Douglas Fir

(Pseudotsuga menziesii)

no needle clusters

no pine like cones

pointed 1" needles

Western red ceder

(Thuya Plicata)

 lacelike, green foliage sprays

Cones are 1/2" round, reddish brown

Bark is thin, reddish brown

Ponderosa Pine

(Pinus ponderosa)

pale orange bark

cones

prickly

pines in clusters of 3

Lodgepole Pine

(Pinus contorta)

short needles

bundles of 2

Conical Shape

Brown Cone, Large

Giant Sequoia

(Sequoiadendron giganteum)

Leaves Scalelike, Gray Green, Evergreen.

Prickly

Bigleaf Maple

(Acer macrophyllum)

simple

opposite

lobed

palmate

Vine Maple

(Acer circinatum)

long irregular branches

triangular points

White Oak

(Quercus alba)

simple

alternate

deeply lobed

pinnately lobed

more than 4 lobes

OR Myrtle(CA Bay Laurel)

(Umbellularia californica)

simple

alternate

not deeply lobed

thick leathery

OR Ash

(Fraxinus latifolia)

compound

5-7 oval leaflets

leaf base opposite

Black Cottonwood

(Populus trichocarpa)

simple

alternate

heart shaped

shimmery

not lobed

triangular rounded

Madrone

(Arbutus menziesii)

simple

not lobed

alternate

thick leathery

bark orange-brown papery strips

rounded