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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Slash PineScientific Name: Pinus elliottiiCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Tree height 25 to 30 m (80 to 100 ft); trunk diameter 0.6 to 0.9 m; tall, conical to rounded crownWeight: Not typically recorded for mature timber trees...
Plants > Conifers
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Longleaf PineScientific Name: Pinus palustrisCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Tree height 30 to 35 m (100 to 115 ft); trunk diameter 0.7 to 1.0 m; open, stately crownWeight: Not typically recorded for mature timber trees (individual...
Plants > Conifers
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Rocky Mountain Bristlecone PineScientific Name: Pinus aristataCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Height 8 to 15 m; trunk diameter 0.5 to 1.5 m; stunted, twisted krummholz forms at timberlineWeight: Not typically recorded for ancient...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Incense CedarScientific Name: Calocedrus decurrensCategory: PlantsSubcategory: ConifersSize: Height 30 to 50 m (100 to 165 ft); trunk diameter 1.2 to 2.4 m (3.9 to 7.9 ft)Weight: Massive long-lived timber tree weighing many tonsLifespan: 500 to...
Plants > Conifers
OverviewThe Western Larch (Larix occidentalis), celebrated across the Pacific Northwest as the western tamarack or mountain larch, is the largest, most towering, and fastest-growing larch species on Earth. Native to the rugged mountain valleys and subalpine slopes of...
Plants > Conifers
OverviewThe Black Spruce (Picea mariana), also known as the Bog Spruce or Swamp Spruce, is a small to medium-sized, extraordinarily cold-hardy evergreen conifer that represents the quintessential, defining tree species of the North American boreal forest (taiga) and...
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OverviewThe White Spruce (Picea glauca), also known as the Canadian Spruce, Skunk Spruce, or Cat Spruce, is an extraordinarily cold-hardy, foundational evergreen conifer that spans the entire width of North America, defining the vast, wild expanse of the boreal forest...
Plants > Conifers
OverviewThe Noble Fir (Abies procera), widely celebrated as the monarch of the true firs (genus Abies), is the largest and most magnificent native fir species in North America. Endemic to the cool, fog-shrouded montane slopes and high-elevation volcanic ridges of the...
Plants > Conifers
OverviewThe Tamarack (Larix laricina), also widely recognized as the American Larch, Eastern Larch, or Hackmatack, is an iconic and extraordinarily cold-hardy deciduous conifer native to the vast boreal forests, muskegs, and peat bogs of northern North America. Unlike...
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OverviewThe Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) is a majestic, ancient conifer native exclusively to the rugged, high-elevation slopes of the Atlas and Rif Mountains of Morocco and Algeria in North Africa. Standing up to forty meters tall with a broad, pyramidal crown that...
