Tour - HRT 212 Plant Walk 1: Pines and Fir

Created By: Michigan State University

Walk 1 for 2024; Note some of the photos are the exact plants we saw, others are different specimens. The locations are correct.

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Pinus ponderosa Note LONGEST needles of our pines, in bunches of 3, sometimes 2 cones prickly

Pinus nigra Note large white terminal buds, needles in bunches of 2, long and dark green Platey bark

Pinus bungeana Note exfoliating bark, 3 needles per bundle

Pinus strobus Note needles in bunches of 5, very soft texture prominent white lines hortizontal branching

Pinus sylvestris Note orange bark, 2 needles per bundle, slight twist note cones have diamond shaped scales

Larix decidua Note spur shoots and lots of small cones

Pinus mugo Note "shrub-like" habit, needles in bunches of 2

Abies concolor Note blue color, needles single, flat, point up from branch like a hairbush

Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' aka Tanyosho Pine Note orange bark, leaves in bunches of 2

Abies balsamea Note needles single, green, strong balsam scent V-grove in center of branch as if branches were pressed in a book

Pinus parviflora Note branches stiffly horizontal, needles groups in tuft-like bunches, needles in 5's cones hortizontal

Pinus flexilis Note very flexible stems, needles in bunches of 5 (These specimens are off-color)

HRT 212 Plant Walk 1: Pines and Fir