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    This document is a dichotomous key for identifying different types of coniferous trees found in Canada. It provides descriptions of the needles or leaf scales and their arrangement to distinguish between eastern redcedar, eastern white cedar, balsam fir, eastern hemlock, white spruce, black spruce, tamarack, eastern white pine, pitch pine, red pine, and jack pine.

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    This document is a dichotomous key for identifying different types of coniferous trees found in Canada. It provides descriptions of the needles or leaf scales and their arrangement to distinguish between eastern redcedar, eastern white cedar, balsam fir, eastern hemlock, white spruce, black spruce, tamarack, eastern white pine, pitch pine, red pine, and jack pine.

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    This document is a dichotomous key for identifying different types of coniferous trees found in Canada. It provides descriptions of the needles or leaf scales and their arrangement to distinguish between eastern redcedar, eastern white cedar, balsam fir, eastern hemlock, white spruce, black spruce, tamarack, eastern white pine, pitch pine, red pine, and jack pine.

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    Dichotomous Key: Coniferous Trees

    Leaves 4-sided (rounded) Eastern Redcedar


    with pointed ends, 0.3 (Juniperus virginiana)
    cm long, usually
    Trees with overlapping,
    scale-like leaves
    Leaves flattened, scales QUBS.ca
    Eastern White Cedar
    0.5 to 2 cm long with ElbowLakeCentre.ca
    (Thuja occidentalis)
    spots on surface EcoAdventureCamp.ca

    Needles straight, 2-4cm long, Balsam Fir


    Needles lie flat, two white bands underneath (Abies balsamea)
    have stems
    Trees with single
    needles attached
    directly to twig Needles straight, 1-2cm long, Eastern Hemlock
    shiny green on top and paler (Tsuga canadensis)
    underneath

    Needles straight, 2.5cm long, White Spruce


    Needles on all sides twig without hairs (Picea glauca)

    Needles are short dark bluish- Black Spruce


    OTHER SIDE OF PAGE green, 1.5cm long, blunt ends (Picea mariana)
    Trees with needles in
    bundles

    Photos: Eastern Redcedar, Robert Vidéki; Eastern White Cedar, Ministry of Natural Resources; Balsam Fir, Daniel Tigner; Eastern Hemlock, Daniel Tigner;
    White Spruce, Daniel Tigner; Black Spruce, Daniel Tigner. Drawings: Natural Resources Canada
    Dichotomous Key: Coniferous Trees
    OTHER SIDE OF PAGE
    Trees with overlapping,
    scale-like leaves

    QUBS.ca | ElbowLakeCentre.ca
    OTHER SIDE OF PAGE
    EcoAdventureCamp.ca

    Needles in bundles of
    more than five, needles Tamarack
    Trees with single (Larix laricina)
    2-3cm long
    needles attached
    directly to twig
    Needles in bundles of Needles straight, 2-4cm long, Eastern White Pine
    five two white bands underneath (Pinus strobus)

    Needles 7-12cm long, twisted, Pitch Pine


    Needles in bundles of
    and blunt tipped (Pinus rigida)
    three

    Needles 8-10 cm long, and Red Pine


    Trees with needles in break when bent in half (Pinus resinosa)
    bundles Needles in bundles of
    two
    Needles 2-5 cm long, slightly Jack Pine
    curved or twisted (Pinus banksiana)
    Photos: Tamarack, Gary Fewless; Eastern White Pine, Manitoba Forestry; Pitch Pine, Arthur Haines; Red Pine, Daniel
    Tigner; Jack Pine, Blake C Willson. Drawings: Natural Resources Canada

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