Other Fact Sheets Leaf Key

So far you have made the following choices...

It could be one of the species in the table below. Let's narrow our choices based on leaf type.
needle-like (long and slender)
scale-like or awl-like (short, sharp and stiff)

My leaves are needle-like (long and slender)

- they may be in clusters or singular

My leaves are scale-like or awl-like (short, sharp and stiff)

- the leaves eventually turn into twigs

 

Possible matches:
Abies amabilis - Pacific silver fir
Abies balsamea - balsam fir
Abies bracteata - bristlecone fir
Abies concolor - white fir
Abies fraseri - Fraser fir
Abies grandis - grand fir
Abies lasiocarpa - subalpine fir
Abies magnifica - California red fir
Abies nordmannia - Nordmann fir
Abies procera - noble fir
Adenostoma sparsifolium - redshanks
Araucaria araucana - monkeypuzzle tree
Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk pine
Artemisia californica - coastal sagebrush
Baccharis pteronioides - yerba de pasmo
Baccharis sarothroides - desertbroom
Callitropsis nootkatensis - Alaska yellow-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens - incense-cedar
Cassiope mertensiana - white mountain heather
Castela emoryi - crucifixion thorn
Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine
Cedrus atlantica - Atlas cedar
Cedrus deodara - Deodar cedar
Cedrus libani - cedar of Lebanon
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Port-Orford-cedar
Chamaecyparis obtusa - Hinoki falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera - Sawara-cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic white-cedar
Coleogyne ramosissima - blackbrush
Cryptomeria japonica - Japanese cryptomeria
Cunninghamia lanceolata - common Chinafir
Cupressus arizonica - Arizona cypress
Cupressus forbesii - Tecate cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa - Monterey cypress
Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom
Diplacus puniceus - red bush monkeyflower
Ephedra spp. - Mormon-tea
Ericameria linearifolia - narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria nauseosa - gray rabbitbrush
Ericameria palmeri - Palmer's goldenbush
Juniperus californica - California juniper
Juniperus chinensis - Chinese juniper
Juniperus communis - common juniper
Juniperus conferta - shore juniper
Juniperus deppeana - alligator juniper
Juniperus horizontalis - creeping juniper
Juniperus monosperma - oneseed juniper
Juniperus occidentalis - western juniper
Juniperus osteosperma - Utah juniper
Juniperus pinchotii - redberry juniper
Juniperus procumbens - Ibuki juniper
Juniperus scopulorum - Rocky Mountain juniper
Juniperus virginiana - eastern redcedar
Larix decidua - European larch
Larix kaempferi - Japanese larch
Larix laricina - tamarack
Larix lyallii - subalpine larch
Larix occidentalis - western larch
Larix ×marschlinsii - Dunkeld larch
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - dawn redwood
Picea abies - Norway spruce
Picea breweriana - Brewer spruce
Picea chihuahuana - Chihuahua spruce
Picea engelmannii - Engelmann spruce
Picea glauca - white spruce
Picea mariana - black spruce
Picea omorika - Serbian spruce
Picea orientalis - Oriental spruce
Picea pungens - blue spruce
Picea rubens - red spruce
Picea sitchensis - Sitka spruce
Pinus albicaulis - whitebark pine
Pinus aristata - bristlecone pine
Pinus attenuata - knobcone pine
Pinus banksiana - jack pine
Pinus bungeana - lacebark pine
Pinus cembra - Swiss stone pine
Pinus clausa - sand pine
Pinus contorta - lodgepole pine
Pinus coulteri - Coulter pine
Pinus densiflora - Japanese red pine
Pinus echinata - shortleaf pine
Pinus edulis - pinyon pine
Pinus eldarica - Afghan pine
Pinus elliottii - slash pine
Pinus engelmannii - Apache pine
Pinus flexilis - limber pine
Pinus glabra - spruce pine
Pinus halepensis - Aleppo pine
Pinus jeffreyi - Jeffrey pine
Pinus lambertiana - sugar pine
Pinus leiophylla - Chihuahua pine
Pinus monophylla - singleleaf pinyon
Pinus monticola - western white pine
Pinus mugo - mugo pine
Pinus muricata - Bishop pine
Pinus nigra - Austrian pine
Pinus palustris - longleaf pine
Pinus parviflora - Japanese white pine
Pinus pinea - Italian stone pine
Pinus ponderosa - ponderosa pine
Pinus pungens - Table Mountain pine
Pinus quadrifolia - Parry pine
Pinus radiata - Monterey pine
Pinus resinosa - red pine
Pinus rigida - pitch pine
Pinus roxburghii - chir pine
Pinus sabiniana - gray pine
Pinus serotina - pond pine
Pinus strobiformis - southwestern white pine
Pinus strobus - eastern white pine
Pinus sylvestris - Scots pine
Pinus taeda - loblolly pine
Pinus thunbergii - Japanese black pine
Pinus torreyana - Torrey pine
Pinus virginiana - Virginia pine
Pinus wallichiana - Himalaya pine
Platycladus orientalis - Oriental arborvitae
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa - bigcone Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga sinensis - Chinese Douglas-fir
Psilostrophe cooperi - paper-daisy
Sciadopitys verticillata - umbrella pine
Sequoia sempervirens - redwood
Sequoiadendron giganteum - giant sequoia
Tamarix aphylla - athel tamarisk
Tamarix chinensis - saltcedar
Tamarix gallica - tamarisk
Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk
Taxodium ascendens - pondcypress
Taxodium distichum - baldcypress
Taxus baccata - English yew
Taxus brevifolia - Pacific yew
Taxus cuspidata - Japanese yew
Taxus xmedia - Anglo-Jap yew
Thuja occidentalis - northern white-cedar
Thuja plicata - western redcedar
Torreya californica - California nutmeg
Torreya taxifolia - Florida torreya
Tsuga canadensis - eastern hemlock
Tsuga caroliniana - Carolina hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla - western hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana - mountain hemlock
xCupressocyparis leylandii - Leyland cypress

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