMINENT WHITE LINES habit usually skinny but varies ski jump branches,  branchlets NOT drooping

Abies fraseri    Note needles single, flat no peg at base needles point up forming rounded brush shape on top side of branch stomate lines on undersides of needles

Taxus baccata    Note the deer love this species

Tsuga canadensis ‘Sargentii’  

Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’   Note upright habit