NAME ORIGIN BARK FEMALE CONES NEEDLES WHERE USES TRIVIA Named by Smooth gray bark To 4ÂÂ long, Soft, flat, 2-sided, Found on north or Railroad crossties, State tree of Scottish botanist on young trees yellowish to light 1¼″ long and south-facing slopes, mine timbers, for Oregon. David Douglas. with numerous brown hanging cones rounded at the tip. in shady ravines and building ships and The Latin name DOUGLAS- Fir is from the resin scars. with uniquely 3- Dark yellow green or on rocky slopes boats, construction psuedotsuga Middle English pointed bracts blue green. Shortly where the soil is lumber, plywood, means FIR firre and Old protruding from cone stalked spreading fairly deep. telephone poles, ÂÂfalse Psuedotsuga English fyrh. scales like a snakes- mostly in two rows. fencing, railroad-car menziesii fir.ÂÂ tongue. Single small groove construction, boxes Can drop 2 on topside of needles and crates, flooring, million seeds in and single white line furniture, ladders a good year. on underside of and pulpwood. needles. Pine is from the Light gray to Big (to 9ÂÂ long) Stout in clusters of 5 Found on rocky, Lumber, railroad Cones start to LIMBER Latin pinus and blackish brown. cylindrical, greenish needles, to 3″ long. gravelly slopes, cross ties, poles, appear after the the Old English Smooth and silvery brown, with thick, Straight or slightly ridges and peaks. turpentine, tar and tree reaches 20 PINE pin. gray on young broad scales. Cone curved, not sticky to fuel. years of age. Pinus flexilis trees. scales lack prickles. the touch. Dark green. Pine is from the Bark is grayish or Light yellow brown, Stout, twisted Found in well Lumber, knotty Many Plains Latin pinus and light brown, thin reddish or dark green, needles, mostly in drained soils, dry pine paneling, Indian tribes the Old English and with many lopsided cones to pairs, to 2½″ long. slopes and in cabinetwork, mine use the trunks pin. loose scales. burned areas. Shade timbers, fence of these trees LODGEPOLE 2ÂÂ long. Egg Needles are sparse shaped, stalkless, and yellow-green. intolerant. posts, poles, utility for their teepee PINE oblique or 1-sided at poles and poles. Pinus contorta base. Cone scales are pulpwood. latifolia bristle-tipped. Needles shorter and more yellow than on ponderosa pines. Named by Brown or blackish Egg shaped woody 3-sided, 4-7″ long Found mostly on Cabinets, molding, Some say the PONDEROSA Scottish botanist bark when young, cones, 3-6ÂÂ long, and olive or dark south-facing slopes cut-stock, lumber, bark smells like David Douglas furrowed into in well drained soils railroad ties, vanilla or INE short stalked, light green. Needles in P for its ponderous ridges when and on exposed telephone poles, butterscotch? Pinus ponderosa reddish brown and the bundles of twos and scopulorum size. Pine is from mature. Roundish scales have prickles. threes. Needles stiff hillsides and mesas. posts and mine You decide. the Latin pinus. topped. and sharply pointed. timbers. Spruce was once Gray or brown, Greater than 3″ and up Rigid, sharp, 4-sided Found mostly in Posts, poles and State Tree of BLUE spelled pruce, and furrowed into scaly to 5″ in length, light needles. Needles bottom-lands and fuel. Colorado and SPRUCE meant from ridges. Young brown with long, thin, dull, bluish-green along streams on Utah. Picea pugens Pruce, i.e., branches are flexible scales with a noticeable north-facing slopes The 2000 Prussia. Spruce reddish. Conical irregularly toothed and blue cast. Needles in cool, damp areas. Capitol trees are so crown as more or less pointed. have a resinous smell Also in moist Millennium named because compared to the Papery cone scales. when crushed. valleys and in Holiday Tree they were first Englemann Spruce Oval or cylindrically canyons. was a Blue known as being which has a shaped. Cones Spruce that native to Prussia. narrow, steeple concentrated at top of came from the shaped crown. tree. Pikes Peak area. Spruce was once Grayish brown on Less than 3″ in length, Somewhat flexible, Found mostly on Piano sounding On average spelled pruce, and young trees. light brown, with long, 4-sided needles, ¾″ north-facing slopes boards, violins, 135,000 seeds meant from Purplish brown, thin, flexible scales. long and dark or pale in shaded areas and plywood for home make up one ENGLEMANN Pruce, i.e., cinnamon brown Irregularly toothed and blue green of sheltered canyons. construction, boxes pound. SPRUCE Prussia. Spruce or reddish brown more or less pointed disagreeable, skunk Also found along crates, prefabricated Picea trees are so on mature trees. cones. Numerous like odor when stream bottoms and wood products, engelmannii named because Thin, loosely small cones crushed. Needles in moist, cool sites. furniture and they were first attached scales. concentrated at the top shorter than that of pulpwood. known as being Narrow, steeple of the tree. the Blue Spruce and native to Prussia. shaped crown. not quite as sharp.