Don- I would guess sub-alpine fir, *Abies lasiocarpa*, possibly var. *arizonica*.
Steve On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:37 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > Steve- > Any guesses on my mystery tree (WNTS Trip Report- Sierra Nevada > Range - Western Juniper just released)? > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:19:15 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Conifer quiz > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > ENTS, Don, Marc- > > Brewer spruce and mountain hemlock are both pretty obscure ornamentals for > the Midwest---I brought them home when I owned a garden center(in a previous > life). Brewer spruce is quite distinct when seen in person, with needles > much longer than most spruce. Marc, the mountain hemlock does very well > here, but is exceedingly slow growing, while not dwarf. The tree in the > photo was planted 16-18 years ago. It is a variety named "Mt. Hood", with > foliage more glaucous than the species, although not apparent in the winter. > The *Thuja plicata* is a variety named "virescens", with finer textured, > more yellow-green foliage than the species. Several Thuja plicata varieties > have become popular over the last 10 years due to their resistance to deer > browse. > > Steve > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:46 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > > Steve- > Yep, peg-like stipules, though fainter than some of the other species. > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:13:23 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Conifer quiz > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Don- > > Here is a branchlet detail from the first species. > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:38 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > > Steve- > Would have liked to have zoomed in on the branchlettes...couldn't tell if I > was seeing peg-like stipules. > My guesses for the trio are: > Tsuga heterophylla > Tsuga mertensiana > Juniperus occidentalis > Nice yard! > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:11:27 -0500 > Subject: [ENTS] Conifer quiz > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > ENTS- > > Here are photos of three North American, but not eastern, native conifers, > each from a different genus. Photos 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6 go together. The first > one is about 6' in height, the second about 14', and the third about 7'. All > are growing in my yard in N Ohio. Any guesses? > > Steve > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/> > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/> > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/> > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to > [email protected]<entstrees%[email protected]> > -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
