Abies Lasicorpa

Subalpine Fir

_·         Flat Suction cup needle

_·         Erect cones

Alnus tenuifolia 

·        Strobili or cone

·        Strong double serrated

·        Smooth stem and bark

Juniperus scopulorum

Rocky Mountain Juniper

·        Scale-like, opposite fore ranked needles

·        Berry like cone

Picea engelmannii

·        Friendly 4 angled needle wt Sterigmata

·        Old trees have cinnamon orange bark

·        Small cone

·        Peach fuzz on twigs 

Pinus Contorta

·        3-7 cm Needles in fascicles of 2

·        Older bark is thin and scaly

·        Small often serotinous cone 

Pinus flexilis

·        Limber stems

·        Needles in fascicles of 5

·        Resinous thick scaled cone

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas-fir

·        Cones have 3-pointed bract

·        Needles have a sort of petiole at base