PHILMONT AREA TREES Peachleaf Willow (Salix amygdaloides) – Willow Hawthorn (Crataegus saligna) – leaf intermediate width; hairless; stream bank thickets, mid elev.; anthers PINACEAE – Pine Family yellowish; twigs droopy yellow; shiny leaf Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) – 5-needle, Scouler Willow (Salix scouleriana) – leaf River Hawthorn (Crataegus rivularis) – yellow >1½”, hi elev. wide, red-hairy, wavy-edged, blunt tip stream bank thickets, mid elev.; anthers Colorado Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata) – Bebb Willow (Salix bebbiana) – leaf wide, pink; dull leaf 5-needle, dark < 1½”, hi elev. gray hairy, blunt teeth Two-needle Pinyon (Pinus edulis) – Most Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus LEGUMINOSAE – Pea Family common tree in NM angustifolia) – sticky buds; narrow leaf; Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) – Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) – 3- short petiole rangelands; leaflets long needle Fremont Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)) New Mexico Locust (Robinia neomexicana) Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) – – triangular leaf, no glands – Moist sites, mid elev.; shrubby; leaflets twigs fine-hairy, needles soft Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) – round Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) – twigs hairless, needles stiff & sharp BETULACEAE – Birch Family RUTACEAE – Citrus Family Common Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga Water Birch (Betula occidentalis) – dense Common Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata) – menziesii) – unique cone bracts shrub thickets along streams; brown trifoliate White Fir (Abies concolor) – long needles, trunk white streaks mid elev. Mountain Alder (Alnus incana) – higher ANACARDIACEAE – Cashew Family Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) – short elev. (aka Thinleaf Alder) Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) needles, J-bases, hi elev. Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus FAGACEAE – Beech Family ACERACEAE – Maple Family scopulorum) – thin, droopy twigs; single Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii) – a white Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum) trunk oak Box Elder (Acer negundo) One-seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma) – Wavyleaf Oak (Quercus undulata) – hybrids stout twigs; multi trunks with Gambel Oak CORNACEAE – Dogwood Family Common Juniper (Juniperus communis) – Gray Oak (Quercus grisea) – evergreen; res. Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) shrubby; twigs & sharp needles in Live Oak whorls of 3 COMPOSITAE –Aster Family ULMACEAE – Elm Family Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) SALICACEAE – Willow Family Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis reticulate) – leaves Sandbar Willow (Salix exigua) – leaf very papery, long, uneven base May 2007 – S. Mtspg. narrow, 3/8” wide Pacific Willow (Salix lucida) – leaf ROSACEAE – Rose Family intermediate width; glands; long petiole; Greene Mountain-Ash (Sorbus scopulina) dark green Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) American Plum (Prunus americana) Utah Juneberry (Amelanchier utahensis) Page 1 – Philmont Area Trees .